大三上学期英美概况第八讲media,holiday and festival.ppt

1、英语国家概况,The United States of America,Media ,Holidays and Festival,Contents, Media, Holidays and Festivals, Sports and Scenery,I Media,1. Newspaper, magazines,2. Television and Broadcast,Newspapers,More daily newspapers than other countries high quality, views quoted all over the world columns by well

2、-known journalists of different political and social views “funnies (滑稽连环漫画)” or comic section everyone can find a comic strip(连环画） appealing to him slapstick (闹剧、 谐趣剧) humor melodrama (情节剧) violence, adventure, or intellectual satire,Newspaper,Most newspaper in the US rely heavily on two major news

3、 services, the Associated Press and the United Press International, which gather news stories and sell them the subscribing newspapers. Big Four: United Press International Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France Presse Big Five: Big Four plus Russian ITAR-TASS, Top 5 US newspapers, by average p

4、aid weekday circulation (May 2006),Top 10 Newspapers,2000 1. The Wall Street Journal 2. USA Today 3. The New York Times 4. Los Angeles Times 5. The Washington Post 6. Daily News( New York) 7. Chicago Tribune 8. Newsday 9. Houston Chronicle 10. San Francisco Chronicle,Influential Newspapers,The New Y

5、ork Times established in 1851, number one for editorial quality and news coverage associated with the Rockefeller Interest Group and financial field sold especially to the upper or upper-middle class reputation for its serious attitude and great bulk (数量、容量),The Washington Post established in 1877 s

6、econd biggest newspaper main readersgovernmental employees closely linked to the American Congress first exposing the Watergate Scandal in 1972,Influential Newspapers,The Los Angeles Times established in 1881 third most influential published by the Times-Mirror Company in Los Angeles and connected w

7、ith the Morgan Interest Group physically hugecover 200 pages on Sunday policynot to endorse (赞同或支持) candidates for high offices,Influential Newspapers,Time,It expresses ideas on international issues and reports international events extensively. Its become influential not only in US but also in the w

8、orld. Time has the US edition, international edition, as well as Europe, Asia and Latin American editions. Since March3. 1923 publication, Time has a keen interest to report issues about china.,Television and Broadcast,No government-owned television network Major radio and TV networks the Columbia B

9、roadcasting System (CBS) the National Broadcasting System (NBS) the American Broadcasting System (ABS) Commercials in TVadvertisements One channel with no commercials Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Programs can be seen all over the US No Congress interference in the content of its programs,Giants

10、 TV networks ABC CBS NBS FOX commercial Paramount Warner PBS-noncommercial,CNN cable TV network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner a division of the Turner Broadcasting System, owned by Time Warner based in Atlanta with four channels provides programs like World Report, World Business, World Sport, World

11、 weather, World Beat (世界音乐), Hotspots (热点问题), Insight(透视), and Q not enough to eat; many people died. In the following summer, Native Americans showed them crops safe to eat and how to plant them, so they had a good harvest.,1. Thanksgiving,Traditional dinner turkey (filled with stuffing or dressing

12、) sweet potatoes (also called yams) Cranberries made into a kind of sauce or jelly,1. Thanksgiving,idioms / slangs related to turkey,Talk Turkey: 打开窗户说亮话,说实在的 e.g： 1. If you are willing to talk turkey, the dispute between us can be easily settled .如果你愿意实实在在地说话,那么我们之间的争端就可以很容易地解决. 其它词汇： *have a turke

13、y on (ones) back: 1、喝醉酒 2、吸毒 *red as a turkey cock: 气的满面通红*swell like a turkey cock气势汹汹地发作,Special TV programs and sports events Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Thanksgivingthe beginning of the Christmas season,1. Thanksgiving,2. Independence Day,The national daythe 4th of July On this day

14、 in 1776, the Continental Congress adopted The Declaration of Independence.,Independence Day is the most important patriotic holiday.,Celebrations the armyfiring a thirteen-gun salute ceremoniesparades, official speeches, historic monument visits, out-door stage shows, dancing parties, boat races an

15、d firework displays Independence Hall Thomas Jefferson presented his drafts of The Declaration of Independence to members of the Continental Congress George Washington sitting as presiding over the Congress Americans celebrate their freedom and independence with barbecues, picnics, and family gather

16、ings.,2. Independence Day,Independence Hall,2. Independence Day,firework displays parade,Other holidays,Valentine Day 2月14日 Saint Patricks Day 3月17日 Fools Day 4月1日 Mothers Day 五月的第二个星期日 Fathers Day 六月的第三个星期日 Columbus Day 10月12日,Sports in America,Watching or attending sports events is an important pa

17、rt of the lives of many American people What is NFL? What is the Super Bowl?,Sports,Main sports,baseball,football,surfing,skiing,sailing,basketball,hockey,Football,1. the seasons -preseason (during the late summer)前赛季（夏末） -regular season (during fall)正规赛季（秋季） -post-season/play off time (during the w

18、inter until late in January)后赛季或超级锦标赛（冬季至一月）,National Football League,2. Super bowl (美国超级职业橄榄球赛) -is the name of final match of American Football, which decides the champion team for the year. 3. 24 teams divided into two conferences, the American Football Conference (AFC) (美国橄榄球协会) and the National

19、 Football Conference (NFC) (全国橄榄球协会),Baseball-American National Game,The famous baseball sports is in the USA. Just like NBA, MLB which is short for major league baseball is a dream of those who play baseball.,Since 1992 became a sport in the Olympic Games.,MLB（Major League Baseball):美国职棒大联盟 北美洲地区水准

20、最高的职业棒球比赛。由国家联盟和美国联盟在1902年成立。与职业篮球（NBA）、美式足球（NFL）、冰上曲棍球（NHL）并称美国四大职业体育竞赛。,Baseball,1. still be the great American game, even though many other countries are deeply involved with the game 2. the largest baseball stadium is the home field of the California Angels (加州天使队), Anaheim Stadium(阿纳海姆体育场) 3. l

21、eagues two major ones: the National League (全国联盟) the American League(美国联盟) A third one: the Negro League (黑人联盟) attended by African Americans,Hockey,American Scenery 1. the Southwest: the Painted Desert National Park (彩色沙漠国家公园：in the middle north of Arizona, famous for its painted sand foothills)Pe

22、trified Forest （石化森林国家公园） the Sunset Crater Volcano National Park (落日火山口国家公园) Lake Mead Hoover Dam 2. The Northwest: Yellowstone National Park (黄石国家公园：most in Wyoming, the largest, most famous, and the earliestly established national park in the USA; geysers: Old Faithful, hot springs, waterfalls, r

23、ugged peaks, lush valleys, rare species of birds) Grand Teton National Park (大蒂顿国家公园：also in Wyoming; glaciers) Dinosaur National Monument (国家恐龙化石保护区：in Colorado and Utah; prehistoric fossils) Bryce Canyon National Park (布赖斯峡谷国家公园：in Utah),Painted Desert,Next,Petrified Forest (I),Petrified Forest (I

24、II),Petrified Forest (IV),Next,Sunset Crater Volcano National Park,Next,Lake Mead from the top of Hoover Dam,Next,Hoover Dam,Next,Next,Yellow Stone National Park,Old Faithful geyser,Bryce Canyon National Park (I),Bryce Canyon National Park (II),Bryce Canyon National Park (IV),The Middle West: Mt. Rushmore (拉什莫尔山：in South Dakota, sculpture of 4 famous presidents on the