大学英语时文轻松阅读(初级 第1集):美国的爱滋病

本书短文来自英美国家的网站、报刊、杂志、广播电视等多种媒体。文章选票涉猎广泛，本书介绍了国外的诸多风俗习惯、文化传统、节日假日、文化明星、优育冠军、名人趣事、总统生平、夫人逸闻、科技进展、环境保护、动物生态等等。

1.在美国怎样选报大学
2.美国大学的课程设置、专业和考试
3.美国的大学生宿舍
4.美国的大学生崇尚自主自立
5.美国大学的俱乐部、联谊会、体育活动
6.美国优秀大学生联谊会
7.马丁·路易·金纪念日
8.计划生育和妇女保健
9.停止使用童工
10.家庭暴力

Memorial Day is a national holiday in the United States when Americans honor the military men and women who died in battle. Visi-tors to Washington D.C. can see four major memorials to these men and women.
There is a piece of music called taps that is played at military fu-nerals to honor soldiers who have died. The song of taps is being heard at cemeteries throughout the United States as America honors its war dead. The Memorial Day holiday started in 1868. The purpose was to honor soldiers killed during the Civil War between America's northern and southern states. Back then, the holiday was called Decoration Day. People used flowers and ribbons to decorate the burial places of those killed during the war. Today Memorial Day honors the men and
women who died in all America's wars.
The first yearly observance of Memorial Day was at the National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The Cemetery is across the Potomac River from Washington D.C.. It is the largest and most famous nation-al burial place in the United States. It includes about 200 hectares of roiling hills. Up and down the hills are lines of simple white stonesking the graves where the soldiers are buffed. About 200,000 soldiers are buried there. They include military and political leaders,cabinet officers and Supreme Court judges.
Only two American Presidents are buffed at Aringtan National Cemetery. One is William Howard Taft. He was President in the early 1900s. The other is John Kennedy. He was President in the early1960s. He was murdered during his fira term in offce. A fire bums all the time over President Kennedy's buiral place. More people have visited his grave than any other in the United States.
Memorial Day's ceremonies also are being held at the VietnamVeterans' Memorial in Washington. The ceremonies honor all Ameri-cans killed in the war between the United Statesand Vienam in the1960s and 1970s. The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial was the idea of J
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