新托福阅读相关背景知识汇总(25)
婆罗门 婆罗门是指这一时期新英格兰地区一批有高度文化教养的作家,或称绅士派诗人。朗费罗、洛威尔(1819-1891)和霍姆斯(1809-1894)都是知识界的名流。他们出于资产阶级民主主义和人...
婆罗门 婆罗门是指这一时期新英格兰地区一批有高度文化教养的作家,或称绅士派诗人。朗费罗、洛威尔(1819-1891)和霍姆斯(1809-1894)都是知识界的名流。他们出于资产阶级民主主义和人...
民族文学的诞生 独立革命是美国民族文学诞生的背景。早在战争爆发之前,美国殖民地人民在欧洲启蒙主义学说影响之下,已经具有民族独立的意识。富兰克林世俗的格言比爱德华兹清...
美国文学简史 美国文学(American Literature) 美国文学的历史不长,它几乎是和美国自由资本主义同时出现,较少受到封建贵族文化的束缚。美国早期人口稀少,有大片未开发的土地,为个...
美国为什么迁都华盛顿 1789年,美国联邦政府正式成立,华盛顿当选为首任总统。当国会在纽约召开第一次会议时,建都选址问题引起激烈争吵,南北两方的议员都想把首都设在本方境...
牛仔城 达拉斯 达拉斯曾经以经常在美国西部电影中出现而闻名,近年来,因为肯尼迪总统在该城被刺遇害而更成为妇孺皆知的地方。但是,市区内很少有吸引观光客的去处。 过去,达...
大苹果 纽约 纽约,世界最大的城市,在这里,摩天大厦林立,有著名的第五大道(FifthAvenue俗称第五街)、对世界经济极具影响力的华尔街WallStreet,以及艺术家们响往的格林威治村Green...
议坛之城 芝加哥 芝加哥系美国第二大都市,也有人称之为美国的超级市场TheSuperMarketofAmerica。无论从那一个角度看来,它都是一个典型的美国式都市,既是商业中心,又是交通要卫,市...
友爱之城 费城 费城是美国第四大都市,随同岁月的飞逝,与工业化的进展,费城所拥有的历史性遗产,已逐渐褪色。但是在十八世纪中叶,费城却是起草与通过独立宣言的地方。而且...
美国大都市 洛杉矶 洛杉矶是美国第三大都市,位于充满阳光的西海岸。好莱坞是妇孺皆知的电影王国,狄斯耐乐园更是全球闻名的游乐园地。加州蜜橘堆积如山,而中国城则充满中国...
霓虹灯 A neon light is the sort of light you see used in advertising signs. These signs are made of long, narrow glass tubes, and these tubes are often bent into all sorts of shapes. The tube of a neon light can spell out a word, for exa...
玛雅象形文字之谜 任何一个古代文明都有自己的文字体系,文字是文明形成的标志。然而,玛雅的象形文字对于现代人说来真是一部天书,它的谜底直到今天仍未解开。 20世纪50年代前...
MAYA 1.Maya Culture The Maya are probably the best-known of the classical civilizations of Mesoamerica. Originating in the Yucatn around 2600 B.C., they rose to prominence around A.D. 250 in present-day southern Mexico, Guatemala, northern...
美国历史大事年表 1607.5 英国伦敦公司在弗吉尼亚的詹姆斯敦建立第一个永久居留地。 1620.12.26 英国清教徒移民乘五月花号轮漂洋到达普利茅斯,在船上通过了五月花号公约。 1636.10.2...
George Washington (1732-99) the first US *President (1789-97), who had led its army to success in the *American Revolution. He is called 'the Father of His Country'. The *Continental Congress placed him in charge of the American forces in 1...
Native Americans in the popular imagination An American tradition dating back to early times is *Thanksgiving. When the English arrived in Jamestown many died during the long cold winter, but in the following spring Native Americans showed...
Native Americans Native Americans were living in North America for many hundreds of years before Europeans reached the continent. For a long time white people called them Indians. Today, many people do not like this name since it is based o...
Native American languages Before Europeans arrived in North America there were over 300 Native American languages. Some have now died out, and of the 250 or so remaining many are spoken only by a few older people. Other languages, like Cher...
The American Revolution The War of Revolution between America and Britain began in April 1775 in *Lexington, Massachusetts, when soldiers from each side met and somebody fired a shot. It was called the 'shot heard round the world' because t...
The American Revolution The War of Revolution between America and Britain began in April 1775 in *Lexington, Massachusetts, when soldiers from each side met and somebody fired a shot. It was called the 'shot heard round the world' because t...
第二次世界大战期间的美国 1939年9月德国进攻波兰,第二次世界大战全面爆发。罗斯福于1941年3月签署《租借法》,向与德意日作战的国家提供物资。8月14日,罗斯福与英国首相丘吉尔...