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1、 通过电影看文化Unit 7. The Salad bowl: Cultural diversity什锦色拉：多元文化交相辉映什锦色拉：多元文化交相辉映 The great melting-pot of America, the place where we are all made Americans of, is the public school, where men of every race, and of every origin, and of every station of life send their children, or ought to send their ch

2、ildren, and where, being mixed together, they are all infused with the American spirit and developed into the American man and the American woman. - Woodrow Wilson通过电影看文化Cultural diversity Cultural diversity is tricky to quantify, but a good indication is thought to be a count of the number of langu

3、ages spoken in a region or in the world as a whole. By this measure, there are 4 signs that we may be going through a period of precipitous decline in the worlds cultural diversity. America has drawn to its shores individuals from all over the world. This has produced a blending of different ways of

4、 life that many Americans find disturbing. Ishmael Reed, however, sees this mixing of customs as neither new nor a thread. On the contrary, it is typically American.通过电影看文化American history The US has established a highly developed national economy within a matter of about two hundred years, counting

5、 from the time of its independence. Perhaps no other country has left as great an impression on the contemporary world as the US,a big achievement for such a relatively young nation. Lauded as a beacon of freedom, where over the centuries millions of immigrants have come to better their lives, and r

6、eviled as an international bully, perhaps never more so than in recent years, its a place you have to explore in order to understand and appreciate. 通过电影看文化Immigration & American diversity In fact, the US history is one of immigration. In 1620, about 100 English colonists, so-called Mayflower Pilgri

7、ms left for America seeking religious freedom. They landed near Plymouth, Massachusetts, making an early successful European migration to North America, which had been inhabited by American people for more than 16,000 years. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, American ports teemed with German,

8、Chinese, Irish, Italian, Polish immigrants from all over the world.通过电影看文化American culture The US is called the melting pot because there are people from everywhere around the world. They have different cultures, different customs, but when they come to the US, they are one, one nation. Americans ta

9、ke pride in their melting pot society that encourages new comers to assimilate into the American culture. But the melting pot imagery has been contested by the idea of multiculturalism, the salad bowl theory, or as it is known in Canada, the cultural mosaic, whereby the immigrants retain their own n

10、ational characteristics while integrating into a new society. 通过电影看文化American religion The US is a religious country, and the influence of the God on the American people can be seen everywhere. Because of the complexity of the nationality of the American people and their right to choose their own ch

11、urch to worship, there are as many as over 333,000 local church groups, and more than 250 religious sects throughout the country. That is because the country is largely composed of immigrants, and those overseas workers came to the US with different religions. In general, Christianity and Judaism ha

12、ve the greatest influence on nation. According to the principle of separation of church and state, the government of the US gives no direct subsidies to any faiths, but exempts them from paying taxes on income and property. 通过电影看文化NOTESWoodrow Wilson(1856-1924) 伍德罗威尔逊 the 28th President of the Unite

13、d States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. Running against Republican incumbent William Howard Taft, Socialist Party of America candidate Eugene V. Debs

14、, and former President Progressive (Bull Moose) Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. 通过电影看文化Ishmael Reed（1938-伊什梅尔里德 a bearded, paunchy but powerful-looking journalist, editor, author, poet, essayist whose activism extends beyond his writings. He is

15、 a tireless yet realistic promoter of Oakland, California as an integrated city, where blacks hold positions of power. In the New York Times and elsewhere he has criticized the networks unfair reportage on black crime. Few writers have provoked more controversy than Ishmael Reed. His books have been

16、 attacked by other black writers, feminists, and Establishment critics, who have accused him of being overly cynical and of harboring a hatred of women. 通过电影看文化Mayflower 五月花号 a merchant ship that set sail from Plymouth, a port on the southern coast of England in September 1620. Typically, the Mayflo

17、wers cargo was wine and dry goods, but on this trip the ship carried passengers: 102 of them, all hoping to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic. Nearly 40 of these passengers were Protestant Separatists,they called themselves “Saints”,who hoped to establish a new church in the New Wor

