The United States of America
The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific.
At 3.79 million square miles and with over 310 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the
product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy.
The national flag of the United States consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. The fifty stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen colonies that rebelled against the British monarchy and became the first states in the Union. Nicknames for the flag include the "Stars and Stripes", "Old Glory," and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (also the name of the national anthem).
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, filled with major museums and monuments, along with
multi-cultural communities.
New York is the most populous city in the United States and one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. As the home of the United Nations Headquarters, it is an important center for international affairs and is widely deemed the cultural capital of the world. The city is also referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part. Many districts and landmarks in New York City have become well known to outsiders. Times Square, iconified as "The Crossroads of the World", is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. The city hosts many world renowned bridges, skyscrapers, and parks.
Los Angeles is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States. Nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is a world center of business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, technology, and education. As the home base of Hollywood, it is known as the "Entertainment Capital of the World", leading the world in the creation of motion pictures, television production, video games, and recorded music.
The United States is extraordinarily diverse in its array of attractions. There are various places of interest in the county, such as Niagara Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Statue of Liberty, Times Square, The White House, Central Park, Grand Canyon, the Golden Gate Bridge, etc.
Out of all of America's symbols, none has proved more enduring or evocative than the Statue of Liberty. This giant figure, torch in hand and clutching a stone tablet, has for a century acted as a figurehead for the American Dream.
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. It connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. It has become an internationally
recognized symbol of San Francisco and California.
The United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values. Aside from the now small Native American and Native Hawaiian populations, nearly all Americans or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. The culture held in common by most Americans—mainstream American culture—is a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of European immigrants with influences from many other sources, such as traditions brought by slaves from Africa. More recent immigration from Asia and especially Latin America has added to a cultural mix that has been described as both a homogenizing melting pot and a heterogeneous salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.
Americans celebrate a variety of federal holidays and other national observances throughout the year, such as New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. American holidays can be secular, religious, international, or uniquely American.
Traditional American cuisine uses indigenous ingredients, such as turkey, venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, which were consumed by Native Americans and early European settlers. Characteristic dishes such as apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants. French fries, Mexican dishes such as pasta dishes freely adapted from Italian sources are widely consumed.
Baseball has been regarded as the national sport since the late 19th century. Basketball and ice hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing. Soccer is played widely at the youth and amateur levels. Tennis and many outdoor sports are popular as well.
哈佛大学(Harvard University)是美国历史最悠久的一流学府之一，坐落于马萨诸塞州剑桥，隔查尔斯河与波士顿相望。哈佛大学有两所学院招收本科生，即哈佛学院和拉德克利夫学院，它们招收的学生约占哈佛大学全体学生的一半。哈佛大学是常春藤联校之一。 Harvard University (Harvard University) is the longest in U.S. history one of the first-class academic institution, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and at Boston and across the Charles River. Harvard University has two colleges to recruit students, Harvard College and Radcliffe College, which recruited the students about half of all students at Harvard University. Ivy Harvard University is one of the school. 哈佛大学创建于1636年，原称剑桥学院。出生于伦敦的英国牧师约翰·哈佛(John Harvard，英国剑桥大学毕业) 于1637年由英国到此新建的学院内工作，由于工作很积极，得到好评。他将其全部藏书和一半资产捐赠给这所学院，该校因此而改名为哈佛大学。1638年夏天学校开学时只有一名教师、一所木板房和一个“校院”。 Harvard University, founded in 1636, formerly known as Cambridge College. Born in London, the British minister John Harvard (John Harvard, graduating from the University of Cambridge in England) in 1637 by the British Institute in this new work, the work is very positive, be praised. He will all of its collections and half of these assets donated to the institute, the school be renamed the Harvard University. 1638 summer school at only one school teachers, a Muban Fang and a "School House." 哈佛创建初期是由教会主办的，但在头200年中，就逐渐地摆脱了宗教和政治的控制。1865年，该校校友开始选举学校管理委员会。19世纪初开设了神学院、法学院和医学院。19世纪中期，哈佛的劳伦斯科学学院为美国应用科学的发展作出了贡献。 Harvard created by the early church-sponsored, but in the first 200 years, to gradually shake off the religious and political control. 1865, the school alumni proceed to the election of the school management committee. The early 19th century opened a seminary, and the Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine. The mid-19th century, the Harvard School of the Lawrence scientific application of science for the United States has contributed to the development. 埃利奥特任哈佛校长期间（1869至1909年），将哈佛办成了具有全国影响的学校。他采用选修制，取代了刻板的古典课程，学生们可以攻读他们感兴趣的专业。今天的哈佛大学已是一个多学科的综合性大学。 Elliott president of the Harvard period (1869-1909), will be the Harvard of the impact of national schools. He used an elective system, replacing the stereotype of classical courses, students can pursue their professional interest. Today's Harvard is already a multi-disciplinary comprehensive university. 2007年10月12日，德鲁·吉尔平·福斯特就任哈佛大学第28任校长。她是该校历史上任命的第一位女校长。 哈佛大学设有17个学科系，分属2个本科生学院（哈佛学院和拉德克利夫学院）和10个研究生学院：文理学院、医学院、教育学院、设计学院、公共卫生学院、行政管理学院、法学院、牙医学院、神学院和商学院。与它有直接联系的有95家图书馆、7个植物研究所、2个天文台、50余个科学、工程和医学实验室、9家自然历史、医学、艺术和考古博物馆。哈佛大学还拥有许多著名的研究中心，如国际事务研究中心、教育政策研究中心、环境设计研究中心、电子计算机研究中心等。东方研究中心燕京研究所，是个专门研究中国问题的机构，受到美国著名中国问题专家费正清长期支持。 October 12, 2007, Delujier-Foster as president of Harvard University No. 28. She is the history of the school appointed the first Nvxiao Zhang.
