chapter4AmericanandBritishtraditionandcustoms说课.ppt

British and American Traditions and Customs;Warm-up Questions;Focal ponits;Shared customs in both countries;American traditions and customs;The name of America;Uncle Sam山姆大叔(指美国政府或美国人);Probably the first US political cartoonist to crystallize the figure of Uncle Sam was Thomas Nast 托马斯.纳斯特：(1840-1902) 德裔美国社论卡通画家，他还曾创作象征共和党的大象和民主党的毛驴形象 beginning in the early 1870s.;One of the most familiar treatments in the 20th century was shown in James Montgomery Flagg’s弗拉格，詹姆斯·蒙哥马利(1877-1960) WWI recruiting poster, also used in WWII, for which the caption read, “I Want You.” ;;The Spirit of “Do-It-Yourself”自己动手的美国精神 ;The Self-Made Man靠自己力量成功之人;Anyway Americans have great admiration for the self-made man---the man who, with neither money nor family influence, fights his way to the top of society. The American spirit of “do-it-yourself” and the idea of having gained success by one’s own efforts are still widely accepted in the USA.;Thanksgiving;The British Traditions and Customs;In the eighteenth century, a Scottish writer named John Arbuthnot (约翰·阿布什诺特)who wrote five political satire pamphlets, collected them in 1712 in a book called The History of John Bull 《约翰·布尔的历史》, in which he bitterly and vividly depicted the frankness, uneasiness and funniness of a gentleman called John Bull.;;;Three Royal Traditions 三个皇家传统;3. The British Queen makes a parliamentary speech.;Three “Don’ts”;Talking About the Weather