New Horizon College English Unit 4 Five Famous Symbols of American Culture
Five Famous Symbols of American Culture New Horizon College English Unit 4
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Back Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Liberty Mattel Toy Uncle Sam EnlighteningCompany Sam wilson the world K en the american Philadelphia American Revolution · New York Gothic Baⅴ Grant Wood USArmy Barbie Nan Brother Barbara Indian Jonathan Handler James earle‖ James Elliot handler Fraser Ruth Handler Central Park Montgomery Z 00 Flagg
• statue • liberty • enlighten • monument • alliance • approve • affection • assemble • torch • bay • exaggerate .Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It • breast • version • universal • universally • sixty • fame • interpretation • solemn • medieval • inspire • grave • dentist • alongside • stretch • portrait • buffalo • nickel • tragedy • settlement • frontier • herd • horn Back • liberate • reputation • inspect • contract • evolve • recruit • poster • beard • chin Phrases and Expressions • work on sth. • be in love with sb. • approve of sth. • go ahead • for sale • come up with • rise to fame • name after sb. • save sb./sth. from • go against • run away from Proper Names • the Statue of Liberty • Frederic Auguste Bartholdi • Liberty Enlightening the World • Philadelphia • New York Bay • Barbie • Barbara Handler • Elliot Handler • Ruth Handler • Mattel Toy Company • Ken • American Gothic • Grant Wood • Nan • Indian • James Earle Fraser • Central Park Zoo • Uncle Sam • Sam Wilson • the American Revolution • US Army • Brother Jonathan • James Montgomery Flagg
ack called brother Jonathan that was popular during the american revolution. Uncle sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as Americans most popular symbol. The most enduring portrait of Uncle Sam was created by artist James montgomery Flagg in his famous army recruiting posters of World Wars i and i. that version-a tall man with white hair and a small white beard on his chin a dark blue coat and a tall hat with stars on it-was a self-portrait of Flagg
Five Famous Symbols of American Culture The Statue of Liberty In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statue’s right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe Back than beautiful. He chose his mother. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. It had his mother’s face and his wife’s body, but Bartholdi called it “my daughter, Liberty”. Barbie Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just a single Barbie. Actually, her name was Barbara. Barbara Handler was the daughter of Elliot and Ruth Handler, co-founders of the Mattel Toy Company. Ruth came up with the idea for Barbie after watching her daughter play with paper dolls. The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German doll – a joke gift for adults described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all -American – although with an exaggerated breast size – version and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. Mattel says the average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second. Now more than sixty years old, Barbara — who declines interviews but is said to have loved the doll — may be the most famous unknown figure on the planet. Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken, was introduced in 1961 and named after Barbara’s brother. The real Ken, who died in 1994, was disgusted by the doll that made his family famous. “I don’t want my children to play with it,” he said in 1993. American Gothic Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic, an oftencopied interpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers. The painting shows a serious-looking man and a woman standing in front of a farmhouse. He was strongly influenced by medieval artists and inspired by the Gothic window of an old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were what captured the world’s attention. Wood liked to paint faces he knew well. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sourlooking man. For the woman standing alongside him, the artist chose his sister, Nan. He stretched the models’ necks a bit, but there was no doubt who posed for the portrait. Nan later remarked that the fame she gained from American Gothic saved her from a very boring life. The Buffalo Nickel Today, American coins honor prominent figures of the US government — mostly famous former presidents. But the Buffalo nickel, produced from 1913 to 1938, honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier — the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians. While white people had previously been used as models for most American coins, famed artist James Earle Fraser went against tradition by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation. For the buffalo on the other side, since buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands, Fraser was forced to sketch an aging buffalo from New York City’s Central Park Zoo. Two years later, in 1915, this animal was sold for $ 100 and killed for meat, a hide, and a wall decoration made from its horns. Uncle Sam Fourteen-year-old Sam Wilson ran away from home to join his father and older brothers in the fight to liberate the American colonies from the British during the American Revolution. At age 23, he started a meatpacking business and earned a reputation for being honest and hard working. During a later war in 1812, Wilson gained a position inspecting meat for US Army forces, working with a man who had signed a contract with the government to provide meat to the army. Barrels of meat supplied to the army were stamped “EA-US”, identifying the company (EA) and country of origin (US). According to one story, when a government official visited the plant and asked about the letters, a creative employee told him “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” Wilson. Soon soldiers were saying all Army supplies were from “Uncle Sam”. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character called Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution. Uncle Sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as American’s most popular symbol. The most enduring portrait of Uncle Sam was created by artist James Montgomery Flagg in his famous army recruiting posters of World Wars I and II. That version—a tall man with white hair and a small white beard on his chin, a dark blue coat and a tall hat with stars on it—was a self-portrait of Flagg
Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It Back Main idea of the text The passage is about five famous symbols of American culture, telling readers their historical backgrounds, origins and relevant stories。 Devices for developing it? 标题法 时间法
.Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It The passage is about five famous symbols of American culture, telling readers their historical backgrounds, origins and relevant stories. Main idea of the text ? Devices for developing it? Back 标题法 时间法
ac 1. Heading杨题法 Five headings are used in this passage to put the whole text into five distinct parts, with each heading serving as a separate topic. And these headings are derived from the title of the text: five Famous Symbols ofamerican Culture. This device is helpful in making the text-structure clear For details 时间
Five headings are used in this passage to put the whole text into five distinct parts, with each heading serving as a separate topic. And these headings are derived from the title of the text: Five Famous Symbols of American Culture. This device is helpful in making the text-structure clear. 1. Heading (标题法) For details 标题法 Back 时间法
ac 1. Heading题法 Part 1 The Statue of Liberty Part 2 Barbie Five Famous Symbols of Part 3 American Gothic American Culture Part 4 The Buffalo Nickel Part 5 Uncle sam 时间法
Title Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 5 Heading 4 Heading 3 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Five Famous Symbols of American Culture 标题法 The Statue of Liberty Barbie American Gothic The Buffalo Nickel Uncle Sam Back 1. Heading (标题法) 时间法
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Of the five parts of the passage, three (Part I, II and V) are written mostly following the time sequence. 2. Time sequence (时间法) 时间法 返回 Back (Refer to Parts I, II and V for details.) 标题法
Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It ac I Main idea Part I (Paras. 1-4) To celebrate US independence and the france-America alliance. a Part l French artist created the statue of Liberty, with his wife's arm and his Part ill mother's face as models for his creation。 Part Iv Devices for developing it PartⅤ Time sequence(时间法)rdiy
Time sequence (时间法) Main idea ? Devices for developing it ? . Text Analysis: Main Idea and Devices for Developing It For details Part I (Paras. 1-4) Part II Part IV Part V Part III To celebrate US independence and the France-America alliance, a French artist created the Statue of Liberty, with his wife’s arm and his mother’s face as models for his creation. Back
Back Typical sentences for the time sequence 1. In the mid-1870s. french artist frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project. (Para. 2) 2. At the same time. he was in love with a woman whom he met in Canada. (Para. 2) 3...., but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876.(Para. 2) 4. That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statue's right arm ...(Para. 3) 5. The Statue of liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. (Para. 4) 返回
Typical sentences for the time sequence: 返回 1. In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project ….(Para. 2) 2. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he met in Canada. (Para. 2) 3. …, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. (Para. 2) 4. That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statue’s right arm … (Para. 3) 5. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. (Para. 4) Back
