英国社会与文化 hispanics.ppt

xxx 10经管2班 Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino. Reflecting1 especially the Latin American population, which has origins in all the continents2 and many ancestries, Hispanic/Latino Americans are very racially diverse, and as a result form an ethnic category3, rather than a race. The choice of name is associated with location: Hispanic and Latino Americans who reside in the eastern United States tend to prefer the term Hispanic, whereas those in the west usually prefer Latino. 1.reflect [riflekti?] vt. 反射，照出；反省；反映 vi. 反射，映现；深思 2.continent [‘k?ntin?nt] n. 大陆，洲，陆地 3.ethnic category 民族范畴 The term Hispanic was first adopted by the United States government in the early 1970s, during the administration of Richard Nixon. And government adopted Latino as well in 1997 . Spanish-Americans Spanish-speaking Americans Spanish-surnamed Americans be categorized1 as 1. categorize [k?tiɡ?raiz] vt. 分类 1.Although a large majority of Hispanic and Latino Americans have Spanish ancestry, most are not of direct, from-Spain-to-the-U.S. Spanish descent1; many are not primarily of Spanish descent; and some are not of Spanish descent at all. 2.Most Hispanic and Latino Americans can speak Spanish, not all; and most Spanish-speaking Americans are Hispanic or Latino, not all. 3. Not all Hispanic and Latino Americans have Spanish surnames2, and most Spanish-surnamed Americans are Hispanic or Latino, not all. descent [di‘sent] n. 血统 surname [s?:neim] n. 姓，姓氏；绰号，别名 One of the flags representing Hispanicity or Hispanidad1 . 1. [i:s,pɑ:ni:eɑ:e] The Hispanidad is the community formed by all the people and countries that share a common Hispanic heritage and cultural pattern.西班牙主义 As of 2010, Hispanics accounted for 16.3% of the national population, or around 50.5 million people. Because of the high increasing rate, the