新视野英语book3unit4解析.ppt

The text is about five famous symbols of American culture , telling readers these information: who ,in what time ,designed these symbols , what made them come up with such idea… Text Part 1 Preface Part 2 Background Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Words and Phrase Part 5 Homework There are many kinds of coins in the every countries. Such as China , America, Canada and so on. They have number and pattern in the two sides. The Issue Date:1967 Who created it? How was it created? History The Buffalo Nickel is a five-cent coin in the US that bears “truly American” symbols on it , that is ,buffalo and native Indians . It was designed by sculptor James Earle Fraser and its first production began in 1913. At that time the United States Pioneered the development of serious damage to the ecological environment of the buffalo and the number of it was serious decline. 美国镍币象征着水牛和印第安土著人的真正的美国人的五分钱硬币，它由雕塑家James Earle Fraser设计，1913年开始生产，由于当时美国的开荒者为了开发严重破坏了水牛的生态环境，水牛的数量严重下降。 ** With the westward movement ,pioneer and migration crossed the Great Plain ,slaughtering Buffalos, and a large number of Indians were massacred ,the survivors were forced to desolate “reservation ”. This movement is also Indians “Trail of tears ” **American westward movement , killing the indigenous Indians movement , is a history of tears and blood. 随着西进运动的进行，先驱者和移民穿过大平原，宰杀野牛，大批印第安人也遭到屠杀，幸存者被强行赶到更为荒凉的“保留地（reservation）”，他们的被迫迁徙之路也被称为印第安人的“眼泪之路（Trail of tears）”。 Para.12 Today , American coins honor prominent figures of the US government-----mostly famous former presidents . But the Buffalo nickel , produced from 1913 to 1938 ,honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier-----the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians. 今天，美国的硬币都用来纪念美国政府的杰出人物，其中大部分是著名的前总