英语报刊选读Unit 1 American Affairs知识讲稿.ppt

英语报刊选读;Unit 1 American Affairs(Ⅰ);Similar signs of the changing face of America can be found all over the place.Hispanics are streaming into the Hoosier state2—and most of the other 49 states as well;the number of Hispanics doubled in states like Virginia and Wisconsin.In Hamilton County，where Westfeild sits，the Hispanic population has increased 143 percent in 10 years.Behind the dry columns of numbers in last weeks Census Bureau population report lies a story of profound and dramatic change in American life.Census takers last year counted 35.3 million Hispanics—1 out of 8 people in the United States—an astonishing 58 percent increase over the 22.4 million Hispanics counted 10 years earlier.The number of Hispanics here today is greater than the entire population of Canada.Its also，for the first time，more than the 34.7 million people who identify themselves as black.An additional 1.7 million said they were partly black and partly another race. Hispanics have now become—or are on the verge of becoming—the nations largest minority group.And with that，our ideas of what a minority group is are bound to change.3“Hispanic”is a government-invented term for people of Latin American or Spanish descent or Spanish-language background.There are no clear criteria to determine who is Hispanic;census takers simply accept a persons self-description. ;1.Hispanic adj. of Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries 西班牙和说西班牙语国家的 2.sponsor n. a person or firm that is willing to provide money for a radio or TV programme，or for a musical，artistic or sporting event，usu. in order to use them for advertising 赞助人 3.fiesta n. religious festival in Spanish-speaking countries 西班牙语国家的宗教狂欢节 4.census n. an official counting of something for government planning官方数据普查 5.biracial adj. of two races 两个种族的 6.entrepreneurial n. person who runs a commercial enterprise企业家 7.archdiocese n. district under the control of an archbishop 大主教管区;Expressions;Women，as a group，have fared somewhat better.The proportion