1:The River Thames is the second longest river in the United Kingdom and the longest river entirely in England, rising at Thames Head in Gloucestershire[ 格洛斯特郡（英格兰）], and flowing into the North Sea at the Thames Estuary(河口). It has a special significance in flowing through London, the capital of the United Kingdom, although London only touches a short part of its course. The river is tidal in London with a rise and fall of 7 metres (23 ft) and becomes non-tidal at Teddington [特丁顿（英国国立物理研究所所在地）]Lock. The catchment area covers a large part of South Eastern and Western England and the river is fed by over 20 tributaries. The river contains over 80 islands, and having both seawater and freshwater stretches supports a variety of wildlife. the river has supported human activity from its source to its mouth for thousands of years providing habitation, water power, food and drink. It has also acted as a major highway both for international trade through the Port of London, and internally along its length and connecting to the British canal system. The river’s strategic position has seen it at the centre of many events and fashions in British history, earning it a description by John Burns as ―Liquid History‖. It has been a physical and political boundary over the centuries and generated a range of river crossings. In more recent time the river has become a major leisure area supporting tourism and pleasure outings as well as the sports of rowing, sailing, skiffing, kayaking, and punting. The river has had a special appeal to
The United States of America The United States of America (also referred to as the United States, the U.S., the USA, or America) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Caribbean and Pacific. At 3.79 million square miles and with over 310 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the
介绍美国文化的英语演讲稿篇一：介绍美国文化的英语演讲稿 the american heritage festival 1. united states is a cultural powers. short but rich history and unique it makes for an ethnic melting pot, and bring together the worlds culture. if the thought of this huge social and human treasures of get in, we may wish to take a short cut, that is, on his holiday to be a general understanding of the culture, because it is a microcosm of the festival. 2. day(情人节情人节)(february valentines day(情人节)(february 14)(the first sunday after the first full moon following 1, halloween is the traditional festival of the west. halloween, namely 31 october night, children enjoy a good time to play. as night fell, the children put on colorful costume, and wore a mask of all sorts, put on a pumpkin lamp ran out to with parity, the demons were
THE STORY OF BIG BEN At 9'-0" diameter, 7'-6" high, and weighing in at 13 tons 10 cwts 3 qtrs 15lbs (13,760 Kg), the hour bell of the Great Clock of Westminster - known worldwide as 'Big Ben' - is the most famous bell ever cast at Whitechapel. This picture, painted by William T. Kimber, the head moulder responsible for casting the bell, shows George Mears with his wife and daughter inspecting the casting prior to despatch. Big Ben was cast on Saturday 10th April 1858, but its story begins more than two decades earlier.... On 16th October 1834, fire succeeded where Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters had failed on 5th November 1605, and destroyed the Palace of Westminster, long the seat of the British government. Those few bits of the Old Palace that survived the fire - most notably Westminster Hall, which was built between 1097 and 1099 by William Rufus - were incorporated into the new buildings we know today, along with many new features. Big Ben remains the largest bell ever cast at Whitechapel. Visitors to the foundry pass through a full size profile of the bell that frames the main entrance as they enter the building. The original moulding gauge employed to form the mould used to cast Big Ben hangs on the end wall of the foundry above the furnaces to this very day. Among the gift items available from Whitechapel Bell Foundry are a finely detailed miniature of the bell itself and an illustrated booklet about Big Ben. These can
美国历史--中英文
1) The "discovery" of the New World 发现新大陆 ①The "first Americans" were the Indians 最早的美国人是印第安人 ②In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, supported by the Spanish queen, he led his men to sail across the vast ocean in 1492 and reached some small islands in the now west Indies. He thought he had reached Asia and didn't know he had discovered a New Continent. 15世纪后期，意大利航海家克里斯多弗.哥伦布，在西班牙女王的支持下,于1492年率领船队穿越浩瀚的大西洋，抵达了现在西印度群岛的一些小岛。他误以为到达了亚洲，并不知道自己已经发现了一个新大陆。 ③Ameriga Vespucci proved that the land was a new continent. Therefore, the land was named America after him.
