美国名人：山姆大叔到底是何方神圣
<p><span word="to">to</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="language">language</span>，<span word="the">the</span> <span word="culture">culture</span> <span word="background">background</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="language">language</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span>.</p><p><span word="take">take</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="sentence">sentence</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>：</p><p><span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="planned">planned</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="marrying">marrying</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="graduated">graduated</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="school">school</span> <span word="but">but</span>“<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>”<span word="had">had</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="ideas">ideas</span>.他们计划高中一毕业就结婚，但“山姆大叔”却另有主意。</p><p><span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="the">the</span>“<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>”<span word="means">means</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="united">united</span> <span word="states">states</span>. <span word="but">but</span> <span word="suppose">suppose</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="it">it</span>，<span word="we">we</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="misunderstanded">misunderstanded</span>.</p><p><span word="here">here</span> <span word="the">the</span>“<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>”<span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span>：</p><p>“<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>”是美国人的绰号。它源自1812-1814年间美英战争时期的一个历史传说。相传在纽约州的特洛伊城(<span word="troy">troy</span>)有位年长的肉类加工商，名叫山缪尔·威尔逊(<span word="samuel">samuel</span> <span word="wilson">wilson</span>)。他勤劳、诚实、能干，很有威信，人们亲切地叫他“山姆大叔(<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>)”(注：<span word="sam">sam</span>为<span word="samuel">samuel</span>的昵称)。这位山姆大叔也是一位爱国者，他与父兄曾参加过美国独立战争。在1812年的美英战争中，他的工厂与政府签了一份为军队生产桶装牛肉的合同，美国政府每当收到他交来的经其亲自检验合格的牛肉，就将肉装入特制的木桶，并在桶上盖上<span word="us">us</span>的记号。由于<span word="uncle">uncle</span> <span word="sam">sam</span>的首字母是<span word="us">us</span>，而美国(<span word="the">the</span> <span word="united">united</span> <span word="states">states</span>)的缩写也是<span word="u">u</span>.<span word="s">s</span>.，于是人们便把这两个名称合二为一了，意即那些经“山姆大叔”之手的牛肉，成了“美国”的财产。于是当地的人们就把“山姆大叔”当成美国的绰号，并逐渐流传开来。</p>
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