Youmayhaveheardtheterm"theAmericanDream".In1848,JamesW.MarshallfoundgoldinCaliforniaandpeoplebeganhavinggoldendreams.That19thcentury"AmericanDream"motivated(激发起)theGoldRushandgaveCaliforniaitsnicknameofthe"GoldenState". TheAmericanDreamdrovenotonly1800sgold-rushprospectorsbutalsowavesofimmigrantsthroughoutthatcenturyandthenext.PeoplefromEurope,andalargenumberofChinese,arrivedintheUSinthe19thcenturyhopingthatinAmericatheywouldfindgoldinthestreets.Butmost,instead,workedasrailroadlabourers.TheycreatedtheoldestChinatown,inSanFrancisco,andgavethecityaChinesename"theoldgoldhill". Inthe20thcentury,somecriticssaidthatitwasnolongerpossibletobecomeprosperousthroughdeterminationandhardwork.UnfaireducationforstudentsfrompoorfamiliesandracialdiscriminationalmostmadetheAmericanDreamanightmare. Then,inthe1990s,CaliforniasawanewwaveofdreamersinSiliconValley.PeoplepouredtheirenergyintotheInternet.ThisnewchapteroftheAmericanDreamattractedmanybusinesspeopleandyoungtalentsfromChinaandIndiatoformstart-upsandseekfortunesinAmerica. Betterpay,anicehouse,andarisingstandardoflivingwillalwaysbeattractive.However,thenewAmericanDreamisnolongerjustaboutmoney.ItencouragesAmericanstoconsumewiselytoprotecttheenvironment,improvethequalityoflife,andpromotesocialjustice. TheGovernorofCalifornia,ArnoldSchwarzenegger,hasbecomethemodelofthenewAmericanDream.Afteryearsofhardwork,hegrewfromapooryoungmanfromAustriaintoamoviesuperstarandthengovernor.ManypeoplehopehisstorycansavetheAmericanDreamandgiveCaliforniaabrighterfuture. 小题1:Itcanbeinferredthat_____. |