外研社暑期培训成都-示范课-American Dream.ppt

Unit 4 American Dream Text A: Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream 1.The Definition of American Dream 2. The Representatives of the Spirit of American Dream 3. Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream The Definition of American Dream The American Dream is the idea held by many in the United States of America that through hard work, courage and determination one can achieve prosperity. These were values held by many early European settlers, and have been passed on to subsequent generations. The Representatives of the Spirit of American Dream 1. The Early European Settlers(1620) 2. American Founding Fathers The Founding Fathers of the United States were the political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 or otherwise took part in the American Revolution in winning American independence from Great Britain, or who participated in framing and adopting the United States’ Constitution in 1787-1788, or in putting the new government under the Constitution into effect. Benjamin Franklin George Washington (1706—1790 ) (1732—1799) Thomas Jefferson Alexander Hamilton (1743—1826) (1757—1804) Declaration of Independence “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” 3. Abraham Lincoln (1809—1865) The Gettysburg Address “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom —and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” 4. Martin Luther King (1929—1968) “I have a Dream” “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Barack Obama: The Audacity