走進(jìn)美國(guó)概況介紹課件

TourU.S.A.

1CourseIntroductionSelectivecourseContents:theU.S.A.’sbriefhistory,geography,customsandculture,festivals,education,etc.2BrainstormingSaysomethingyouknowabouttheUnitedStates,suchassomerepresentativethingsorpeopleinAmerica.3PresidentObamaTheWhiteHousetheofficialresidenceofthepresidentoftheU.S.4ThestatuewasagiftfromFranceforthefirstcentennialoftheU.S.independencefromBritain.theStatueofLiberty5TheUNheadquarters

6McDonald’s&KFC78Fullname:theUnitedStatesofAmericaPresident:BarackObamaCapital:WashingtonD.C.Population:about0.3billionpeople(upto2012)BasicInformationNationalanthem:theStar-spangledBanner

《星條旗永不落》9StarsandStrips50stars:50states13strips(7redand6white):13originalstatesWhitesignifiespurityandinnocence,red,hardinessandvalor(英勇),andblue,vigilance(警覺(jué)),perseveranceandjustice.

NationalFlagoftheU.S.AAmericanflagin1777Today’snationalflag10Nationalbird:baldeagleNationalemblemOlivebranch:13leavesand13fruits13arrows:militaryaffairsandnationalstrengthConstellations(星座)andvastnessoftheuniverse13statesFreedomandpeace11Geography12ItissituatedinthesouthernpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHawaii).2.ItisnexttoCanadaandMexico.3.ItissurroundedbyPacificOceanandNorthAtlanticOcean.4.Itcoversanareaof9,372,614k㎡

andisthefourthlargestcountryintheworld.(Russia,Canada,China)★L(fēng)ocationandsize:13USAiscomposedof48contiguousstatesandtwononcontiguousstatesofAlaskaandHawaii.★States14BriefHistoryBeforetheDeclarationofIndependenceColumbusdiscoveredtheAmericancontinentin1492.Beforethen,theAmericanIndianslivedonthiscontinent.Europeanscametothenewcontinentafter1492,andthecontinentbecamecoloniesoftheUnitedKingdom.

15DeclarationofIndependenceIn1776，DeclarationofIndependencewasdraftedbyThomasJefferson.Propertyasoneofhumanbeings’inalienable(不可剝奪的)rightswaswritteninthisdocument.

BriefHistory16AdoptingtheConstitution(憲法)Americanconstitution,writtenin1787isthebasisoftheAmericannationalgovernment.Itdividesthegovernmentintothreebranches:legislativebranch(立法機(jī)構(gòu)),executivebranch(行政機(jī)構(gòu)),andjudicialbranch(司法機(jī)構(gòu)).Thisistheso-calledseparationofpowers(三權(quán)分立).

BriefHistory17BriefHistoryTheCivilWar(1861-1865)ElevenSouthernslavestatesdeclaredtheirsecession(脫離；分離)fromtheU.S.andformedtheConfederateStatesofAmerica

(美利堅(jiān)聯(lián)盟國(guó))andtheyfoughtagainsttheU.S.federalgovernment.About620,000soldiersdiedinthewar.Slaverywasendedin1865andthefederalgovernmentwasstrengthened.

18BriefHistoryTheGildedAge(1865-1900)IndustryandcommerceBy1900,industrysurpassedagriculture.MaterialcomfortforthemiddleandupperclassHardshipandhopelessnessformillionsoflaborers1850:85%rural;1920:over50%urban19BriefHistoryThe1920sandtheGreatDepressionAssemblyline(流水線),thecity,andthecarbecamedominantfeaturesofeverydaylife.Afterthecollapseoftheeconomyin1929,optimismofthe1920sturnedtodespair.TheDepressionbroughtphysicalandpsychologicalhardshiptoallclassesofAmerica.20BriefHistoryWorldWarIIThewarendedtheDepressionduetotheproductionoftanksandaircraft.Theprosperitybenefitedalllevelsofwageearners(雇傭勞動(dòng)者).

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Babyboomersandcounterculturemovement(the1950sand1960s)EconomicprosperityafterthewarVariousdesirestobesatisfiedSocialchanges:racialandsexualdiscrimination,poverty,valuesandlifestyles.Divorce,viewofsex,homosexuality22BriefHistoryTheVietnamWar(1961-1973)Over58,000Americanliveswerelostinthewar,untilUSwithdrewin1973.Americansdisagreedviolentlyaboutthewar.Thebabyboomershelpedtoendthewarthroughtheirprotests.23BriefHistoryCultureWars

Traditionalvalueshavebeenweakened.Over30percentofallbirthsweregivenbyunmarriedwomen.Ideasaboutsexroleschanged.Gaymovementrootedinbigcities.

24FamousSitesintheU.S.A.PresidentHillLincolnMemorialHallEmpireStateBuildingCentralParkTimesSquareBroadwayTheaterDistrictYellowStoneNationalParkDisneyland25PresidentHillThefourpresidentsareGeorgeWashington,ThomasJefferson,TheodoreRoosevelt,andAbrahamLincoln.26LincolnMemorialHall27EmpireStateBuilding28CentralPark29TimesSquareThesquareishometoNewYorkCity’sfamousBroadwaytheaterdistrict.30BroadwayTheaterDistrictThebillboardoftheWinterGardenTheaterontheAvenueoftheAmericasinNewYorkCityadvertisestheBroadwayshowCats.31YellowStoneNationalParkthefirstnationalparkintheworld(establishedin1872)32Disneyland33QsforSs1.HowdoyouknowaboutthedifferentnamesoftheU.S.A.?2.What’sitsnationalflag?3.Howdoyouknowthemeaningofitsnationalflag?4.What’sitsnationalbird?5.What’sitsnationalanthem(國(guó)歌)?6.TherearemanythingsthatarefamousinAmerica.Couldyounamesomeofthem?34TheUnitedStatesofAmerica;US;U.S.USA;U.S.ATheStarsandStripes.Thestripessymbolizethe13coloniesthatoriginallyconstitutedtheUnitedStatesofAmerica.The

starsrepresentthe50statesoftheUnion.Whitesignifiespurityandinnocence;Red,hardinessandvalor;and