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新视野大学英语3 Unit 4 Section A Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Ⅰ.Warm –up Activity Topic Discussion: i. Students Discussion What do you know about the American cultural symbols? The Statue of Liberty, Barbie dolls, American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam What is the symbol(s) of Chinese Culture? the Great Wall, Dragon, , chopsticks，lunar calendar，twelve animals of years，the color of red, etc. ii. Teachers Summary When you think of American culture, what first comes to your mind? McDonald’s? Coca Cola? Levis? Disneyland？Michael Jordan Julia Roberts? Many people imagine American culture is a collection of popular symbols like these. This passage gives us some insight into the origins of symbols by which the United State of America is known around the world. The Statue of Liberty is a female figure which derives from the two favorite women in French artist Bartholdi’s life. Another symbol of American culture is the Barbie doll, which derives from an old German toy model with the American designer’s daughter’s name on it. The great American Gothic painting is in the medieval European style showing the faces of an American dentist and his sister. The Buffalo nickel derives from an admiration for the American Buffalo and the Indian people. The most lasting image of America derives from the partly true but mostly fictitious story of Uncle Sam. 2. Questions on the topics and the passages 1) What are the five symbols of the United States? They are the Statue of Liberty, Barbie dolls, American Gothic, the Buffalo nickel, and Uncle Sam. 2) Whose face was the Statue of Liberty? It was modeled after Bartholdi’s mother’s face. Who is the queen of the dolls? Barbie According to the text, how popular is Barbie? Since her introduction in 1959, she has become the universally recognized queen of the dolls. The average American girl owns ten Barbies and two are sold somewhere in the world every