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1、TheSymbolsOfAmericaTheStatueOfLibertyAmericanFoodNationalBasketballAssociationUncleSamBarbieDollUncleSam——asymboloftheUniteStatesUncleSam'sCharacterWhitehairGoateebeardAtophatwithredandwhitestripesandwhitestarsonabluebandRedandwhitestripedtrousersTheoriginofUncleSamThisnicknameof"UncleSam"wasproduc
2、edin1812,duringtheSecondUS-Britishwar.ThereisameatpackernamedSamuelWilson.Hewashonest,competentandhavegreatprestigeinthelocalarea,sopeoplecallhim"UncleSam".Itissaidthatduringthewar,heservedasamunitionsinspector,responsibleforplayingpokeinbeefbarrelsandbarrelsofsupplythearmy.ThegovernorofNewYorkvisit
3、edthefactory,seethebeefbarrelsarecoveredwithE.A.-U.S.Mark,heaskedwhatwasmeant.Workersanswered,E.A.Isthenameofadefensecontractor,U.S.IstheabbreviationoftheUnitedStates.Coincidentally,theabbreviationfor"UncleSam"istheU.S.Therefore,aworkerjokinglysaid,U.S."UncleSam(UncleSam).Thefunnythingspread,"UncleS
4、am"becamefamous.WorldWarItherehadbeen"UncleSam"poster,UncleSamencouragedyoungpeopletojointhearmy,itwasverypopular.BarbiedollisanimportantmanifestationoftheAmericanculture,itisnotjustatoy,butalsothesymbolofAmericanculture.BarbiedollisthemostwellknownandmostpopulardollintwentiethCentury,inventedbyRuth
5、Handler,itwasexposuredfirstlyontheAmericanInternationalToyFairinMarch9,1959.BarbiedollisownedandproductedbyMattel.Fromthefirstbirthdate,ithasbeencontinuouslyimprovingandinnovating.Barbiedoll'sshapehasbeenmodifyingandimprovingaboutmorethan500times,thanitbecomestheappearanceoftodayBarbiehasbeenwellbey
6、ondthedefinitionoftoys,andbecameanimmortalculturalsymbols.SheattractedpopularmasterAndywarhol'ssight,heisfallinlovewithBarbie,ashedoestoMarilynMonroe'sinfatuation;Attheendofthe90s,"barbie"almostlivesinAmericanradioeveryday,althoughsinging"bobbybaby"loudlyisaDanishsingingcombination;Sheistherepresent
7、ativeofthe20thcenturylife,asymbolofthewomenintheUnitedStates,andalsothemoderntheMonaLisaAmericanFoodHamburgsInadditiontoaveryformaldinner,Americandietisactuallyverysimple.Theylikehamburgersandhotdogs.