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“美国梦”的真正含义是什么?

“美国梦”的真正含义是什么?

“美国梦”的真正含义是什么?如今“中国梦”、“美国梦”成了文人学者谈论的一个热门话题,有的做比较、有的做解读。

对于“美国梦”过去中国的舆论是贬多褒少,其实不论是贬还是褒,最键之点是要搞清楚什么是“美国梦”,“美国梦”的核心价值是什么。

依博主所见,“美国梦”的精髓可用四个字来形容:“公平机会”。

“美国梦”发展于19世纪,是一种相信只要经过努力不懈的奋斗便能在美国获得更好生活的信仰。

“美国梦”首先要打破的是人与人之间的地位差异、这也包括种族、性别、年龄上的歧视。

老子英雄儿好汉、拼爹的游戏被摒弃,这种梦想召唤的是人们必须透过自己的勤奋工作、勇气、创意和决心迈向富裕,而非依赖于特定的社会阶层地位或仰赖老子、世袭成为富二代。

1931年,亚当斯的巨著《美国史诗》使“美国梦”一词在美国变得家喻户晓。

这部书的主题是:“让我们所有阶层的公民过上更好、更富裕和更幸福生活的美国梦,这是我们迄今为止为世界的思想和福利作出的最伟大的贡献。

”“美国梦”倡导的是每一个人能够拥有富足、成功和改变社会地位的机会,而这种梦想象的实现要依赖个人辛勤的工作和努力。

亚当斯在书中写道,在“美国梦”下,每一个人的生活应当变得更好、更富裕和更充实,社会为每一个人提供的机会是依据他的能力,而不是他的社会地位以及出身。

美国的学者认为,“美国梦”的精神来之于美国的独立宣言,独立宣言中称人人生而平等,造物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利,包括生存、自由和追求幸福的权利。

“美国梦”是一个被众多美国人普遍信仰的信念。

机会均等是美国梦的灵魂。

聪明、勤奋与坚忍不拔是实现“美国梦”的必要条件,而幅度巨大的社会阶层纵向流动,尤其是由下层阶级至上层阶级的社会流动是“美国梦”表现出来的最为显著特征。

时至今日,众多的美国人仍然相信自己的国家是鼓励社会等级纵向流动的化身与代言人,相信一个人可以凭个人能力,而不是家族关系而取得成功,即使是妇女与黑人也不例外。

“美国梦”的现实含义经历了不同时期的变化,如今“美国梦”意味着每一个儿童能幸福地成长和拥有接受良好教育的机会,而不是受到人为的障碍;每一个人对人生都有一种自由选择的机会,而不是依据他的社会地位、宗教信仰、种族和性别而受到限制。

美国梦(毛概)

美国梦(毛概)

美国梦(英文:American Dream)自1776年以来,世世代代的美国人都深信不疑,只要经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获得更好的生活,即人们必须通过自己的勤奋、勇气、创意和决心迈向繁荣,而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。

所谓的美国梦(American Dream),有广义和狭义之分,广义上指美国的平等、自由、民主;狭义上指一种相信只要在美国经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获得更好生活的理想,亦即人们必须通过自己的勤奋工作、勇气、创意、和决心迈向繁荣,而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。

通常这代表了人们在经济上的成功或是企业家的精神。

许多欧洲移民都是抱持着美国梦的理想前往美国的。

美国梦的象征——自由女神像
美国学者普遍认为,《独立宣言》是美国梦的根基,自由女神像是美国梦的象征。

“人人生而平等,造物主赋予他们若干不可剥夺的权利,其中包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。

