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1、America-AMeltingPot?AnationofimmigrantsImmigrationandemigrationImmigration,themovementofpeopleintoanothernationwiththeintentionofresidingtherepermanently.Thecontrastingtermemigrationreferstothemovementofpeoplepermanentlyleavinganation.Whatdoes“ameltingpot”mean?TraditionallytheUnitedStateshasbeendescribedasameltingpot,ametaphoricimageoftheUnitedStatesasafoundrythatcombinesthedifferentcomponentmetals-representedbyimmigrantsfromvariouscountries-intothenewmetal,Americans.Lookatthephotosanddescribe。

2、themintermsofraceandancestryNativeAmericansGeneralEisenhowerYang,ChenLin----physicistandNobellaureateMichelleKwan---FigureskaterWinnersofOscarAwardsWhoareAmericans?ExceptforNativeAmericans,allAmericansareeitherrecentimmigrantsorthedescendantsofimmigrantswhohavesettledinNorthAmericaoverthelastfivecenturies.QuotedfromLettersfromanAmericanFarmerWhatthenistheAmerican,thisnewman?HeiseitheraEuropean,orthedescendantofaEuropean,hencethatstrangemixtureofblood,whichyouwillfindinnoothercountry.Icouldpoin。

3、touttoyouafamilywhosegrandfatherwasanEnglishman,whosewifewasaDutch,whosesonmarriedaFrenchwoman,andwhosepresentfoursonshavenowfourwivesofdifferentnations.QuotedfromLettersfromanAmericanFarmerHeisanAmerican,wholeavingbehindhimallhisancientprejudicesandmanners,receivesnewonesfromthenewmodeoflifehehasembraced,thenewgovernmentheobeys,andthenewrankheholds.Hereindividualsofallnationsaremeltedintoanewraceofmen,whoselaborsandposteritywillonedaycausegreatchangesintheworld.TheAmericanisanewman,whoactsupon。

4、newprinciples;hemustthereforeentertainnewideas,andfromnewopinions.ThisisanAmerican.ReadingActivityGuidedQuestionsWhyistheterm“ameltingpot”notmoresuitabletodescribetheUnitedStates?Whatistheimplicationofa“potofstew”?WhatarethelargeethnicgroupsfromEurope?WhatdoAmericanblacksthinkoftheiridentity?WhatisthesocialstatusoftheOrientalAmericans?CanyoufindoutanycomponentsoftheAmericanNation?Whyistheterm“ameltingpot”notmoresuitabletodescribetheUnitedStates?1)themeltingpotmetaphorimpliedthatAmericaisa。

5、placewherethepreviousidentitiesofeachimmigrantgrouparemelteddowntocreateanintegrated,uniformsociety.2)ItdoesnotreflectthefeaturesofthediversemulticulturalsocietyoftheUnitedStates.Whatistheimplicationofa“potofstew”?themeatandvegetable:differentracialandnationalgroupThespicesandthewayitiscooked:thesamelanguage,theAmericanwayoflife,thelawWhatarethelargeethnicgroupsfromEurope?theAnglo-SaxonstheItalianstheGermanstheIrishInfluenceofGerman–AmericansonAmericanCultureThecelebrationofChristmasinth。

6、eUnitedStates,forexample,reflectsGermanChristmascustoms.GermanAmericansintroducedChristmastreesandgift-giving.AGermanAmericanartist,ThomasNast,createdthetraditionalimageofSantaClaus.GermanAmericansalsointroducedtheEasterBunny.AmericanEnglishcontainsagreatnumberofwordsofGermanoriginbroughtintothelanguagebyGermanAmericans,includinghamburger,andwunderbar(wonderful).WhatdoAmericanblacksthinkoftheiridentity?AmericanblackstracetheirrootsbacktoAfricantribesinthedaysofslavery.MoreandmoreAmericanblack。

7、sidentifythemselveswithAfrica.WhatisthesocialstatusofOrientalAmericans?Lessthan1%ofthepopulationSuccessfulimmigrantsTheformationoftheAmericanNationNativeAmericansAmericansfromEurope(theAnglo-Saxons,theItalians,theGermans,theIrish)AmericansfromAsia(Chinese,Japanese)AmericansfromAfrica(Blacks)AmericansfromtheLatinAmerica(HispanicAmericans)。