美国主要媒体与节日.ppt

Media, holiday and festivalsMajor￿NewspapersAccording￿to￿reports，no￿country￿in￿the￿world￿has￿more￿daily￿newespapers￿than￿U.S.￿￿And,the￿quality￿of￿some￿Amercia￿papers￿is￿extreamly￿high￿and￿their￿views￿are￿quoted￿all￿over￿the￿world.For￿example￿:The￿Wall￿Street￿Journal(华尔街日报)The￿New￿York￿Times（纽约时报）￿￿Los￿Angeles￿Times（洛杉矶时报）￿Al-Ahram（金字塔报）￿New￿York￿Daily￿News（纽约每日新闻报）￿The￿Washington￿Post（华盛顿邮报）￿New￿York￿Post（纽约邮报）￿Chicago￿Tribune（芝加哥论坛报）￿￿￿The￿Wall￿Street￿Journal§The￿Wall￿Street￿Journal￿was￿first￿published￿in￿1889￿and￿became￿the￿largest￿paid-for-issue￿financial￿newspaper￿in￿the￿United￿States￿with￿more￿than￿2￿million￿copies.￿The￿newspaper,￿which￿is￿published￿in￿New￿York￿City,￿USA,￿focuses￿on￿the￿coverage￿of￿financial￿news,￿which￿is￿sufficient￿to￿influence￿daily￿international￿economic￿activities.￿The￿Wall￿Street￿Journal￿readers￿are￿mainly￿political,￿economic,￿educational￿and￿medical￿professionals,￿financial￿tycoons￿and￿managers,￿and￿investors￿in￿the￿stock￿market,￿including￿200,000￿chairman￿and￿general￿manager.￿The￿vast￿majority￿of￿managers￿in￿the￿500￿largest￿US￿corporations￿subscribe￿to￿this￿newspaper.￿￿￿￿￿￿Major￿Television￿and￿Broadcast§In￿the￿United￿Stated,there￿is￿no￿government-owned￿television￿network.§the￿three￿major￿commercial￿radio￿and￿television￿companies￿in￿the￿United￿States:￿￿￿￿￿￿1.National￿Broadcasting￿Company(全国广播公司），简称NBC.--------------------the￿oldest￿and￿most￿powerful￿commercial￿broadcasting￿company￿in￿the￿United￿States.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿2.American￿Broadcasting￿Corporation,￿Inc(美国广播公司)，￿简称ABC.￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿3.Columbia￿Broad-casting￿System(哥伦比亚广播公司），简称CBSAmerican￿Broadcasting￿Corporation,￿IncDescription:￿ABC￿has￿two￿headquarters,￿entertainment￿program￿located￿in￿Burbank,￿near￿Los￿Angeles,￿near￿the￿entertainment￿center￿in￿Hollywood.￿Also￿connected￿to￿the￿Disney￿studios'￿Disney￿studio￿by￿skywalk;￿another￿is￿headquartered￿at￿Times￿Square,￿New￿York,￿the￿media￿hub.￿ABC's￿corporate￿brand￿ranked￿172th￿in￿the￿2006￿World￿Brand￿500￿ranking￿compiled￿by￿World￿Brand￿Lab.￿As￿of￿2008,￿ABC￿is￿the￿largest￿television￿network￿in￿the￿United￿States.￿ABC￿operates￿television￿stations￿in￿New￿York,￿Chicago,￿Detroit,￿Los￿Angeles,￿Houston,￿Philadelphia,￿Fresno￿and￿San￿Francisco,￿and￿has￿220￿affiliated￿television￿stations.Holiday￿and￿Festivals§Thanksgivingthanksgiving￿§Thanksgiving￿(thanksgiving￿day)￿is￿an￿ancient￿festival￿created￿by￿the￿American￿people,￿but￿also￿a￿gathering￿of￿American￿people.￿There￿are￿no￿fixed￿dates￿for￿Thanksgiving￿at￿first,￿and￿it￿is￿decided￿by￿the￿states￿in￿the￿United￿States.￿Until￿1863￿after￿the￿independence￿of￿the￿United￿States,￿President￿Lincoln￿declared￿Thanksgiving￿a￿national￿holiday.￿In￿1941,￿the￿U.S.￿Congress￿formally￿designated￿the￿fourth￿Thursday￿of￿every￿November￿as￿"Thanksgiving￿Day."￿Thanksgiving￿holidays￿usually￿last￿from￿Thursday￿until￿Sunday.￿The￿1879￿Canadian￿Parliament￿declared￿November￿6￿as￿a￿Thanksgiving￿and￿national￿holiday.￿In￿the￿ensuing￿years,￿the￿date￿of￿Thanksgiving￿changed￿many￿times￿until￿January￿31,￿1957,￿when￿the￿Canadian￿Parliament￿announced￿the￿second￿Monday￿of￿October￿each￿year￿as￿Thanksgiving.Independence￿Day§Independence￿Day,￿also￿known￿as￿the￿Fourth￿of￿July￿or￿July￿Fourth,with￿a￿date￿of￿July￿4￿each￿year￿to￿commemorate￿the￿formal￿adoption￿of￿the￿Declaration￿of￿Independence￿by￿the￿Continental￿Conference￿in￿Philadelphia￿on￿July￿4,￿1776.￿.￿The￿Declaration￿of￿Independence￿was￿drafted￿by￿Thomas￿Jefferson￿and￿passed￿by￿the￿Continental￿Conference￿Special￿Committee￿on￿July￿4,￿1776,￿with￿the￿signature￿of￿John￿Hancock,￿chairman￿of￿the￿Continental￿Congress,￿in￿force.￿The￿Declaration￿of￿Independence￿made￿it￿clear￿that￿all￿life￿is￿equal￿and￿have￿the￿natural￿right￿to￿pursue￿happiness￿and￿freedom;￿vividly￿count￿the￿crimes￿committed￿by￿British￿colonialists￿on￿the￿American￿continent;￿and￿solemnly￿declare￿the￿independence￿of￿the￿United￿States￿of￿America￿from￿Britain.￿The￿Declaration￿of￿Independence￿is￿a￿great￿document￿of￿historical￿significance￿in￿the￿world.￿The￿day￿when￿the￿Declaration￿of￿Independence￿passed￿was￿also￿the￿eternal￿anniversary￿of￿the￿American￿people￿and￿was￿set￿as￿the￿Day￿of￿Independence￿of￿the￿United￿States.§￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿。