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题 目 Interpretation of the American dream

姓 名 鲍玲玲

学 号 ********** 专业班级 英语111

学 院 外国语 宁波理工学院

In terms of The American dream, there are broad sense and narrow sense.The broad sense refers to the equality, freedom, democracy,while the narrow sense is a kind of believe that as long as the American people work hard,they will get a better life.

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."

Someone says that the American Dream has become 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 others look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple and fulfilling life.Thomas Wolfe sai d, "…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity ….the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him."

On June 7, 2013, during his visit to the United States, President Xi Jinping put forward the idea that "the Chinese dream and the American dream are mutual". So, what is the American dream? What elements does the the American dream include? Correctly understanding the American dream helps us to better understand the China dream and strive to realize this dream.

On September 16, 1620, the "mayflower" carried 102 passengers sailing from Plymouth, England to create colonies of North America. On November 11, the "mayflower"anchored in the state of Massachusetts provine, ,the Puritan the ship host formulated the "mayflower" convention, signed the convention on the freedom of 41 adult man, and then ship to sail, reach settlement on December 21. This batch of colonists formed on the basis of the "mayflower" convention "commune", convention: "in order to better manage, maintain and develop the commune, in the future, for the public interest at any time and performance of the laws, decrees, and administrative justice, we guarantee obey and obey."

The "mayflower" convention great significance lies in the fact that it laid the foundation of the rule of law, draw the outline of the overall framework of legislation. People haven't ashore, everybody agreed first in North America, a construction of rule of law rather than rule of man's social system, according to most of the will of the people rather than a ruler, or the will to power to manage the society. The "mayflower" convention on the contribution of human civilization is equivalent the