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Unit4FiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCulture第1页第1页Doyouknow?WhatmakessomeoneorsomethingtypicallyAmerican?WhatarethefivesymbolsoftheUnitedStates?第2页第2页OneofthemostfamoussymbolsofUnitedStates第3页第3页StatueofLibertyasasymboloftheUnitedStates,locatedintheUnitedStateswestofNewYorkCity,Manhattan,asmallisland-freeontheisland,holdinghertorchinNewYork,HongKongstandsattheentrance,atthecityobservedayandnight,sincethelate19thcenturyusheredinsincethetothemillionsofimmigrantstosettleintheUnitedStates.In1984,itwasinscribedontheWorldHeritageList.

第4页第4页FrenchGovernmenttocommemoratefreedomofthelogoimage,asacelebrationofthe100thanniversaryofindependenceoftheUnitedStatespresentedtotheUnitedStatesagift.Sincebeencompletedin1886,itstandsintheentranceofNewYorkHarbor.

Morethanacentury,standingonthefreedomoftheStatueofLibertystatueontheislandhasbecomealawthepeopleoftheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedStatesnationalsymboloffriendship,theexpressionoftheAmericanpeoplewillalwaysfightfordemocracy,longingforthenobleidealsoffreedom.第5页第5页BarbieDoyoulike?第6页第6页Perhapsthemostfamousnameindoll-makinghistory,Barbiehasdelightedchildrensince1959,andhasbecomeamagnetfordollcollectors.TheideaforBarbieoriginatedwhenRuthHandler,partowneroftheMattelcompanywithherhusbandElliotandfamilyfriendHaroldMattson,noticedthatherdaughter,Barbara,enjoyedplayingwithadultfemaledollsmorethanwithbabydolls.Shedecided,therefore,tocreateadollthatwouldallowyounggirlstoenvision（想象）whattheymightbecomeastheygrewolder.Hercreation,namedinhonorofdaughterBarbaraandbackedbyMattel,debuted（初次登台）attheAmericanToyFairinNewYorkCityin1959.AlthoughMattelhadbeenhesitanttoriskproducingtheBarbiedoll,BarbiesetanewsalesrecordforMattelafterthefirstyearonthemarket.Atacostofthreedollarseach,Mattelsold351,000dollsduringthefirstyearofproduction,andwithintenyears,thepublichadpurchased$500millionworthofBarbieproducts.AboutBarbieDoll第7页第7页第8页第8页AmericanGothicAmericanGothicisapaintingbyGrantWoodfrom1930.ItsinspirationcamefromacottagedesignedintheGothicRevivalstylewithadistinctiveupperwindowandadecisiontopaintthehousealongwith“thekindofpeopleIfanciedshouldliveinthathouse.”Thepaintingshowsafarmerstandingbesideawomanwhoseidentityremainsambiguous（引起歧义）;shemayeitherbehisspinster（未婚）daughter,asexplainedbytheartist‘ssister,orthefarmer’swife.Thefiguresweremodeledbytheartist‘sdentistandsister.Thewomanisdressedinacolonialprintapronmimicking19thcenturyAmericanaandthecoupleareinthetraditionalrolesofmenandwomen,theman’spitchfork（长柄草耙）symbolizinghardlabor,andtheflowersoverthewoman‘srightshouldersuggestingdomesticity（n.对家庭挚爱）.Itisoneofthemostfamiliarimagesin20thcenturyAmericanartandoneofthemostparodied(拙劣模仿）artworkswithinAmericanpopularculture.第9页第9页ThisisBuffaloNickel第10页第10页TheBuffalonickelalsoknownastheIndianHeadnickelwasafivecentpiecestruckbytheU.S.Mintfrom1913to1938.Thefront,orobverse,ofthecoinfeaturestherightprofileofanAmericanIndian,andtheback,orreverse,ofthecoinshowsanAmericanbison（北美野牛）orbuffalo.Thebuffalonickelwasdesignedbysculptor（雕刻家）JamesEarleFraser,andprovedtobesubjecttowear.

ThedatesbelowtheIndianheadeasilyworeoffincirculation.

In1938,after25years,theU.S.MintreplacedtheBuffalonickelwiththeJeffersonnickel.第11页第11页IamUncleSamUncleSamisanationalpersonificationoftheUnitedStates(US),withthefirstusageofthetermdatingfromthewarof1812andthefirstillustrationdatingfrom1852第12页第12页ThispostershowsUncleSamarm-in-armwithBritannia,accompaniedbyalionandaneagle.ItisadramaticreminderofthelongandfruitfulalliancebetweentheUnitedStatesandGreatBritain.Theposteristitled"Sidebyside-Britannia!Britain'sDayDec.7th1918".TheartworkisbyJ