英语读写网络作业4.doc

What is behind the symbols of American civilization? Americans 1. their reputation for doing good deeds. They talk a lot about how values like loyalty and honesty are a(n) 2. part of an American's life. They talk about how they got everything they have by simply 3. more effort. Don't believe a word of it! I'll tell you what is 4. American. It is taking credit for what others have done for you and acting without 5. for others.
6. heard an American leader thank the African slaves who built their country? They put it together from the ground 7. without pay. Or what about thanking the Chinese slaves that helped to build the first railroad that 8. America? Maybe they should 9. to the Native Americans. They were the ones 10. Americans stole the land.
They want us to believe that Americans 11. superior character. They want us to think that this is somehow 12. for their wealth and power. Integrity must not be part of what they are 13. to. America's ess 14. to certain facts. One of these is the fact that its citizens have a(n) 15. ability to dismiss the truth. They should boast of this 16. of their character. There is a statue 17. to liberty. There are also monuments for the courage of 18. who fought in wars. However, where are the statues 19. for all of the lies that they have told?
Americans are not alone when es to a past they should be 20. , but I for one am tired of listening