华科新编英美文化视听教程课件unit2a.pptVIP

Unit 2 Background to the United States Part One Cultural Focus Text A America----A Melting Pot? Warm up 1.Can you explain the meaning of the two words emigration and immigration ? 2. Look at the following pictures and describe the people in terms of race and ancestry. 3.What is your answer to the question “who are Americans ?” Immigration and emigration Immigration, the movement of people into another nation with the intention of residing there permanently. The contrasting term emigration refers to the movement of people permanently leaving a nation. The University of North Dakota is home to an American Indian community that seeks opportunities to help others learn about the American Indian culture. It hosts three powwows each year, American Indian dancers and drum groups come from throughout the United State and Canada to compete. Dwight D. Eisenhower(1890-1969) American general and the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961). As supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (1943-1945) he launched the invasion of Normandy (June 6, 1944) and oversaw the final defeat of Germany (1945). His presidency was marked by an end to the Korean War (1953), domestic racial problems, cold war with the Soviet Union, and a break in diplomatic relations with Cuba (1961). Physicists and Nobel laureates The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 “for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles” Chen Ning Yang Institute for Advanced Study Princeton, NJ, USA Tsung-Dao Lee Columbia University New York, NY, USA Michelle Kwan ---Champion Figure skater Winners of Oscar AwardsHalle Berry Denzel Washington Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win the Best Actress award for her performance in Monsters Ball (2001), and after being nominated twice before for a leading role, Malcolm X (1992) and The Hurricane (1999), Denzel Washington finall