uncle sam 山姆大叔 英文演講.docx

1. Uncle Samis a commonnational personificationof theAmerican governmentthat according to legend came into use during theWar of 1812and was supposedly named forSamuel Wilson.2. You can see the “Uncle Sam” and his vivid image in almost all U.S. newspapers and magazines .In different painters pen ,”Uncle Sam” looks very different: some abomination and some amiable . But the most common image we can see is an elderly man with white hair and agoatee wearing a whitetop hatwith white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers.3. The most famous poster of “Uncle Sam” was painted by James MontgomeryFlagg. He has created lots of famous paintings during the World War.4. Uncle Sam is one of the most popular personifications of the United States who as famous as the Statue of Liberty. An elderly man with white hair and agoatee wearing a whitetop hatwith white stars on a blue band, and red and white striped trousers this practically is Flaggs self - portrait .5. Sam Wilson was a meat packer in New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers. They had to stamp their contractors name and where the rations were coming from, onto the food they were sending. On the package, it was labeled “E.A US.”6. When someone asked what that stood for, a coworker joked and said “Elbert Anderson (the contractor) and Uncle Sam,” referring to Sam Wilson, though it actually stood for United States.7. And then Americans treat Uncle Sams honest, hardworking and the spirit of patriotism as their national quality.山姆大叔山姆大叔被用來(lái)代指“美國(guó)”或“美國(guó)政府”，主要在美國(guó)、英國(guó)，尤其是在新聞界中使用較多?！吧侥反笫濉笔敲绹?guó)的綽號(hào)，它同自由女神一樣，為世人所熟知。山姆大叔形象美國(guó)的報(bào)紙雜志、文學(xué)作品和漫畫(huà)中，經(jīng)?？梢钥吹健吧侥反笫濉?uncle sam)的名字及其生動(dòng)的形象。在不同畫(huà)家的筆下，“山姆大叔”神態(tài)各異，有的兇狠可憎，有的和藹可親。但最常見(jiàn)的形象還是高高的個(gè)子，瘦削的面龐，頭戴飾星高頂帽，身穿燕尾服和條紋褲，雖白發(fā)蒼髯，卻精神矍鑠，一派威儀，這一形象深受美國(guó)人民的喜愛(ài)。最令人難忘的山姆大叔畫(huà)像，是由畫(huà)家詹姆斯蒙哥馬利弗拉格創(chuàng)作的，他在兩次世界大戰(zhàn)期間畫(huà)了很多著名的征兵招貼畫(huà)。山姆大叔的形象是：高個(gè)子、白頭發(fā)、下巴上有一小撮白胡子、身著深藍(lán)色外套、頭戴一頂高帽、上有星星點(diǎn)綴，這模樣其實(shí)就是弗拉格的自畫(huà)像?！吧侥反笫濉笔敲绹?guó)五大象征之一，它同自由女神一樣，為世人所熟知。稱謂起源“山姆大叔”這一綽號(hào)產(chǎn)生于1812年第二次美英戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)期。紐約州的洛伊城有一位肉類包裝商，名叫塞繆爾威爾遜。他誠(chéng)實(shí)能干，富于創(chuàng)業(yè)精神，在當(dāng)?shù)睾苡型?，人們親切地叫他“山姆大叔”。戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間，他擔(dān)任紐約州和新澤西州的軍需檢驗(yàn)員，負(fù)責(zé)在供應(yīng)軍隊(duì)的牛肉桶和酒桶上打戳。1812年1月，紐約州長(zhǎng)帶領(lǐng)一些人前往其加工廠參觀，看到牛肉桶上都蓋有EAUS的標(biāo)記，便問(wèn)是何意思。工人回答，EA是一個(gè)軍火承包商的名字，US是美國(guó)的縮寫(xiě)。湊巧的是，“山姆大叔”的縮寫(xiě)也是US，所以一個(gè)工人開(kāi)玩笑地說(shuō)，US就是“山姆大叔”（Uncle Sam）。這件趣事傳開(kāi)后，“山姆大叔”名聲大振。人們把那些軍需食品都稱為“山姆大叔”送來(lái)的食物。獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后，政治漫畫(huà)里開(kāi)始出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)名叫“山姆大叔”的人物。他的原型是一個(gè)早期漫畫(huà)人物，名叫“喬納森大哥”(Brother Jonathan)，此人在美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)時(shí)期非常出名。 漸漸地，山姆大叔取代了喬納森大哥，成了最受美國(guó)人歡迎的象征。美國(guó)人還把“山姆大叔”誠(chéng)實(shí)可靠、吃苦耐勞以及愛(ài)國(guó)主義的精神視為自己民族的驕傲和共有的品質(zhì)。從此這個(gè)綽號(hào)便不脛而走。第一次世界大戰(zhàn)中曾出現(xiàn)過(guò)“山姆大叔”號(hào)召美國(guó)青年當(dāng)兵的宣傳畫(huà)，流傳很廣。 1961年，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)正式承認(rèn)“山姆大叔”為美國(guó)的民族象征。Personification p(r)snfke()n n.1.擬人,人格化;【語(yǔ)】擬人法2.化身,典型;活例3.體現(xiàn);表演Legend led()ndn.1.傳說(shuō);神話2.偉人傳3.(獎(jiǎng)?wù)?紀(jì)念牌等的)銘文,題跋4.地圖的圖例,插圖的說(shuō)明5.【宗】圣徒故事集Abomination bmne()nn.1.厭惡,憎恨,可惡;憎惡2.令人憎惡的討厭的事物行為Amiable emib()ladj.1.可愛(ài)的,和藹可親的,親切的;溫和的Elderly eldrliadj.1.較老的,年長(zhǎng)的goatee otin.1.山羊胡子band bndn.帶,繩;帶形物;箍;箍條;嵌條;鑲邊;鋸條;(法官等的)寬領(lǐng)帶striped straptadj.1.有條紋的 2.喝醉了的Statue of Liberty自由女神像Statue sttun.1.塑像; 雕像; 鑄像v.1.用雕像裝飾Liberty lbrtin.1.自由(權(quán))2.放肆,無(wú)禮,不客氣;冒昧,擅自行動(dòng)3.解放,釋放4.特許權(quán);特權(quán)5.英自由地區(qū),特許區(qū)域;(管)轄區(qū);(某種)范圍packer pkrn.1.包裝者;打包工;打包商;美罐頭食品批發(fā)商,罐頭食品工人 2.美方趕牲口運(yùn)貨的人;馱子,馱畜 3.打包機(jī) 4.(打牌等)作弊的人 5.美(車站等處)搬行李工rations r()nn.1.(供應(yīng)物等的)限額,定額,定量;飼料配(給)量2.(一般人或動(dòng)物尤指兵員的)每日口糧;食物;軍糧,軍肉;糧食v.1.(按額定分量)配給;給與.一天口糧;供給(兵士)伙食;限定(糧食等)stamp stmpv.1.