英语本科毕业论文-星条旗飘扬下的爱国主义.doc

本科毕业论文 星条旗飘扬下的爱国主义学生姓名： 学生学号： 200310206146 院 （系）： 外 国 语 学 院 年级专业： 2003级英语本科2班 指导教师： 二七年五月the patriotism under the flying flagof stars and stripeskong jiaxiunder the supervision offan xiyingschool of foreign languages and culturespanzhihua universitymay 2007攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 abstract攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 contentscontents攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 the patriotism under the flying stars and stripeabstract.key words摘要.关键词.introduction.1i. the formation and significance of the american national flag.2ii. the development and problems of patriotism in america.4 a. contributions of patriotism to americans achievement.4 b. problems of american patriotism.6. the patriotic education in america.8a. main contents of the patriotic education.81. cultivating the american spirit.82. fostering good citizens.9b. main ways of the patriotic education.101. social education of patriotism.102. school education of patriotism.12. the enlightenment of american patriotic education.14a. enhancing the national education of self-respect, self-confidence and self-reliance.14b. reinforcing the education about the consciousness and sense of duty of the citizens.14c. strengthening the infiltration education.15conclusion.17acknowledgements.19bibliography.20攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 abstractabstractas is known to all, the formation of the american stars and stripes is the history written in blood and tears, for which the americans have struggled all along and eventually set up the states. americans love their national flag deeply just as they love their motherland and their own lives.the flag of stars and stripes is the crystal of american patriotism. a strong prosperous nation with steady sustainable development largely depends on its peoples love, support and devotion. everyone should love their country in their inner heart so that they will have burning passion, and burst out infinite energy which will encourage all of them to go forward bravely and firmly for the interests of their motherland.it is obvious that patriotism is very important for a nations existence and development not only in america but also in any other country. with the passage of time, the meaning of patriotism has changed a lot. some sordid behaviors which occur in the name of patriotism infringe other countries benefits in the process of their development. it will do harm to the relationship between america and other nations and consequently affect the security and stability of the whole world.all people of the world must pay great attention to the serious problem. each nation should establish a correct conception of patriotism in every class, receive correct education of patriotism from childhood, form and develop true patriotism.key wordspatriotism; patriotic education; infiltration education; enlightenment-攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 摘要摘要众所周知，美国星条旗的形成史就是美国人民不懈奋斗，最终建立美国的血泪史。美国人民热爱国旗如同热爱国家和自己的生命。可以说，星条旗就是美国人民爱国主义的结晶。一个国家和民族的强大，繁荣，与其持续稳定的发展离不开人民的热爱，支持与奉献。只有心中爱国，才会永远燃烧这份激情，迸发出无穷的力量激励着人民为了祖国的利益勇敢坚定地向前进！爱国主义对于一个民族的生存和发展的重要性是显而易见的，这不仅仅是在美国，而是在世界上任何一个国家都很重要。随着时间的流逝，星条旗下的爱国主义的内涵也发生了很大的变化。其中不乏许多打着爱国主义的旗号来侵害别国利益的卑劣行为。这些不法行为将会危害到美国与世界上其他国家之间的友好关系，甚至会影响到整个世界的安全及稳定。所以，包括美国在内的世界各国都应该十分重视这个问题。而现在我们所能够做的就是树立正确的爱国主义观念，从小进行正确的爱国主义教育，培养和发扬真正的爱国主义精神。关键词爱国主义； 爱国教育； 渗透式教育； 启示-攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 the patriotism under the flying stars and stripes攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 introductionintroduction “ oh, say can you see by the dawns early lightwhat so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming?whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,gave proof thru the night that our flag was still there.oh, say does that star - spangled banner yet waveoer the land of the free and the home of the brave? ” when the national anthem is played solemnly, the american national flag is flying in the blue sky. the flag of stars and stripes is the crystal of american patriotism. american people have done a good job in many fields, especially in the patriotic education. some successful experience gives chinese people such valuable enlightenments. the chinese can sum up their experience and draw a lesson from it in order to get an overall development on chinese own education of patriotism.we chinese people not only should carry forward the glorious tradition, but also develop with the changing times. people must try their best to do it and realize the beautiful dream of building a powerful and prosperous country.-1-攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 bodyi. the formation and significance of the american national flagone of american great symbols is the american flag, 13 red and white stripes corresponding to the number of original states on a rectangular piece of color, one corner blue with 50 white stars for 50 states. the red color represents courage, white freedom and blue justice.the original flag of america appeared during the war of independence. at that time, the colonial people of 13 states took part in the war and made a flag called “the great allys flag” to show their will of sharing a bitter hatred of the enemy and fighting against the aggressors together. the base of this flag is 13 red and white stripes on a rectangular piece of color, which represents 13 colonial states. the upper left corner of this flag is a small union jack, which reflects the colonys acknowledgement of the status of its suzerain england. but this flag had been opposed