unit 4 America课件
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Unit4TheMulticulturalSociety
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Strictlyspeaking,theonly
indigenous(NATIVE)Americans
aretheAmericanIndianswhowere
livingherelongbeforethefirstwaves
ofttlerscameoverfromEurope.
WhenChristopherColumbusdiscovered
Americain1492,hecalledthenatives
"Indians"becauhethoughthehad
discoveredawesternroutetoIndia.
In1620theMayflowerarrived,bringing
about150peoplewhotodayareusually
calledPilgrims.
ANationofImmigration
itiscompodofmanynationalities,races,religions,andcreeds.
DoyouknowanypopularmetaphorsforAmerica?
TheGreatMeltingPot
MygrandmothercamefromRussia Asatchel(长方型背带包)onherknee. Mygrandfatherhadhisfather'scap HebroughtfromItaly. They'dheardaboutacountry Wherelifemightletthemwin, TheypaidthefaretoAmerica Andtheretheymeltedin.
Yousimplymeltrightin
Itdoesn’tmatterwhatyourskin
Itdoesn’tmatterwhereyou’refrom
Oryourreligion,youjumprightin
TothegreatAmericanmeltingpot.
TheMeltingPot
Americahastraditionallybeenreferredtoasa"meltingpot”,
welcomingpeoplefrommanydifferentcountries,races,and
religions,allhopingtofindfreedom,newopportunities,anda
betterwayoflife.
Todaythetrendistowardmulticulturalism,not
assimilation.Theold"meltingpot"metaphoris
givingwaytonewmetaphorssuchas"saladbowl"
and"mosaic”.
Saladbowl
mixturesofvariousingredientsthatkeeptheirindividualcharacteristics,butcometogetherasadynamicflavor.
MeltingPot
“assimilation”
AmericaAsACollage
Whatis“collage”?
TextOrganization
PartOne(1-5):
PartTwo(6-21):
PartThree(22-24):
America:intheprocessofcreatinganewcollage-likecivilization
LosAngeles:agoodexampleofsuchacollage
ThereissomethinginAmericathatactlike“glue”topiecedifferentpartstogethertomaketheAmericancollage
