综合教程2之ThejeaningofAmerica的翻译.docVIP

This is the story of a sturdy American symbol which has now spread throughout most of the world. The symbol is not the dollar . It is not even Coca-Cola. It is a simple pair of pants called blue jeans, and what the pants symbolize is what Alexis de Tocquevi lle called “ a manly and legitimate passion for equality ? . Blue jeans are favored equally by bureaucrats and cowboys; bankers and deadbeats; fashion designers and beer drinkers They draw no distinctions and recognize no classes; they are merely American 1 . Yet they are sought after almost everywhere in the world ― including Russia, wher