by people soon because they thought that america already stood independently, there would not be pictures about british flag any more. so people began to design the picture of the american flag which truly represented america. it was an interesting plan that people wanted to use a star to represent a state, but there were some differences on the ways of arrangement about these 13 stars. the first president of america washington proposed a plan later on. people chose the plan of arranging 13 stars into a circle. the flag was used in 1777 formally and it was the first stars and stripes of america. this flag was in use until 1794.in 1794, vermont and kentucky joined america, the congress decided to modify the national flag. so 13 stars became 15 stars, 13 stripes also became 15 stripes. the 15 stars were arranged on the upper left corner of the flag according to the form of 35. after that, when a new state was added to america, the star on the national flag was added one, and the stripe on the national flag was also added one. when the arrangement had been changed, the design of the national flag changed too.in 1818, the congress passed a law about the modification of the national flag. it regulated that the numbers of stripe of the national flag revert to the original 13 -2-攀枝花学院本科毕业论文 bodystripes to memorize the original 13 colonies that had won the victory in the war of independence from then on. the white stars in the upper left corner of the flag are equal to the number of states. so a star was added while a new state was added.in 1912, when new mexico and arizona joined america, there were 48 states in america already and there were 48 stars in the national flag too. the 48 stars were arranged into a rectangle according to the form of 68. this design was nice-looking. this flag of 48 stars was used from 1912 to 1959. it was also the american national flag which the chinese people had often seen commonly before their liberation and called “the flower flag”.in 1959, alaska joined america and america had 49 states. the 49 stars of the national flag were rearranged a little according to the design of 77. but when hawaii joined america and it became the 50th state of america. the arrangement of these 50 stars of the national flag that became more complicated. at last, people adopted the design of alternate permutation of 6554 through the discussion over and over again. this is the 20th time for modifying the national flag since the independence of america. it is also the american flag of stars and stripes we have seen now. there is something important to say. during the civil war in 1864, there had been 11 states who wanted to be divorced from the federation. but president lincoln still declared to hang the national flag of 35 stars in order to show the unity of the country and never allow separation. (zhu yongtao, 265)-3-ii. the development and problems of patriotism in americait is obvious that patriotism is very important for a nations existence and development not only in america but also in any other country. with the passage of time, the meaning of patriotism has changed a lot. some sordid behaviors which occur in the name of patriotism infringe other countries benefits in the process of their development. it will do harm to the relationship between america and other nations and consequently affect the security and stability of the whole world.a. contributions of patriotism to americans achievementsthe first large-scaled activity for commemorating the national flag in america is the 100th anniversary of founding the state in 1876. in 1949, the congress acknowledged that “the american national flags day” is june 14 every year formally. so whenever the day is coming, each state will hold all kinds of commemoration ceremonies and they will hang the national flag in the public places to show their respects. every july 4, the whole country will become the ocean of american national flag. people crowd into the local downtown areas with flags one after another at dusk to hold many colorful shows of music, dances and arts in the open air; they also watch the firework together on the square. all of these are just to celebrate the festival voluntarily.america is not only a multinational country, but also a country with different races. the almost people are white people and its rate is around 2/3; the rates of the black and the latin american are both around 13%; the asians about 4%. so there are so many problems in america: the complicated formation of races, the contradictions of parties, the conflicts of religions and the fights between classes. but when the calamities are coming, what power make all americans unite and melt together who come from different places of the world with different cultures and different level of property as well as different color of skins, eyes, hairs, physiques and figures. the answer is only one: the patriotism!