阿美利歌?韦斯普奇证明了这是新大陆，因此，以他的名字命名。 2)Causes of the colonization of the New World 殖民时期 Opportunity was a magic word. 机遇是一个神气的词 ①The new Would drew English nobles (who dreamed of getting more land and establishing great new estates.). ②Drew other people who could not find jobs in England. ③Most of all , it drew the poor and the homeless from the farmlands and villages of Europe. ④Many settlers came to the English colonies in search of religious freedom because they had been persecuted in England. 1）他吸引了英国的贵族（那些梦想在荒原上创建庞大的新地产的） 2）吸引那些在英国无法找到工作的人。
纽约的城市介绍 New York is the most popular city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most popular metropolitan areas in the world. New York has a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international affairs and is widely deemed the cultural capital of the world. The city is also known as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the state of New York, of which it is a part. 第五大道 Fifth Avenue which is the center of Manhattan, is one of the most world famous business the Rockefeller Center to the 58th Street,there are many luxury avenue’s most illustrious name is still Tiffany, the jeweller brought to fame by the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany’this movie,every day morning ,Audrey Hepburn came to New York's fifth avenue of Tiffany window, eating her bread and dreaming that she could have breakfast in the jewelry shop one day. the Metropolitan Museum大都会艺术博物馆 One of New York City's most popular tourist attractions, the Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes over 5 million visitors a year. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection and special exhibits offer something for everyone -- from Ancient Egyptian Vases and Roman Statues to Tiffany Stained Glass
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New Year’s Day This day, people gathered in the church, in the street corner or on the square, singing hymns, praying, blessing, repenting and greeting the exchange for the new moment. At 12 o’clock the church bells, the famous band playing nostalgic songs "Bon Voyage". However in essence, New Year’s Day in the United States is not the most festive holiday, but there are still many celebrations . Different States have Different customs , In California, rose is the largest celebration at the appointed time, Many cars decorated by roses in different models running in a line of thousands of miles , This not only attract men and women but the crowded around the street corner, and millions of TV viewers . Also In Philadelphia, traditional parades will be held, people take part in a parade, some dressed as clowns, some dressed as women (according to the old custom, women were not allowed to take part in this parade floats), with singing and dancing, lively and extraordinary. Americans also has an interesting custom, which determined in the new year's resolutions, which they called "New Year's
1) The "discovery" of the New World 发现新大陆 ①The "first Americans" were the Indians 最早的美国人是印第安人 ②In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, supported by the Spanish queen, he led his men to sail across the vast ocean in 1492 and reached some small islands in the now west Indies. He thought he had reached Asia and didn't know he had discovered a New Continent. 15世纪后期，意大利航海家克里斯多弗.哥伦布，在西班牙女王的支持下,于1492年率领船队穿越浩瀚的大西洋，抵达了现在西印度群岛的一些小岛。他误以为到达了亚洲，并不知道自己已经发现了一个新大陆。 ③Ameriga Vespucci proved that the land was a new continent. Therefore, the land was named America after him. 阿美利歌?韦斯普奇证明了这是新大陆，因此，以他的名字命名。 2)Causes of the colonization of the New World 殖民时期 Opportunity was a magic word. 机遇是一个神气的词 ①The new Would drew English nobles (who dreamed of getting more land and establishing great new estates.). ②Drew other people who could not find jobs in England. ③Most of all , it drew the poor and the homeless from the farmlands and villages of Europe. ④Many settlers came to the English colonies in search of religious freedom because they had been persecuted in England. 1）他吸引了英国的贵族（那些梦想在荒原上创建庞大的新地产的） 2）吸引那些在英国无法找到工作的人。 3）尤其是吸引了欧洲农场和乡村的穷人和无家可归的人。
