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课件网) Unit 1 A land of diversity 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 美国被称为民族文化的“大熔炉”,那么来自世界各地的人在美国是如何生活的呢? A look at the history of the United States indicates that this country has often been called “a melting pot”,where various immigrants and ethnic1 groups have learned to work together to build a unique nation.Even those “original” Americans,the Indians,probably walked a land bridge from Asia to North America some thousands of years ago.So,who are the real Americans?The answer is that any and all of them are!And you,wherever you come from,could also become an American.Then you’d become another addition to America’s rich “nation of immigrants”. 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 The United States is currently shifting from being a nation of immigrants of mainly European descent2 to one of immigrants from other parts of the world,such as Africa and Latin America.The number of recent immigrants has skyrocketed.They desire to escape economic hardship and political oppression3 in their native countries and to seek a better education and a more prosperous life in America,“the land of opportunity”.Although there are frequent conflicts4 between the cultures they have brought with them from the “old country” and those found in America,most immigrants learn to adjust to and love their adopted5 land. 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 Americans have also learned much from the customs and ideas of the immigrants and are often influenced by them in slight and interesting ways.Immigrants bring their native cultural,political and social patterns and attitudes,varied academic6 and religious backgrounds,as well as their ethnic arts,sports,holidays,festivals and foods.They have greatly enriched American life. For immigrants from all parts of the world,the United States has been a “melting pot” in which the foreigners have sometimes remained culturally and linguistically(语言上地) what they were in their native lands even as they move towards becoming citizens of the United States.The melting pot does not melt away all recollections of another way of life in another place—nor should it.On the contrary,immigrants should maintain7 the languages,skills,religions,customs and arts of their own,even while they are working towards entering the mainstream of American culture.? 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 1.ethnic adj. 种族的 2.descent n. 血统,家世 3.oppression n. 压迫,压制 4.conflict n. 争论;冲突 5.adopted adj.所选择居住的;移居的 6.academic adj. 学术的;学院的 7.maintain vt. 维修,保养;保持 单词注释 难句剖析 导读诱思 For immigrants from all parts of the world,the United States has been a “melting pot” in which the foreigners have sometimes remained culturally and linguistically(语言上地) what they were in their native lands even as they move towards becoming citizens of the United States. 译文 对于来自世界各地的移民来说,美国已经成为一个“大熔炉”。在这里,外国人在文化和语言上有时保持他们 ... ...
