lecture 1 the country USA.ppt

Overview of the US Names , capital America Full name: the United States of America Shortened name: the United States Capital: Washington D.C. National flag (Stars and Bars/stripes) The first official flag of the confederacy was the Stars and Bars, and was reported to the provisional congress by the flag committee on March 4,1861. It is said to have been designed by Nicola Marschall, a Prussian Artist and to have been inspired by the Austrian flag. It appears in many variations with stars ranging from 7 to 15 stars. National Emblem (bald eagle) 国徽正面图案的主要形象是象征美国的白頭海雕（常被誤為是禿鷹），白頭海雕是力量、勇气、自由和不朽的象征。白頭海雕的双翅展开（纹章学裡称为「展现」）。左右鹰爪分别抓着象征和平和武力的橄榄枝olive branch和箭（参见橄榄枝请愿书）。鹰头目视右方，象征着期望和平。鹰嘴叼着的绶带上写着拉丁文格言“合众为一”（E Pluribus Unum）。鹰头上方的象征着拥有主权的新生国家光环的蓝色背景裡镶着象征美国最初13个州的13颗五角星。 On the backs of the gold coins, the silver dollar, the half dollar and the quarter, we see an eagle with outspread wings. ???On the Great Seal of the United States and in many places which are exponents of America’s authority we see the same emblem.??? The eagle represents freedom. Living as he does on the tops of lofty mountains, amid the solitary grandeur of Nature, he has unlimited freedom, whether with strong pinions he sweeps into the valleys below, or upward into the boundless spaces beyond. “They are shrieking for freedom.?”say patriots. National anthem--The Star Spangled Banner星条旗永不落 The Star-spangled banner, the National Anthem of the United States of America is a poem inspired by the Battle of Baltimore, fought on September 12-14, 1814. Oh, say can you see, by the dawns early light,What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,Oer the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.O say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveOer the land of the free and the home of the brave? Location  S