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1、FiveSymbolsofAmericanCultureThereisauniquetraditioninAmericanculture，whichisthegreatopennessanddiversity.Thisfeaturewasdecidedbyitshistoricalconditions.AmericawasdevelopedbymanyEuropeanimmigrants.Afterthat,Asianimmigrantsalsomadeasignificantcontributiontotheconstruction.Immigrantswiththe
2、irownculturebuiltacommunityinthisnewland,whichformedtheAmericanculturaldiversity.AfterthefoundingoftheUnitedStates,itstillinsistedonthepolicyofopeninguptotheworld-classtalent,inordertopromoteU.S.economicandculturaldevelopment.AndtodayIwanttotalksomethingaboutfivesymbolsofAmericanculture,
3、forunderstandingbetterwhatthecoreofitscultureis.WhenitcomestoAmerica,whatdoyouthinkabout?Isiphone?WhiteHouse?OrSpiderMan?Accordingtothepublic,StatueofLiberty,AmericanGothic,Buffalonickels,"UncleSam"andBarbiedollcomposeoffiveAmericanculturalsymbols.Theyrepresentdifferentaspectandareworthw
4、hiletoremember.Nowletmeintroducethemonebyone.Ⅰ.StatueofLibertySincetheStatueofLibertystoodinNewYorkBayin1886,ithasbeenthepromiseoftheAmericandreamforimmigrantsStatueofLibertyonLibertyIslandislocatedinthevicinityofNewYorkCity,NewYork,isanAmericanmajortouristattractions.In1876Francesentitt
5、oAmericaasagiftforcelebratingthe100thanniversaryofAmericanindependence.ThestatuewasdesignedbyFrédéricAugusteBartholdi.ThestatueisofarobedfemalefigurerepresentingLiberas,theRomangoddessoffreedom,whobearsatorchandatabulaansata(atabletevokingthelaw)uponwhichisinscribedthedateoftheAmericanDe
6、clarationofIndependence,July4,1776.Abrokenchainliesatherfeet.ThestatueisaniconoffreedomandoftheUnitedStates:awelcomingsignaltoimmigrantsarrivingfromabroad.Itiscalled"theStatueofLibertyNationalMonument"andtheofficialnameis"LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld."Thewhole120steelskeletonbronzestatue,
7、80copperasskin,300000rivetassemblyisfixedonthebracket,withatotalweightof225tons.Steelsupportsinsidethestatueisbuiltbyarchitectandtotheworld-famousEiffelTowerinParis,theFrenchengineerEiffeldesignedandmanufactured.Itissaidthatthebeautifulstatue'sarmfromtheartist'swife,andit
