1、Media, holiday and festivals,Major Newspapers,According to reports，no country in the world has more daily newespapers than U.S. And,the quality of some Amercia papers is extreamly high and their views are quoted all over the world. For example : The Wall Street Journal(华尔街日报) The New York Times（纽约时报
2、） Los Angeles Times（洛杉矶时报） Al-Ahram（金字塔报） New York Daily News（纽约每日新闻报） The Washington Post（华盛顿邮报） New York Post（纽约邮报） Chicago Tribune（芝加哥论坛报）,The Wall Street Journal,The Wall Street Journal was first published in 1889 and became the largest paid-for-issue financial newspaper in the United States wit
3、h more than 2 million copies. The newspaper, which is published in New York City, USA, focuses on the coverage of financial news, which is sufficient to influence daily international economic activities. The Wall Street Journal readers are mainly political, economic, educational and medical professi
4、onals, financial tycoons and managers, and investors in the stock market, including 200,000 chairman and general manager. The vast majority of managers in the 500 largest US corporations subscribe to this newspaper.,Major Television and Broadcast,In the United Stated,there is no government-owned tel
5、evision network. the three major commercial radio and television companies in the United States: 1.National Broadcasting Company(全国广播公司），简称NBC. -the oldest and most powerful commercial broadcasting company in the United States. 2.American Broadcasting Corporation, Inc(美国广播公司)， 简称ABC. 3.Columbia Broa
6、d-casting System(哥伦比亚广播公司），简称CBS,American Broadcasting Corporation, Inc,Description: ABC has two headquarters, entertainment program located in Burbank, near Los Angeles, near the entertainment center in Hollywood. Also connected to the Disney studios Disney studio by skywalk; another is headquarter
7、ed at Times Square, New York, the media hub. ABCs corporate brand ranked 172th in the 2006 World Brand 500 ranking compiled by World Brand Lab. As of 2008, ABC is the largest television network in the United States. ABC operates television stations in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston
8、, Philadelphia, Fresno and San Francisco, and has 220 affiliated television stations.,Holiday and Festivals,Thanksgiving,thanksgiving,Thanksgiving (thanksgiving day) is an ancient festival created by the American people, but also a gathering of American people. There are no fixed dates for Thanksgiv
9、ing at first, and it is decided by the states in the United States. Until 1863 after the independence of the United States, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. In 1941, the U.S. Congress formally designated the fourth Thursday of every November as Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgivi
10、ng holidays usually last from Thursday until Sunday. The 1879 Canadian Parliament declared November 6 as a Thanksgiving and national holiday. In the ensuing years, the date of Thanksgiving changed many times until January 31, 1957, when the Canadian Parliament announced the second Monday of October
11、each year as Thanksgiving.,Independence Day,Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July or July Fourth,with a date of July 4 each year to commemorate the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Conference in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. . The Declaration of Inde
12、pendence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and passed by the Continental Conference Special Committee on July 4, 1776, with the signature of John Hancock, chairman of the Continental Congress, in force. The Declaration of Independence made it clear that all life is equal and have the natural right to
13、pursue happiness and freedom; vividly count the crimes committed by British colonialists on the American continent; and solemnly declare the independence of the United States of America from Britain. The Declaration of Independence is a great document of historical significance in the world. The day when the Declaration of Independence passed was also the eternal anniversary of the American people and was set as the Day of Independence of the United States.,