18、ld. Today, we often refer to the colonists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower as “Pilgrims.” 通过电影看文化Plymouth 普利茅斯 the first permanent colony in New England (1620) which is a destination best known for the Pilgrim. It is nestled between Boston & Cape Cod in the States.通过电影看文化Massachusetts 马萨诸塞

19、州 a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It has played a significant role in American history since the Pilgrims, seeking religious freedom, founded Plymouth Colony in 1620. As one of the most important of the 13 colonies, Massachusetts became a leader in resisting Brit

20、ish oppression. During the 19th century, Massachusetts was famous for the intellectual activity of its writers and educators and for its expanding commercial fishing, shipping, and manufacturing interests. Massachusetts pioneered the manufacture of textiles and shoes. 通过电影看文化Melting pot 大熔炉 a metaph

21、or for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements melting together into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the USA; the melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s.通过电影看文化salad bowl沙拉碗 a

22、 concept suggests that the integration of the many different cultures of United States residents combine like a salad, as opposed to the more traditional notion of a cultural melting pot. In Canada, this concept is more commonly known as the cultural mosaic.通过电影看文化Judaism 犹太教 a religious tradition w

23、ith origins dating back nearly four thousand years, rooted in the ancient near eastern region of Canaan (which is now Israel and Palestinian territories). Originating as the beliefs and practices of the people known as Israel, classical, or rabbinic, Judaism did not emerge until the 1st century C.E.

24、通过电影看文化Christianity 基督教 the most popular religion in the world with over 2.1 billion adherents. 42 million Britons see themselves as nominally Christian, and there are 6 million who are actively practicing. It is based on the teaching of Jesus Christ who lived in the Holy Land, 2000 years ago.通过电影看文

25、化 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 我盛大的希腊婚礼 面对自己庞大的家族，多种文化冲突中， 他和她把爱情进行到底了 CineWatch通过电影看文化Storyline Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her familys restaurant, Dancing Zorbas, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life.

26、Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think its his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunts travel agency (again making her father think its his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, and they date s

27、ecretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toulas huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself.通过电影看文化Cast Nia Vardalos Toula Portokalos MTV电影奖最具突破 女演员提名金球奖 最佳女主角提名Michael Consta

28、ntine Gus Portokalos 最佳希裔美国演员奖通过电影看文化Chicago 芝加哥 the third lagest US city. It is in the state of Illinois on Lake Michigan and sometimes called the “Windy City”. Chicago is the center of the American Mid-west and has the busiest airport in the world.通过电影看文化Culture inside 文化反光镜Parthenon (希腊)雅典娜神殿 the

29、 Parthenon in Athens, Greece was under construction from 449 BC to 421 BC. The Parthenon was created to honor the Greek goddess Athena, whom was called the protector of the city. Though the Parthenon is considered a temple, it was never meant to be used as a religious spot; there was no cult activit

30、y there. Instead, it is believed that the Parthenon was used as a sort of treasury.通过电影看文化Corinthian column科林斯式圆柱 the most highly decorated of the five classical types. The ancient and classical Greeks made some of their most astonishing contributions to successive societies and cultures in the fiel

31、d of architecture. Divided into three orders, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian, each architectural order has a specific column associated with it, which makes it easy to differentiate among the three. The Corinthian order is the newest and most elaborate of the three, and this is typified by the Corinthi

32、an column.通过电影看文化Windex 稳洁 famous brand of glass cleaner which can do more than just cleaning the glass.通过电影看文化Hamlet 哈姆雷特 one of the four great tragedies of William Shakespeares and was once adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also stars in the titular role as Prince Hamlet.

33、 It was highly acclaimed by the majority of critics and has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made.通过电影看文化Sunday School 主教日学校 a kind of class organized by a church that some children and youth go to on Sundays in order to learn about Christianity and the Holy World.

34、通过电影看文化PNR 旅客订座记录 a short term for Passenger Name Record in the data base of computer reservation system. And there are five parts of a PNR required before the booking can be completed. They are: The name of the passenger(s); Contact details for the travel agent or airline office; Ticketing details, either a ticket number or a ticketing time limit; Itinerary of at least one segment, which must be the same for all passengers listed; Name of the person making the booking.通过电影看文化Vegas 拉斯维加斯 a short form for Las Vegas and is