美国文化五大象征之一.pptVIP

Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Uncle Sam The Original The Image Symbols Fourteen year old Sam Wilson ran way from home to join his father and older brothers in the fight to liberate the American colonies from the British during the American Revolution. At age 23,he started a meat –packing business and earned a reputation for being honest and hard-working. 美国独立战争时期，14岁的山姆*威尔逊离家出走加入了父亲和哥哥们的行列，为美国殖民地独立于英国而战。23岁时，他开始从事肉类加工业，并且因为诚实能干而在当地很有威信。 战后，他专门为美国军队检验肉食并且在军队的肉桶上都印有EA-US的标识，EA代表公司名称，US代表原产品。据说纽约州长带领一些官员参观工厂，问到这几个字母的含义，一位想象丰富的雇员告诉他，US是“山姆大叔”Uncle Sam 威尔逊的缩写。不久