美国文化的英语作文 本文是关于美国的话题作文，仅供大家参考！ 美国文化的主要内容是强调个人价值,追求民主和自由,小编收集了关于美国文化的作文，欢迎阅读。 第一篇：美国文化 This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The writer O’Henry called it the one day that is purely American. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has ritual meaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner which is the main part of the celebration. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of the family gather. The holiday is a time of family reunion. Thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. However, experts say this year probably will be different. On September 11th, thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked airplanes that struck buildings in Washington D.C. and New York City. Many people now say they are worried about flying on a plane. Travel experts say almost 6 percent fewer people will make long trips this Thanksgiving compared
介绍美国的英语小作文 导语：美国是一个高度发达的资本主义国家，下面是小编给大家整理的介绍美国的英语小作文的相关内容，希望能给你带来帮助! 介绍美国的英语小作文The United States of America (USA) is the only superpower on this globe now. It is a developed country with diversified cultures such as Asian, European and African. Some people call USA the melting pot because of the diversity. USA has a dominating power over economy, education, policitcs, milatary and culture all around the world. It has advanced industries, ideas and some of the smartest scientist on this earth. But it also has its own problems such as racial discrimination and the widening gap between the rich and the poor. 美利坚合众国（USA）是世界上唯一的一个超级大国.她是一个发达国家,有多元化的文化,像亚洲、欧洲和非洲的.正因为此,有些人把美国称为一个“大熔炉”. 美国现在在世界上的各个领域都雄霸一方,像经济、教育、政治、军事和文化.她有先进的工业、思想,并有全世界一些最聪明的科学家. 但是她也有自己的问题,比如种族歧视和穷富之间逐渐拉大的差距. 美国简介美利坚合众国（英语：United States of America），简称“美国”，是由华盛顿哥伦比亚特区、50个州和关岛等众多海外领
美国文化背景简介 【熔炉】(The Melting Pot) 美国的别称。因为美国是一个由来自世界各地不同民族的移民融合组成的国度。这些移民说的英语不像英国人的英语那样具有较强的阶层性与地域多样性。他们形成了相似的生活习惯与礼节；城乡居民的差别也不像其他国家的那样明显。美国社会虽然竞争性强，且存在着种族歧视，但它在同化来自不同民族的移民方面又表现出相当大的弹性与包容性。因而，形成了全新的整体文化与共同的民族意识，使美国成为“一个多民族组成的国家”。美国人的人生观是基于个人奋斗、自我管束与竞争精神之上的。 【雅皮士与雅非士】(Yuppies and Yuffies) 雅皮士是美国人根据嬉皮士(Hippies)仿造的一个新词，意思是“年轻的都市专业工作者”。雅皮士从事那些需要受过高等教育才能胜任的职业，如律师、医生、建筑师、计算机程序员、工商管理人员等。他们的年薪很高。雅皮士们事业上十分成功，踌躇满志，恃才傲物，过着奢侈豪华的生活。与嬉皮士们不同，雅皮士们没有颓废情绪，不关心政治与社会问题，只关心赚钱，追求舒适的生活。雅非士意为“都市中失败的年轻人”。他们虽然觉得自己的生活无法与雅皮士的生活相比，但又不愿意有失落感，并发誓要找到自己的归宿。 【山姆大叔】(Uncle Sam) 它是美国的绰号与象征。山姆大叔的英文为Uncle Sam，缩写是U.S.，正好与美国的英文缩写相同。但它怎样成为美国的绰号和象征的呢?普遍的说法是：1812年，美英战争期间，美国特罗城有一个专门供应军用牛肉的商人(也有的说是军事订货的官员)名叫山姆尔〃威尔逊(Samuel Wilson,1776—1854)，人们平时都叫他山姆大叔(Uncle Sam)。美国政府收购他的牛肉箱上都盖U.S.字样。人们遂开玩笑说这些盖有U.S.字样的箱子都是山姆大叔的。后来“山姆大叔”便成了美国的绰号。19世纪30年代，美国画家又将“山姆大叔”画成一个留有山 羊胡子的瘦长老人，帽子和裤子都有星条旗的标志。 【黑色星期五】(Black Friday) “黑色”这一词，源出耶稣殉难日(Good Friday)。1987年10月19日，纽约股票市场的股票价格暴跌，因这天是星期五，故称股票市场的“黑色星期五”。10月19日纽约股市的股票指数普遍大幅度下降，超过了1929年10月28日引发经济大萧条的股票暴跌纪录。这天开市不久，即出现抛售股票的狂潮，纽约股市创下了破纪录的股市交易6043亿股，使得美国几家大公司损失惨重，上市的5000家公司的整个股票价值，一天中就折损了5000亿美元。股值暴跌迅速度卷世界各地大金融市场，引起了西方的极大恐慌，这次股票暴跌，是第一次世界大战以来股市最糟的一次，也是华尔街有史以来下跌幅度最剧烈的一次。 【汽车旅馆】(Motel=Motor+Hotel) 汽车旅馆起源于公路两旁独立经营带有停车场的小旅馆。60年代初随着汽车逐渐成为美国、英国、欧洲、加勒比海地区和日本的主要交通工具，这些旅馆的规模也不断扩大。一般汽车旅馆有游泳池，大多数房间配有电视。进入70年代后，一些国家政府允许个人以联营汽车旅馆的名义，从事独自经营。这样，只需较少的投资，即可为联营企业获取较大的利润，从而加快了汽车旅馆业的发展。尤其是北美的汽车旅馆比任何地方都多。 【美国主要报刊】(Major Newspapers and Journals in the U.S.)
