美国大熔炉

America___Alargemeltingpot农林经济管理1101班吴爱珍MeltForeignAmericanWhatisAmericanMeltingPot?ThemeltingpotheremeansthatpeoplewithdifferentculturalandethnicalbackgroundsimmigratetotheStates,livetogether,getmixedandbuildupthiswonderfulculturethatwecallAmericanculturetoday.熔炉在此是指不同文化与种族的人移居到美国，共同生活，融合在一起，创造了我们今天称作美国文化的奇妙文化。Immigrants•theunitedstatesisacountryofimmigrants,wherevariousimmigrantsandethnicgroupshavelearnedtoworktogethertobuildauniquenation.•EventhoseoriginalAmericans,theIndians,probablywalkedalandbridgefromAsiatoNorthAmericasomethousandsofyearsago•theimmigrantsaremainlyfromEurope,Asia,AfricatherearethreeimmigrantmigrationsinAmericahistory,whicharecalledthegreathumanmigration,from1820to1860forthefirst,from1861to1880forthesecond,andfrom1881to1920arethethirdinthe50schineseseachforgoldfrom1850s,somechinesegotoSanFranciscotodigginggoldforliving,andcontributedtothelocaldevelopmentinfluenceoftheimmigrants•Asweallknow,Americahasashorthistorybutitdevelopsoquick,itdosethankstoitsimmigrantpolicy.TheEuropeanstaketechnologytothere,whichconducetoAmerica.•However,duringthemigration,therearesomeprombles,likeracialissuesandforeigndiscrimination(外来歧视）。Ingredients:White77.1%Black12.9%Asian4.2%NativeAmerican1.5%Others4.3%———————————————————————————————————RaceMeltingtheGreatSoupofAmericansAfricanblack&ScotlandwhiteFrench&ItalianKenyanblack&AmericanwhiteMichael·JordanObamaMadonnaMoremixed-bloods----eg.California,500,000Asianmixedbloods———————————————————————————————————Maggie.Q美越混血Midi中美混血Multiculturalism•Literature•Music•Language•Eatingculture•Festival•Immigrantsbringtheirnativecultural,political,andsocialpatternsandattitudes,variedacademicandreligiousbackgrounds,aswellastheirethnicarts,sports,holidays,festivals,andfoods.TheyhavegreatlyenrichedAmericanlife.Literature•Americahasalotoffamousliteratureworks,buttheirauthorsmaycomesfromforeign.Music•therearemanykindsofmusicinthecountry.Andsomearecomposedbyblacks.Festival•manyreligionfestivalsarereservedandrespected.•Valentine'sDay,•AprilFools'Day———————————————————————————————————LanguageMeltingPorridgeofAmericanEnglishMainingredient:BritishEnglishAccessories:AmericanIndianmooseDutchcoleslaw,cookieDeutschsemester,hexFrenchpumpkin,voyagerSpanishjerkHowthelanguageismelted•AuthorityofEnglish.Dispellallnon-Englishlanguages.•ChangesoflanguagesEnglishwords（American:inquire,tireBritish:enquire,tyre）pronunciationdailyexpression(longtimenosee)OtherlanguageschangemoreorlessinanAmericanwayInourmind,themosttypicalfoodinAmericaarehamburgsandchips.Asthedevelopmentofthesociety,thefoodinAmericaisalsobecomemoreandmoreplural（复杂）now.Exceptthefastfood,thefoodatthedominantpositionnowareChinesefoodandItalianFood.Yao’sRestaurantisasymboloftheintegratedwesternandChineseculturewhichregrad“YaoMing,BasketballandAmericanandChinesestylefood“asthebiggestcharacteristics.Andherenationalelementscanbeseeneverywhere.Chinatown唐人街HereChineseelementscanbeseeneverywhere•Ithinkthemeltingpotdosenotmeltawayallrecollections（记忆）ofanotherwayoflifeinanotherplace,norshouldit.Theend!thanks