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.,TheUnitedStatesofAmericaCowboyMentality,EditedbyRichard,.,Vocabulary,牛仔英雄cowboyhero宽边帽cowboyhat牛仔裤jeans皮套裤chaps刺马钉spur高筒皮靴cowboyboots骑在马上onhorseback个人独立personalindependence生而自由bornfree勇于冒险daring性感迷人sexyandenchanting浓烈的乡土气息astrongcountryflavor美国精神Americanspirit,.,3,.,4,.,5,Cowboy,AlthoughAmericanhistoryhaditsorigininEastCoast,WesternCowboyCultureisrepresentationofAmericanSpirit.Soonafterthecivilwarendedin1865,thousandsofland-hungryAmericansbegantomovewest.Thegreatmovementofsettlerscontinuedforalmostfortyyears.AsEnglish-speakingtradersandsettlersmovedintotheWesternUnitedStates,EnglishandSpanishtraditions,languageandculturemergedtosomedegree,withthetraditionprovidingthefoundationoftheAmericancowboy,.,TherearesomestubborntraditonalcowboysinthecountryofNewMexico.TheyareSpanishdescent.TheSpanishdevelopedwhatwenowconsiderthecowboytradition.Theyaresmart,gentle,amibitious.Andtheyliketoshowthemselvesinthepublicsituation.In1864,AmericadefeatedMexicointhewar,ThenitestablishedNewMexico.,.,7,.,ButtheironyisthatCowboyCulturecompletelyconqueredAmerica.SpanishputphilosophythatIcanintotheAmericanculture,sotheiroriginandculturearewellpreserved.Inaword,thoseSpanishspiritisrepresentationoftraditionalcowboys.CowboyisoriginatedfromSpanish,itmeansthepeoplewholookafterhorsesandcows.Today,thiswordisdifferentfromoriginalmeaning.Moreover,itsakindofspirit.Itmeansindependent,free,heroic.,.,9,Bythelateeighteenhundreds,theyearsofthecowboyswereending.Butthestoryofthecowboyandhisdifficultlifewouldnotbeforgotten.Eventoday,thecowboylivesinmovies,ontelevision,andinbooks.Infact,RealCowboysarenotlikethepersonswhicharedescribedinthemovies.Inreality,cowboysarehardworkerswhohadtolookaftercows.Theyworkedfor12-14hourseveryday,buttheyarepaidforlittlemoney.,.,10,.,11,.,12,.,However,CowboyCultureistheindispensablesectionofAmericanCulture.ThatscalledAmericanSpirit.InAmericaneyes,everyonecanbecomehero.Thosepersonswhocanworkhardandfinallystanduparerepresentationsof“AmericanDream”,.,14,CulturalLink,TheAmericanDreamisthebeliefinthefreedomthatallowsallcitizensandresidentsoftheUnitedStatestopursuetheirgoalsinlifethroughhardworkandfreechoice.,.,CowboysspiritisFreedom.Everybodypursuesit,butnotanyonecanachieveit.IfyouhaveachancetogototheWestofUSA,youhadbetterattend“HoustonLiveStockShowandRodeo(休斯顿牛仔节）Nomatterhowoldareyou,whatapperanceyouhave,youwillenjoyitshappiness.Cowboysspiritistobeyo