您好，没有说具体要求，就给您找了篇关于美国梦的英语稿，希望对您有帮助：WhatistheAmericanDream?-byNancyThetermwasfirstusedbyJamesTruslowAdamsinhisbookTheEpicofAmericawhichwaswrittenin1931.Hestates:\"TheAmericanDreamis\"thatdreamofalandinwhichlifeshouldbebetterandricherandfullerforeveryone,withopportunityforeachaccordingtoabilityorachievement.ItisadifficultdreamfortheEuropeanupperclassestointerpretadequately,andtoomanyofusourselveshavegrownwearyandmistrustfulofit.Itisnotadreamofmotorcarsandhighwagesmerely,butadreamofsocialorderinwhicheachmanandeachwomanshallbeabletoattaintothefulleststatureofwhichtheyareinnatelycapable,andberecognizedbyothersforwhattheyare,regardlessofthefortuitouscircumstancesofbirthorposition.\"IntheUnitedStates’DeclarationofIndependence,ourfoundingfathers:\"…heldcertaintruthstobeself-evident,thatallMenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongthesearelife,LibertyandthePursuitofHappiness.\"MightthissentimentbeconsideredthefoundationoftheAmericanDream?WerehomesteaderswholeftthebigcitiesoftheeasttofindhappinessandtheirpieceoflandintheunknownwildernesspursuingtheseinalienableRights?WeretheimmigrantswhocametotheUnitedStateslookingfortheirbitoflife,libertyandthepursuitofhappiness,theirDream?AndwhatdidthedesireoftheveteranofWorldWarII-tosettledown,tohaveahome,acarandafamily-tellusaboutthisevolvingDream?IstheAmericanDreamattainablebyallAmericans?WouldMartinLutherKingfeelhisDreamwasattained?DidMalcolmXrealizehisDream?Somesay,thattheAmericanDreamhasbecomethepursuitofmaterialprosperity-thatpeopleworkmorehourstogetbiggercars,fancierhomes,thefruitsofprosperityfortheirfamilies-buthavelesstimetoenjoytheirprosperity.OtherssaythattheAmericanDreamisbeyondthegraspoftheworkingpoorwhomustworktwojobstoinsuretheirfamily’ssurvival.YetotherslooktowardanewAmericanDreamwithlessfocusonfinancialgainandmoreemphasisonlivingasimple,fulfillinglife.ThomasWolfesaid,\"…toeveryman,regardlessofhisbirth,hisshining,goldenopportunity….therighttolive,towork,tobehimself,andtobecomewhateverthinghismanhoodandhisvisioncancombinetomakehim.\"
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