-4-from the history of america, people know that only patriotism can form a wide “united front”, consolidate the political power and unite the popular feelings. if any thorny contradiction or problem about the conflicts of interest occurs in the country every time, the authority will work things out to find something in common that the people can accept more often than not. they hold high the mental flag of patriotism and they have established an ironed will of the united states in the inner soul of the immigrants between the new and the old from generation to generation through the steady and protracted edification of patriotism about more than 200 years. the americans have achieved a lot not only in economy, politics, science and technology, military affairs and national defense, but also in other fields, such as sports, art, education and so on. all of these should attribute to the patriotism of americans. (cheng hong, 1)the passion of american patriotism is displayed in a unique and vehement concept of value. they think that the masters of the country are the taxpayers. the great country is iron-made but the presidents are running forever. any party and any government have their heyday in turn, but only the united states is shinning in eternity from generation to generation. under the control of this consciousness, the american national flags almost overflow everywhere, even on the hats, scarves, pants, bras, t-shirts, aprons, garlands, umbrellas, nail clippers, traveling shoes and things of christmas, all have the pictures of the flag of stars and stripes. a chinese writer has ever met an american couple who are stars both in old bridge of new jersey. some colleagues at his side ask them to sign their names on the t-shirts and notebooks. the man wears relaxing trousers of leisure, one of his legs of the trousers is the design of blue base and white stars, and another is the design of red and white stripes. griffith joyner, the declined american star of the track and field, was once called “the flower butterfly”. the impression she left peoples mind is not only the world record with lightning speed of 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, but also her flaunting postures and expressions, the competition dress with only one leg of trousers, and her long nail on which is painted the design of the national flag. there are so many great figures in america: the magnates such as rockefeller and morgan,-5-who are intelligent and capable; the scientists such as edison and bell, who are talented and diligent; and the statesmen such as washington, lincoln and roosevelt, who have courage, stratagem and politics. what they have done largely helps to bring about the success of the development of american economy.american people have such a high degree of respect for the national flag and american people give publicity to the spirit of the united states around the national flag enormously all over the world. in order to ensure the loyalty to the nation of every newcomer into america, they hold the ceremony of becoming american citizens for the immigrants every year. so thousands upon thousands of immigrants stand under the national flag and swearing to be loyal to america. then they can get the qualification of being the citizens of america and they become the members of the country formally at that moment. there is no crime of subverting the government in the law, but the crime of betraying their country is always more serious than the crime of murder in america. in different countries, the representation of patriotism is different in a thousand ways. but the emotions in it are connected so much by implication. almost all other countries in the world are quite different from america in the conception of country because they are ones on the base of nations and they have the connection of nations all along. but america is a new country of immigrants, there is no natural base of nations, they depend on the contact of ideals. so it is important that american people carry out the education of patriotism by using the national flag. it is also obvious that the national flag plays such an important role and has such an important function in the process of the education. people always say that the national flag is “the steel muscles and bones of the country” and “the cement of the society”. (cheng hong, 2)b. problems of american patriotismwith the passage of time, the meaning of patriotism has changed a lot. you see the flag everywhere now, people say, “what so proudly we feel”, “we are proud to be americans,” it can be known from all flags on front porches in small-6-towns across the country. some homes seem to have been built to fly the flag. this would not be complete without it; just perfect. “we are american too”, it is the message from the flags which inelegantly glued to the city apartment windows. the declaration of patriotic intent is everywhere. people can be persuaded from the simplest things, such as the displays where one flag was considered not enough. rockefeller center with 150 beautiful national flags is in show business, such a stirring sight although it is unlikely that the managers there love their country more than the owner of the small business, displaying just one.the annin flag company produces most american flags. they have more business than they can do now. you do not have to go to annin to buy a flag though. flag sales are a street corner cottage industry. furtive operatives set up shops; for them the buck means more than the banner. the color of the national flag and the numbers of stars and stripes are ordained, but there is no rule regarding dimension. there are tiny flags with sticks made in china. this grand flag is so big on a building in new york that it had to be continued to hang around the corner. this beauty hangs from the side wall of the building of fire service. and they would not want a dirty flag so they wash them.everyone wants to be associated with the flag, for example, they have america and yale, america and episcopalians, america and jpmorgan, america and maxell, america and the ritz tower. there are inevitably people who are more anxious to appear patriotic than to be patriotic. they treat a fine line between patriotism and commerce. the flag is everywhere in