For immigrants from all parts of the would, the United States has been a "melting pot" in which the foreigners have sometimes remained culturally and linguistically what they were in their native lands even as they move toward becoming citizens of the United States, a country whose people share a common cultural outlook and set of values. The melting pot does not melt away all recollections of another way of life in another place——nor should it. On the contrary, immigrants should maintain the languages, skills, religions, customs and arts of their own heritage, even while they are working towards entering the mainstream of American culture.
纵观美国历史,就可见这个国家经常被称为"一个熔炉",在此,各种移民和种族团体学会了共同建设一个独特的民族。甚至那些"本土的"美国人——印第安人,也可能是几千年以前,从亚洲走过大陆桥来到北美洲的。所以,谁是真正的美国人?答案是他们中的任何一个人都是!无论你来自何处,如果你想成为美国人,就会成为美国人;你就会变成这个极其富有的"移民之国"的一个新份子。
美国现在正由主要是欧洲血统移民的国家变为世界上其他各洲,如亚洲、拉丁美洲移民的国家。最近移民的数字急剧增长。 他们希望摆脱在本国的经济困难、政治压迫,并在美国这片"充满机遇的土地上"寻找更好的教育和更富裕的生活。尽管他们从"故国"带来的文化与美国文化之间往往会产生冲突,但是多数移民还是学会了适应并热爱他们所归化的土地。
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