美国梦The American dream最新版.ppt

The American Dream;American writer and historian James Truslow Adams, it is believed first coined the term American Dream in his 1931 book?The Epic of American, and elaborated it as “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.”; We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that they are among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 《The Declaration of Independence》; What is American dream？ In the broad sense（广义）, it means “democracy, freedom, equality”. In the narrow sense（狭义）, it means one can succeed through ones own effort. Its a belief in the freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the united states to pursue their goals in life through hard work.;American presidents can exert an immense impact on American Dream. ;George Washington The Founding Father of the America ,is the regime base of American Dream, who contributed to the rise of American Dream. ;Thomas Jefferson The advocator of Declariation of Independence, just laid a solid foundation of American Dream, which, I believe , injected vigor and vitality to the American Dream. ;Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt They acted as expander of the American Dream. Theodore Roosevelt’s New Deal boosted American people’s confidence and Abraham Lincoln rendered a great help for black people to realize their American Dream. ;President Bush On the contrary, president Bush just served as a catalyst activating dormant jeopardy of American Dream, devasta-ting American Dream by inva-ding of other countries for the sake of its own interest. ;Barak Obama He is the typical example of the American Dream, He realized his own American Dream and also made everyone believe that American Dream is still alive today, his election of the president of the United States gave American people and t