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For hundreds of years people have sailed,flown,and walked into the area now known as the United States.Except for the approximately 2 million Native Americans.everyone who liyes in the United States is descended from a culture that was transplanted from somewhere else in the world.These cultures come together to form what many people now refer to as a ″salad bowl.″Each culture adding its taste to the mix but keeping its own identity.The melting pot″idea of old has been replaced.This can be seen by the number of Chinatowns.Koreatowns,Poletowns,etc. 相似文献
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For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurantsand laundres1.People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by theprejudice2 and discrimination that faced them in this country. The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush3 of 1849.Like mostof the other people there,they had come to search for gold.In that largely unoccupied land,the men staked4a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground.However.either because the Chinese were so 相似文献
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Joanna Dai 《中学生百科》2006,(29)
ACROSS 4 the language of the people of England and the United States and many areas now or formerly under British control 6 a science that deals with the composition, structure, and properties ofsubstances and with the transformations that they undergo 7 the art or science of government 9 the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions and of space configurations and their structure, measurement, transformations, and generalization… 相似文献
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小雨 《中学英语园地(高三版)》2007,(6)
Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Most people feel that they are poor without cars. Though he is poor, he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car. Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars. Maybe, he didn't know how much the car was going to affect(影响) the United States. The cars made the United States a country on wheels(轮子). And they have helped to make the United States rich and modern. 相似文献
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A New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the United States. Most Americans live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost eight million people live in New York City. Why do so many people come to live in one place? A look at the city shows us that New York City has a very good port 相似文献
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《海外英语》2006,(3):27
It is International Education Week in the United States,a time to think about and celebrate international education and exchange.The special week is a project of the State Department and the Department of Education. Officials of these agencies say Americans need to leam more about the world outside 相似文献
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(1)(2013年3月山东枣庄统考)[1]Speaking English is not only about using proper grammar.To use English effectively,you need to understand the culture in which it is spoken.Here are a number of important tips to remember when speaking English in the United States.[2]General Points to Remember Most Americans only speak English:while it is true that more and more Americans speak Spanish,most Americans.Don’t expect them to understand your native language. 相似文献
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Cynthia Kirk 《海外英语》2002,(1)
Researchers in the United States say dust clouds from dry African deserts may be a threat to the environment and human health. They say the dust may contain many small organisms(有机体) that could be dangerous to some people. Each year, huge dust storms form in the Sahara and the Sahel deserts of northern Africa. Winds carry the dust across 相似文献
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There are still many small neighborhood grocery stores in the United States.Andpeople often go to these stores to buy a few items that they have run out of.Theymight buy a carton of milk,for example,or a loaf of bread.In big cities,however,most Americans do their grocery shopping at large supermarkets.They usually shoponce or twice a week,and when they go through the checkout stand,their shoppingcarts are full of groceries.A large supermarket is a complex business that requires skillful management.Robert Kent manages a successful supermarket in the downtown area of a big city.He 相似文献
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《英语辅导》2003,(4)
A look at the history of the United States Indicates that this country has often been called "melting pot",where various immigrants and ethnic groups have learned to work together to build a unique nation.Even those "original"Americans-the Indians.probably walked a land bridge from Asia to North America some thousands of years ago.So.who are the real Americans?The answer is that any and all of them are! And you ,no matter where you come from,could also become an American should you want to.Then you would become another addition to America's wonderfully rich "nation of immigrants". 纵观美国历史,就可见这个国家经常被称为“一个熔 相似文献
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《英语辅导》2004,(9):26-32
New York City is the largest city in the United States. It is called "The Big Apple " and is a major world city and a world leader in finance, the arts, and communications. The city is the home of the United Nations and is headquarters for some of the world's largest corporations. The city is also the center of advertising, fashion, publishing, and radio broadcasting in the United States. 相似文献
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(一)Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people around the world. Some say that the word"sneaker" is another word.for tennis shoe, 1 no one really knows 2 the word came from. 3 say it came from the old English verb "sneak" which 4 to move silently and quickly. The only thing we are 5 is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 6 light-footed and ready to play.Sneakers of some kind are used by 7 who play tennis, basketball, and 8 sports. New design 9 especially for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 10 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 11 ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps 12 at all. 相似文献
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The New York City Visitors‘ Bureau says jazz musicians and entertainers first called New York the Big Apple 50 years ago.At that time, jazz musicians earned money by performing in many cities and towns across the United States. But performers liked to play in New York City best of all. New fork was the place with the best-paid jobs, the most money to earn and a greater number of people to appreciate jazz music. 相似文献
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Q: Is there a trend showing that a growing number of men and women are choosing to stay single?A: It's true that the percentage of Americans who aren t married has been increasing since about 1960, but the rate of "singlehood" is by no means unprecedented(空前的).According to the U. S. Census Bureau, a higher percentage of women are unmarried (48 percent) than men (44 percent) . Most unmarried people would like to be married, but 相似文献
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李兴初 《中学英语园地(高三版)》2005,(4)
To many people, good luck is necessary for success; but in many countries, success usually comes from hard work, from education, from skill, from the efforts(努力) and from the initiative(首创精神) of a person.As you know, the United States is truly a "do-it-yourself" society. Because effort and initiative are so important in America, there are many customs(风俗) that may be different from those practised in other countries. For example, it's not dishonourable(不光荣) to lose or be out of a j… 相似文献
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《山西教育(综合版)》2001,(14)
“Uncle Sam”is the nickname of the United States.It arose quiteby accidentand there actually was a man calles“Uncle Sam”.Sam began a meat- packing business in1 81 2 .(The warbroke outbetween the United States and Great Britain.) On Oct.2 that year,agroup of visitors came to Sam's meat- packing plant.Among themwas Governor Daniel Tompkins of New York State.He noticed theinitials EAUS on the barrels of the meat and asked what they stoodfor.A workman replied that EA stood for Elbert… 相似文献
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There are two elements in life that Americans dosave carefully: time and labor."Americans are slaves to nothing but theclock, "it has been said. Time is treated as if it were an almost tangible entry. In their language, there are words associated with it: time can be budgeted, saved, wasted, stolen, killed, and cut. Americans also charge for time. It is a precious commodity to them. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. Once the sands have run out of a person' s hourglass, they can not be replaced. They want every minute to count. 相似文献
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The poet Robert Frost注1 wrote that good 1)fences make good neighbors,but sometimes there isn't a fence high enough to prevent 2)conflict between you and your next-door neighbor.Los Angeles is one of the most 3)densely populated 4)urban areas in the United States,so neighborly conflict is a daily thing for many people who live here. 相似文献
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Chinese immigrants lived a hard life in the United States before 1949.Based on the analysis of their remarkable contributions to the American progress in its economy,society,culture,science,and many other fields,the indication is given that the United States should thank the Chinese for their contributions and take active steps to develop friendly relations with China. 相似文献
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The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger, a kind of round sandwich of cooked ground beef. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurants people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. 相似文献