The flag of the United States has 13 stripes(条形) and 50 stars.The 13 stripes stand for the original 13 colonies(殖民地) in North America.And the 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states(州). Broad way(百老汇) is the main street of Manhattan(曼哈顿)。It is the birth place of the drama and music play in America. New York Nickname: (纽约) The Big Apple(大苹果) The City Never Sleeps(不夜城) The capital of world(世界之都)
The statue of liberty 自由女神像is the symbol of the United States. Empire State Building （帝国大厦） Built：1930 Floor ：102 Height：443meters United Nations Headquarters (联合国总部) The Pentagon(五角大楼)is another name for the Department of Defense(国防部). Seen from the surface of the Pentagon, it is like a spider net(蜘蛛网).
第一章 美洲殖民地人们的早期生活。 A.The Age of Exploration The English Colonies 两个主要的1. Jamestown in Virginia in the South 2. Massachusetts Bay Colony in Massachusetts in the North B.Virginia at Jamestown 的主要事件 1.建立于1607 年4月26日 （这篇outline中的时间顺序最好记一下，因为sat 2似乎很喜欢考顺序题，而且有个最基本的时间概念对学历史的感觉很重要） 一个名字嚣张的叫London Company 的股份制公司(Joint-Stock)投资了它 2. Captain John Smith, led the colony. 但是他太笨了，被印第安人给抓了。但是又被印第安的一位女生, Pocahontas给救了 3. Jamestown的地理位置选得不好，而且第一批去的人（settlers）缺乏种田经验，玩过帝国的人都知道，种田对国家的补给是很重要的。所以结果饿死了好多人，在此存亡时刻，他出现了.... 4. 1619，John Rolfe introduced West Indian tobacco plants. tobacco(烟草) 给jamest own 注入了新的活力。出口烟草成了他们的主要经济来源。 5. London Company的日子其实一直不好过，即使jamestown可以卖烟草，但是London Company 赚的钱还是很少，为了解决招商引资的问题，他们决定做出了决定。你去美国那边可以自己建政府！叫区域自制。类似于自治区。 于是，1619年，House of Burgesses, 建立了（这种英文不知道怎么翻译，也没必要翻译）。它是first representative government in the New World. 6. 1675, 一个叫Nathaniel Beacon 发起了个rebellion against Governor Berkeley. 史称Beacon Rebellion. 主要原因是官员Berkeley“清剿”“印匪”工作不利，导致Beacon自己领导了一个500人的军队去“清剿” 印第安人（美国教材也习惯性叫他们Native America）。Be rkeley 非常尽责，他表示beacon的行为违法了。Beacon怒了，一把火烧了jamestown。但是Berkeley还是率领军队打败了Beacon。 7. 1640年，slaves(非洲奴隶)被引进jamestown. C.Massachusetts Bay Colony 1. 跟jamestown是因为经济原因建立（profit), Massachusetts Bay 更像是一个宗教避难所。当时欧洲出现于不同传统天主教的“新教”，他们和天主教一样都信耶稣，但是宗教习惯
论美国文化的英语演讲稿 篇一：介绍美国文化的英语演讲稿 the american heritage festival 1. united states is a cultural powers. short but rich history and unique it makes for an ethnic melting pot, and bring together the worlds culture. if the thought of this huge social and human treasures of get in, we may wish to take a short cut, that is, on his holiday to be a general understanding of the culture, because it is a microcosm of the festival. 2. day(情人节情人节)(february valentines day(情人节)(february 14)(the first sunday after the first full moon following 3.november 1, halloween is the traditional festival of the west. halloween, namely 31 october night, children enjoy a good time to play. as night fell, the children put on colorful costume, and wore a mask of all sorts, put on a pumpkin lamp ran out to play.packed with parity, the demons