大三上学期英美概况NationalSymbols.pptVIP

Course Plan Week one: Introduction Week two: geography and people of US Week three: political system in the United States Week four: American economy and religion Week five: American literature Week six: education in the US Week seven: social movements and problems in the US Week eight: technology in America Week nine: media, holidays and festivals Week ten: May Day festival Week eleven: scenery and sports Week twelve: students’ presentation Week thirteen: New Zealand Cause Plan Week fourteen: Canada (1) Week fifteen: Canada (2) Week sixteen: students’ presentation Week seventeen: final revision Week eighteen: examination Grading report paper (10%) Presentation( 10%) Mid-term (20%) Final exam (60%) Extra credit: classroom participation/ contribution The United States of America National Symbols 授课人：席晓青 Warming-up Whenever mentioning U.S.A, what images will you recall in your mind or what images might symbolize U.S.A? Tips: national flag; national flower; national anthem; the Statue of Liberty; bald eagle; national tree; the Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood; etc. Brief Introduction National Flag—The Stars and Stripes The Star Spangled Banner What historical facts and values are revealed by the song? The Star Spangled Banner Oh, say can you see, by the dawn‘s early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,O‘er the ramparts (城墙）we watched, were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.O say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveOer the land of the free and the home of the brave?On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,Where the foes haughty host in dread silence reposes,What is that which the breeze, oer the towering steep,As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?Now it catches the gleam of the mornings first beam,In full