”这句话吸引了世界各地的男男女女来到美国实现自己的梦想。

在《独立宣言》之后制定的宪法等各种法律为美国梦提供了法治保障,法治确保每个人都有机会实现自己的梦想,一个国家如果没有好的制度,个人再好的梦也难以实现。

在美国历史上,本杰明·富兰克林、马克·吐温等无数政治家、社会活动家、作家使用过“美国梦”这个字眼。

奥巴马2008年竞选总统时,他的一本畅销书《无畏的希望:重申美国梦》感召了众多美国人,为他赢得了不少选票。

奥巴马,这个跟着母亲长大的非洲裔平民百姓,通过个人努力攀登上美国权力的顶峰,这就是美国梦的一个例证。

American Dream 美国梦

American Dream 美国梦

19世纪美国梦从信仰到质疑的转变
• 18世纪晚期,清教精神在美国梦中仍然扮演着重要角色。它关于自信、 乐观和探索的观点鼓励着美国人不断前进。美国独立战争的成功更是 加强了人们对美国梦的 信仰。由于《独立宣言》和1789年《宪法》的 颁布,出现了一股对美国梦的狂热。西进运动作为上帝给予的权利也 油然而生。伴随着工业化趋势的加强、移民的 涌入以及西进运动,美 国对于民主、宗教和政治平等及机会均等的追求产生了前所未有的信 心和乐观。 亨利•沃兹沃思•朗费罗是19世纪上半期美国最受欢迎的诗人。他的 人生和诗歌恰好体现了这一时代的信念。他的诗歌多是对人生对生活 的颂扬,呈现积极乐 观的生活态度,如他的《人生颂》——“那么, 让我们行动起来/怀着面对任何命运的心/继续追寻、继续实现/学会行 动、学会等待”朗费罗在诗中,严肃地驳斥 了消极的人生观,号召人 们积极行动起来,通过自己的努力来实现人生的价值。心灵的完善, 宗教的信仰都使生活变得光明而美好,即使是死神也不再可怕,因为 他 是“上帝的花匠”。
美国梦精华的延续
• 尽管人们曾经质疑通过战争寻求民主和自由以及 通过辛勤工作获得均等机会的观念,20世纪初的 年轻一代也似乎对美国梦已失去了信心,但美国 梦始终存在于作家 的作品中,美国精神的精华也 一代一代地被传承下来,即在压力下保持尊严并 提倡树立坚毅,刚强的男性形象——这是心灵觉 醒的痛苦过程,是在困难和死亡面前为 尊严而战 的精神,就如同海明威的座右铭“一个人可以被 摧毁但不能被打败”。
何况这梦也不全是美丽 的,比如出现在看台上的克 林顿,他也是美国梦的典型 代表,可他不仅仅有总统的 荣耀,也有莱温斯基的丑闻。
美国梦的形成
1607年,当“五月花”号在北美大陆登陆时,对于17—18世纪的欧洲,这 片土地似乎就变成了和平之地,政治与宗教平等之地以及机会均等之地。 此后,来 自英格兰和欧洲大陆的大量移民不断涌入。无论是为经济利益 而来,还是为追求政治宗教平等而来。他们的到来都促进了美国梦的形成。 事实上,美国梦更多是从清教徒那里继承而来。可以说17—18世纪的 美国是笼罩在清教的气氛下——随处都可以听到神父的演讲和布道,随处 可以看到清教 徒队以及思想和信仰的迫害。清教徒是为追求政治和宗教 自由而来到新英格兰,然而,当他们最初踏上这片土地时,他们经历了生 活上的各种困难,但清教徒用极大 的乐观主义精神和巨大的勇气克服了 所有的苦难,并在向西扩展的过程中,进一步推进了这种不断探索的先锋 精神,将这种享受牺牲和追求自由的精神融入到美国梦 中。爱默生、梭 罗和朗费罗等美国作家正是在这样的传统下长大的。

美国梦

美国梦

美国梦是【指所有人都追求的美国式理想,是一种人人都可以凭借自身的素质及不懈的努力获得成功、幸福,进入中产阶级的信念,它相信只要在美国经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获致更好生活的理想,即人们必须透过自己的工作勤奋、勇气、创意、和决心迈向繁荣,而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。

美国梦在美国历史发展的不同时期有不同的内涵,总结起来包含以下几个方面:美国提供了人人都能成功的机会;成功取决于自己的才能和努力,而不是家世和背景;人人都拥有平等的权利;人人都有信仰的自由。

】在这个复杂的社会组织结构中,大部分美国人将自己的成就感与全面参与消费联系起来。

“成功、幸福”很大程度上造成了靠物质财富多寡衡量的术语。

All of the American dream is "refers to the pursuit of the American ideal, is a kind of everyone can rely on their own quality and unremitting efforts to success and happiness, entering the middle class of belief, it believes that as long as in the United States after a hard struggle can achieve a better life ideal, i.e. people must through their own hard work, courage, creative, and determined to prosperity, rather than rely on specific social classes and the assistance of others. The American dream in American history in the development of different periods have different connotation, summarized to include the following aspects: the United States offers a chance for everyone to succeed, success depends on his own talents andefforts, rather than family and background; everyone has equal rights; everyone has the freedom of belief."In the complex social organization structure, most americans will own a sense of accomplishment and full participation in consumption."Success, happiness," largely caused by the material wealth depends on terms.。

英语学习资料:美国梦(Americandream)的起源

英语学习资料:美国梦(Americandream)的起源

英语学习资料:美国梦(Americandream)的起源美国梦(American dream)这一词源于亚当斯(James Truslow Adams)1931年的著作《美国史诗》(The Epic of America)。

