《新视野大学英语3》（本科）课件Five Famous Symbols of American Culture.pptx

Five Famous Symbols of American Culture攀枝花学院外国语学院 马 晶 Passagelisteningwordstranslation《美国哥特式》与自由女神像,芭比娃娃,野牛镍币和山姆大叔称为美国文化的五大象征。Five Famous Symbols of American CulturePassagelisteningwordstranslationTeaching Aims:1.To gain a preliminary knowledge about five famous symbols of American culture.2. Understanding the passage relating to five symbols of American culture.3. To learn to translate the sentences of medium-level difficulty relating to five famous symbols of American culture.Five Famous Symbols of American CultureThe Buffalo NickelAmerican GothicBarbieUncle SamThe Statue of LibertyPassagelisteningwordstranslationFive Famous Symbols of American CulturePassagelisteningwordstranslationNow lets begin PassageFive Famous Symbols of American CulturePassagelisteningwordstranslationThe Statue of LibertyPassagelisteningwordstranslation自由女神像，美利坚的标志 　 自由女神像（Statue of Liberty），也称作“自由照耀世界”（Liberty Enlightening the World），坐落于美国纽约市的哈德逊河（Hudson River）河口附近的白德路岛(Bedloe’s Island 现称为自由岛)。 1876年为庆祝美利坚合众国独立100周年，法国政府将自由女神像作为礼物赠送给美国。自由女神像是法国著名雕塑家巴托尔迪（Auquste Bartholdi）的作品。为完成此作品，巴托尔迪总共花费了近十年时间，女神的外貌设计来源于巴尔托迪的母亲，而女神高举火炬的右手则参考了其妻子的手臂。The Statue of LibertyPassagelisteningwordstranslation 自由女神穿着古希腊风格的服装，头戴光芒四射的冠冕，其上有象征世界七大洲及四大洋的七道尖芒。女神右手高举象征自由的火炬，左手捧着《独立宣言》，脚下是打碎的手铐、脚镣和锁链。花岗岩构筑的神像基座上，刻有美国诗人埃玛·娜莎罗(Emma Lazarus)的诗作。 一提起美国，人们自然而然会联想到矗立在海边的自由女神像。她是美国的标志，更是美国文化的标志。自由女神像反映了美国文化中人们所追求的最高境界，那就是民主自由的社会。无数的美国人及想成为美国人的人们都把它看作心中的圣物，激励着自己去实现民主、追求自由等崇高的理想。所以说自由女神像象征着美国文化中追求民主、追求自由的精神。 The Statue of LibertyPassagelisteningwordstranslationFive Famous Symbols of American Culture (Para.1) In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic August Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. P1His mother could not approve of her sons affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love i