Chapter15TheCanadianMosaic1.Whyiscal
ledmosaic?What’sthedifferencefrommeltingpot?2.
TheFirstCanadians1)theFirstnations2)theInuit
3)theMetis 3.Immigrationpolicyhard-he
aded,nothumanitarian4.Quebec
3 3.Race1)5%non-Europeanethnicg
roups2)consequencesa.positivebringdiffe
rentculturesb.negativetheattitudeofsome
ofthewhite3)presentsituationa.economicallyworse-
offb.under-represented
英语国家概况(2)《英语国家社会与文化入门
》朱永涛主编高等教育出版社PartI.TheUnitedStatesofAmerica
Chapter1—Chapter12Chapter1AmericanBeginnings1.
WhatistheAmerican?1)Crevecoeur,aFrenchfarmer
LettersfromanAmericanFarmer2)anewmanwithmixed
bloodof Europeansortheirdescendants2.American
Indians1)mistakenlycalledbyColumbus2)havingthe
iraboriginalculturesa.theAztecsb.the
Incasc.theMayas3.“Discovery”ofAmeric
aChristopherColumbusa.anItaliansailorb
.1492,helandedononeofthe BahamaIslandsintheCari
bbeanSea andmistakenlycalledit“America”4.Newandpo
werfulsocialforcesinthe16thcenturythatawakenedtheEurope
andledtothediscoveryofAmerica1)developmentofcapital
ism2)therenaissance3)theReligiousReformation 5.T
hefirstEnglishsettlementinNorthAmerica 1607,inVirginia
6.TheDeclarationofIndependence1)draftedmainlybyTh
omasJefferson2)adoptedbytheCongressonJuly4, 1776
3)maincontenta.allmenareequalandb.haveu
nalienablerights(life, liberty,pursuitofhappiness)
c.thephilosophyofgovernment7.Threeimportantf
igures1)GeorgeWashington2)ThomasJefferson3)
BenjaminFranklinChapter2ThepoliticalSystem in
theUS1.TheArticlesofConfederation1)background
2)whyitfailed? 2.Afederalsystem3.Themakingoft
heUSConstitution1)fearsfacedwhenwriting2)Whati
sgovernment3)whenapproved?4.3partsofthegovernment
1)thelegislative:theCongress2)theexecutive:Presid
ent3)thejudicial:SupremeCourt5.BillofRightsChap
ter3AmericanEconomy1.IndustrialRevolutioninAmerica
broughtaboutmanychanges2.Stock3.Problemsaccompanied
thedevelopmentofmodernAmericanindustrialcapitalism4.Fa
ctorsofthesuccessofits businessandindustrymainlyfo
urfactors5.AgribusinessagriculturalbusinessChap
ter4Religion1.WASPcultureWASP–WhiteAnglo-SaxonProtesta
nts,basisofthemainstreamcultureoftheUS2.Religiouslibe
rty3.Religiousgroupssuchasprotestants,RomanCatholic
sJohnF.KennedywasthefirstCatholicpresidentinthe
US4.ThreefaithsProtestant,CatholicandJewish5.R
eligiousdiversity6.Americancharacteristicsofreligion1)no
statereligion2)Separationbetweenstateandchurch3)c
hurchisindependent4)littleconcentrationondoctrine C
hapter5AmericanLiteraturethecontinuousnarrativeof“pur
suitofhappiness”1.Earlyfiction:WashingtonIrving2.Tran
scendentalists:Emerson3.Naturalists:JackLondon4.TheLostG
eneration:Hemingway5.HarlemRenaissance:LangstonHughes6.Th
eBeatGeneration:youngwritersChapter6.Education1.Goa
lofeducation1)universalliteracy2)promoteindividua
lwelfareandofthepublic2.Boardsofeducationwh
at’sitsfunction?3.Highereducationfourcategoriesofins
titutionChapter7SocialMovementof
the1960s1.Whydiditbegin?Dissatisfactionfrom
1)Afro-Americans2)women3)youngpeople2.
Whoworkedinthemovements?3.Whatissocialmovement?4.It
mainlyrefersto1)TheCivilRightsMovement2)TheYou
th/Anti-warMovement3)TheWomen’sMovementChapter8So
cialproblems1.Racialproblemwhatistheblack“undercla
ss”?2.Poverty10%peopleliveatorbelowpovertyline3.
Drugabuseoneofthemostchallengingsocialproblem
4.Theprofileofatypicalcriminalyoung,male,cityre
sidentsofracialminority,butactually,elder,wealthier,
white,morefromsuburb5.Theabuseofpower1)bygo
vernment2)bycorporationChapter9Technology1
.Early19thcenturyJohnH.Hall,CyprusH.McCormick,theSteve
nsfamily2.Late19thcentury1)ThomasEdison2)Americansyst
emofmanufacturea.Taylorismb.Fordism 3.Early
20thecenturydevelopmentofradio4.mid20thcentury
changeinhouseholdtechnology5.Late20thcenturymilitar
ydevelopmentforpeacefultimeusage Chapter10
ScenicAmerica1)theGrandCanyonNationalPark2)Yellowst
onenationalPark3)Disneyland4)thenationalMonument5)Nia
garaFall Chapter11Sports1.Football2.Baseb
all3.Basketball1)NBA:nationalBasketballAssocia
tion2)Eastern/WesternDivision Chapter12EarlyA
mericanJazz1.Jazzmusicfirstappea
redinNewOrleans,ablendof1)folkmusic2)work
chants3)spirituals4)marches5)Europeanclassica
lmusic 2.Blues1)slow,,sadmusic,fromNewOrleans
2)blendofworkchantsandspiritual3.Ragtimemusic1)
blackUSorigin2)pianomusic,popularin1920s3)based
onmarchingbands4.BoogieWoogie1)firstappearedinChic
ago2)pianomusic,styleinjazz5.LouisArmstrongOrga
nizedHotFiveandHotSeven PartII.CanadaChapter13—18 Chapter12TheCountryandIts People1.TheCanadianIdentity2.ThenorthregionofCanada3.ThePrairies4.CentralCanada5.TheMaritimes Chapter14theGovernmentandpolitics1.Historicalbackground2.Structureofgovernment3.ThreeinfluentialCanadianleaders1)thethreePrimeMinisters2)similarities |
|
