要介绍美国生活和中学生学习的英语作文

ModernAmericancultureisajuicyburgerofmassculturegarnishedwith15minutesoffame.Itowesasmuchtomarketingsavvy,communicationstechnologyandmass-productiontechniquesasitdoestoartistsandentertainers.Ifyoucannameit,Americancompanieshaveinvented,packagedanddisseminatedittoasmanyconsumersascheaplyandconvenientlyaspossible.

Theelusiveconceptof'American-ness'isoftendefinedbycinemaandtelevision.TheadventofTVinthe1950sshookHollywood'shegemonytoitscore,butbothformsofmediahavemanagedtocoexist,evenoperatingsynergistically.TheglobaldistributionofAmericanmoviesandTVshowshasshapedtheworld'sperceptionofthecountrytoahigh,ifnotcompletelyaccurate,degree.

TheAmericanmusicindustryistheworld'smostpowerfulandpervasive,thoughgroundswellmovementsremainthedrivingforceofAmericanpop.AfricanAmericans'influence,includingblues,jazzandhip-hop,canhardlybeexaggerated.

Rap,America'sinner-citysound,placesanequalemphasisonanultraheavybeat,soundmontage,streetcredandmachoposturing.Itsappealtomiddle-classwhiteAmericawillnodoubtbemusesociologistsfordecades.

TheUShaschurnedoutaveritableforestofliterature.TheillustriouslineupbeginswithWaltWhitman,HermanMelville,NathanielHawthorne,EmilyDickinson,HenryJamesandEdithWharton,andmovesintothemodernerawithWilliamFaulkner,ErnestHemingway,ScottFitzgerald,JohnSteinbeck,Jack'Backpack'Kerouac,ArthurMiller,boththeWilliamses,SaulBellow,JohnUpdikeandToniMorisson..

AfterWWII,thefocusoftheinternationalartworldshiftedfromParistoNewYork.Artistsleavingwar-tornEuropebroughttheremnantsofsurrealismtotheBigApple,inspiringagroupofyoungAmericanpainterstocreatethefirstdistinctAmericanpaintingstyle,abstractexpressionism.

Therelentlessascendancyofmassmediagavebirthtopopart.Slick,surface-orientedandpurposelybanalpaintingslikeAndyWarhol'sCampbell'sSoupCansarenowAmericanicons.

WhenwethinkofUScities,wethinkofskyscrapers,thosearchitecturaltestamentstomarketforcesandAmericanoptimism.Chicagoisalivingmuseumofhigh-risedevelopment.NewYorkboastsitsfairshareofstunnerstoo.Despiteincreasinghomogenization,ruralAmericaretainsitsidiosyncrasies,anddistinctivevernaculararchitecturalstylespersistinNewEngland(clapboard),California(SpanishMission)andNewMexico(adobe).

Americansportsdevelopedseparatelyfromtherestoftheworldand,consequently,homegrowngamessuchasbaseball,footballandbasketballdominatethesportsscene.Soccerandicehockeyarerunners-uptotheBigThree.UrbanAmericaalsoinventedthegreatindoors:aerobicsandthegym,indoorskiingandrock-climbing-examplesofwhatcangowrongwhentoomuchdisposableincomehitsupagainsttoolittleleisuretime.