MunicipalCulturalTapestryofAmericaItindicatesthatapersoncanonlymaintaintheirowncharacteristics,butalsobecomeapartofsocietyasawhole.Inamosaic[məu'zeiik]oratapestry,eachcolorisunique,andisawholepartoftheoverallbeautyoftheobject+一个人可以既保持自己的特点,同时也成为整体社会的一部份。在一幅拼画或一块织锦中,每个颜色都是独特的,并且是物件整体美的组成部份++Americanculturaldevelopmentofthethreemainstages+1950sMeltingPot+1970sSaladBowl+1990sTapestry+Infact,theAmericancultureistherecognitionofmulticulturalreality,whichbasedontheintegrationofdifferentpathstoexploreconstructionofanunifiedcultureoftheUnitedStates+事实上,美国文化是在承认多元文化现实基础上,探索不同的路径整合建构某种统一的美利坚文化+In1998,DeeganM.JforthefirsttimeinherbookcomeupwithtapestrytodescribethecharacteristicsofAmericanculture+TheAmericanRitualTapestry:+SocialRulesandCulturalMeanings+Ceremonycreatedaculturalexperience,culturesymbolandculturalvaluesofcommunitiessymbolicstageshow.Theseritualscanbederived,alteration,destructionandmeaningfulprotectionintheUnitedStates,andcansynchronizedifferentritualsinvolvedintheseprocessesquicklyandeasily.Fromthesecomplex,dynamic[daɪ'næmɪk]fabricoflife,forgingakindoftapestry-witharecognizableandmeaningfulandsymbolicimageoftherichtapestry.+仪式创造了一个文化体验、文化象征和文化价值的社区展示舞台。这些仪式能够衍生、改变、破坏和保有意义,在美国,不同仪式可以同步且快捷地介入这几个过程。从这些复杂、动态的生命织物中,锻造出一种织锦——带有可辨识且意义丰富的形象和象征的织锦。+Colorfultapestryfromtheformretainsitsmulticulturalandethnic['ɛθnɪk]backgroundoftheindividualimportmulticulturalAmerica,butthisisnolongerarandomcoloredbrocadesmells,butthroughculturaldesignorself-conscious,organic,active,flexibleintegrationintothetapestryoftheprocess,sothree-dimensionalimaginginbrocade,intricate,multi-color,multi-colorstohighlighttheformationofaunifiedbodyoftheUnitedculturalidealimage.PerhapsthisisthecurrentAmericanculturalconsciousnessandculturalcharacteristicsofthemainstreamofdevelopmentanddirection.+五彩斑斓的织锦从形式上依然保留着多元文化背景的个体和族裔汇入美国的多元文化色彩,但这个织锦不再是随机性的五色杂陈,而是通过“文化设计”或者个体自觉,有机、主动、灵活地融入到织锦的过程,从而在织锦上立体成像,千丝万缕,多元色彩,多重色调地凸显形成某种统一主体性的美利坚文化理想形象。这或许才是当下美国文化自觉和文化发展的主流特点和方向。