1、AcknowledgmentsThanks for giving me this chance to achieve this paper and to make a conclusion for my four years university education. Through writing this paper, I have acquired more knowledge than I supposed.My sincere thanks are due to my supervisor，Ms. Zou Qiangzhen, for helping me to clarify my
2、 minds and strengthen the depth of my thinking.Here, I also want to give my thanks to other teachers and my classmates who gave me much help. Thank you!AbstractsBarack Obama is the first African American to have served as a president, as well as an outstanding orator. His inaugural addresses attract
3、ed much attention both abroad and at home ever since their delivery. He talks about American conditions in three waysindividual, society and country, and expresses his views on life, freedom as well as the pursuit of happiness. His addresses are not only the expression of sentences and the embodimen
4、t of internal thought, but also the side of American culture. The study of this paper is based on Obamas two inaugural speeches, and the paper specializes in analyzing the culture of American values that contained in these speeches. Due to the different systems of values between China and America, o
5、n the one hand, researching on Obamas wonderful speeches can allow Chinese to have a better recognition and understanding of the concrete contents of American values. On the other hand, it contributes to a further comprehension of American society and culture and the promotion of mutual communicatio
6、ns and exchanges.Key Words: American values; freedom; culture摘 要奥巴马是美国第一任非洲裔总统，也是一位杰出的演说家。他的就职演讲发表后引起了国内外广泛的关注，他从个人、社会、国家三个方面讲了美国的形势和国情，也表达了他对生存，自由的看法以及对幸福的追求。他的演讲不仅仅是言语的表达，内在思想的体现，更是美国文化的侧面体现。本文以奥巴马的两次就职演讲为研究对象，重点分析了演讲中体现出的美国价值观文化。由于中美两国不同的价值观体系，研究奥巴马总统的精彩演说一方面有助于中国人更好地认识，理解美国人具体的价值观内容。另一方面有助于中国人进一
7、步了解美国的社会和文化，增进彼此的沟通和交流关键词：美国价值观；自由；文化ContentsTOC o 1-3 h z u 1. Introduction 12. Values and American Values 22.1 The Definition of Values 22.2 The Definition of American Values 23. American Values in Inaugural Speech of Obama 33.1 Pursuing Freedom 33.2 Emphasizing Equality 53.3 Valuing Practice 73.4
8、 Promoting Innovation 83.5 Advocating Fair Competition 93.6 Upholding Hard Work 104. Conclusion 11Bibliography 12A Study on the American Values in Inaugural Speech of Barack Obama1. IntroductionOn January 21st, 2013, Barack Obama delivered his second inaugural address to the American public as the P
9、resident of the United States, and the first one was in 2009. Barack Obama is the first African American to have served as a president, as well as an outstanding orator. His inaugural addresses have attracted much attention both abroad and at home ever since its delivery. He talks about American sit
10、uations in three waysindividual, society and country. The subjects of his addresses are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness about Americans. These two speeches not only have a powerful persuasion but also give a full description of American culture. So it is necessary to elaborate on Obamas
11、speeches.Through the consulting a large number of literatures, relevant books and searching related content on the Internet, it can be seen in recent years that a lot of scholars have explored these two speeches from different aspects and got spectacular findings. Some scholars study Obamas inaugura
12、l speeches from the perspective of rhetoric. For example, Zheng Linlin studies the influence of Neo-Aristotelian rhetoric on Obamas speeches (6). Some scholars study the speeches from the perspective of language characteristics. Some scholars based on the theoretical framework of functional linguist
13、ics, investigate the expression of interpersonal meaning in Obamas inaugural addresses as well as how interpersonal meaning contained in the source speeches texts are converted into Chinese. In terms of functional equivalence, some scholars analyze Obamas speeches from the perspective of literature.
14、 For example, Liu Qian study the feature of literary style of Obamas speeches (5). Some scholars discuss the cultural connotation implied in Obamas speeches, for example, Wang Xuemei and Luo Lingzhis paper titled Obamas Speech and American Culture, reveals American unique political system, tradition
15、al culture and values (80).But, from the above analysis, it can be found that few scholars make a full analysis of American values implied in Obamas inaugural addresses. For this reason, this paper offers a discussion of American values that contained in Obamas inaugural addresses. With respect to t
16、he substance of American values, these are hard work, respect of freedom, attaching more importance to realities than vision, thinking highly of fair competition, enterprise and innovation, worship equality and personal struggle. For the feature of American values, we can conclude that it is widely inclusive confluence, and more or less been influenced by their religious beliefs.America emerged from 13 British coloni