THEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAcontentGeneralSurvey1.Name:theUnitedStatesofAmerica,theU.S.theUSA,America,theStates,Columbia,etc.2.Population:300million(uptoOct17,2006)3.Capital:WashingtonD.C.(DistrictofColumbia哥伦比亚特区)4.Area:9.3millionsquarekilometers(thefourthlargestcountryintheworld)---Alaska&Hawaii)5.Themostfamousriver:TheMississippiRiver(密西西比)6.Thelargestlakes:TheGreatLakes(大湖区)7.Themountains:theRockyMountains(落基山脉)8.50states(48contiguousstates,2non-contiguousonesThemapcontentUnitedStatesFlagcontentAmericanEmblem美国国徽NationalAnthem国歌NationalFloralEmblem(国花)theStar-SpangledBanner《星条旗永不落》Rosewelcometousethesepowerpointtemplates,NewContentdesign,10yearsexperiencewelcometousethesepowerpointtemplates,NewContentdesign,10yearsexperiencebaibie’sfamilycontentTheWhiteHouseTheCapitalcontentTheFormationofAmericanPeopleRace:Whites73%Latinos(拉美人)lessthan13%AfricanAmericans11.4%Asians3.3%NativeAmericans(Indians)1%contentStatueofLiberty★FredericAugusteBartholdi,FrenchArtist★CelebratingindependenceandAlliance★themodelofhiswife’sarmandmother’sface★in1886★InUpperNewYorkBayAmericanCulture美国主流文化的形成ThemaincontentofAmericancultureistheemphasizeonindividuals'value,thepursueofdemocracyandfreedom,thepromotionofdeploitationandcompetitionandtheneedofrealisticandpracticality.美国文化的主要内容是强调个人价值,追求民主自由,崇尚开拓和竞争,讲求理性和实用,其核心是个人中心主义:个人至上、私欲至上、追求个人利益和个人享受,强调通过个人奋斗、个人自我设计,追求个人价值的最终实现。Americancitizensemphasizeonachievementsandrespectheroes.美国公众注重成就,仰慕英雄,有深厚的成就崇拜和英雄崇拜的心理积淀。Americansocietyhasgreatmovementswithinitself.Thesemovementsareshownintwoaspects:movementsamongstlocationsandmovementsinsidethesociety.美国是流动性很大的社会。这种流动体现在两个方面:地域性流动和社会性流动。许多生活在美国的人,无论是土生土长的美国人,还是漂洋过海来到美国的外国移民,都有一个梦,即通过自己的努力,改变自己的社会地位,实现自己的人生梦想,这就是人们常津津乐道的“美国梦”。Manypeoplelivinginthestates,nomatterwhethertheyareNativeAmericanorimmigrantsfromoverseas,havethesamedreamofchangingtheirsocialclassandmaketheirlifetimedreamcometruethroughtheirownefforts.ThisiswhattheyoftencalledAmericandream.