书中他提到美国梦就是大家梦想在同一片土地上,每个人的生活都更好、更丰裕、更完满。

The term was first used by James Truslow Adams in his book The Epic of America which was written in 1931. He states: "The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position." (p.214-215)In the United States’ Declara tion of Independence, our founding fathers: "…held certain truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." Might this sentiment be considered the foundation of the American Dream?Were homesteaders who left the big cities of the east to find happiness and their piece of land in the unknown wilderness pursuing these inalienable Rights? Were the immigrants whocame to the United States looking for their bit of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their Dream? And what did the desire of the veteran of World War II - to settle down, to have a home, a car and a family - tell us about this evolving Dream? Is the American Dream attainable by all Americans? Would Martin Luther King feel his Dream was attained? Did Malcolm X realize his Dream?Some say, that the American Dream has bee the pursuit of material prosperity - that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families - but have less time to enjoy their prosperity. Others say that the American Dream is beyond the grasp of the working poor who must work two jobs to insure their family’s survival. Yet other s look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life.Thomas Wolfe said, "…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity ….the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to bee whatever thing his manhood and his vision can bine to make him."。

美国梦American_Dream_(正式版)

美国梦American_Dream_(正式版)

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Forrest Gump 阿甘正传 The Godfather 教父 American Dream 美国梦
电影 —— 阿甘正传
背景:20 世纪60年代末,大背景就是“垮掉的一代” 因为这代人迷茫,嫌弃工作和学习,似乎一生都 在糜糜中挣扎人生的意义。他们崇尚自由,强调 个人价值,反对战争,要求关心环境等。 主题:记录了一个传奇的兴衰,借助阿甘这个冒着 傻气的形象,告诉人们只有埋头努力,美国梦总 有一天会实现,他们也最终会实现其个人价值。
Famous people ,the Famous American Dream
奥巴马出生于美国夏威夷,父亲是肯尼亚人,母亲是美国白人。 他先后毕业于哥伦比亚大学和哈佛大学,1996年首次当选伊利 诺伊州参议员,2004年当选国会参议员,成为美国国会历史上 第五位,本届国会唯一一位黑人参议员!
Arnold Schwarzenegger (阿诺·施瓦辛格), from a
What is ―American Dream‖?
• American Dream , is a belief that as long as the United States after a hard struggle will be able to achieve the ideal of a better life.
poor Australain to the Governor of Califonia.
You can arrive , as long as the dream.
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We are all responsible for your own life.
No one else is or even can be.

美国梦

美国梦

美国梦源于英国对美国的殖民时期,发展于19世纪,是一种相信只要在美国经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获致更好生活的理想,亦即人们必须透过自己的工作勤奋、勇气、创意、和决心迈向繁荣,而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助。

美国梦的内涵美国提供了人人都能成功的机会;成功取决于自己的才能和努力,而不是家世和背景;人人都拥有平等的权利;人人都有信仰的自由。

‘梦’的起源300年前,当英格兰移民乘坐着五月花号横穿大西洋来到马里兰,寻找一块清教徒能居住的“净土”时,“美国梦”(American Dream)已开始悄然萌芽——美国给了全世界每一个人均等的机会,只要努力奋斗,都可以实现自己的梦想。

土地和黄金的原始梦18世纪来到美国的移民都是欧洲的弱势者,最典型的是英格兰的清教徒和德国的破产小农民,当他们来到还是殖民地的美国时,政治平等的要求就格外强烈,也自发地落实了民主。

于是,“平等权利”成了“美国梦”的一个内涵。

人人都能成功”,缘于早期美国土地广袤而人口稀少,移民都能获取大片肥沃的土地。

当时的美国还是农业经济为主,不言而喻,“土地就意味着财富,意味着成功”。

随着18世纪末、19世纪初美国西部发现多处金矿,有些幸运儿开始因掘金而一夜暴富,这波“淘金潮”的传奇,推动了移民西进的浪潮,也为“美国梦”抹上了浓厚的金黄色彩。

与时俱进的美国梦依靠个人发明而创立通用电气公司的爱迪生,采石油的洛克菲勒,搞银行的摩根,发明汽车生产线的福特。

他们的共同特点是:起家寒微,但通过勤奋终于创立了自己庞大的事业,成为传奇人物。

到了21世纪的信息时代,微软的比尔·盖茨、雅虎的杨致远以及GOOGLE的三个创立者变成了“美国梦”的新偶像。

他们凭借自己的智慧,年纪轻轻就积累了数百亿美元的庞大资产。

他们活生生的故事似乎表明,只要有智慧,有天才,在美国就可以成功。

褪色和变味的梦想“美国梦”背后的真正动力是什么?一些历史学家认为,就是对财富的渴求和追逐如果说早期的美国人还提倡“诚实和勤奋”来致富,今天则是越来越热衷于寻求“快速致富”。

美国梦PPT演讲大一

美国梦PPT演讲大一
• Miracles happen every day.
ROCKY
• If you know what you're worth, go and get what you're worth.
• It ain't about how hard you hit, it's about how you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!
American dream representatives:
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• Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.
• You have got to put the past behind you before you can move on.
The American Dream
American Dream:
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• I'm closer to him than anybody in the world.
GONE WITH THE WIND
• I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.
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