大学英语精读听力预备级 less10
[00:00.00]Lesson 10 The People of the United States
[00:26.80](Adapted from This is America)
[00:31.48]For over 200 years,visitors to the United States have been trying to explain
[00:39.52]what makes Americans different from the people of other countries.
[00:45.40]Few have succeeded,
[00:48.64]because the Uited States is not like every other country in the world.
[00:54.60]It is a nation of nations.
[00:58.44] But who were the earliest Americans?
[01:02.67]And how did the population come to be so mixed?
[01:07.81] The "first Americans" were the Indians.
[01:12.39]At the time of the discovery of America,
[01:16.75]there were about 500 000 of them in the land.
[01:22.70]But when the settlers came,
[01:26.15]they killed many of the Indians and drove the rest to the west.
[01:32.03]After the American Revolution
[01:35.87]people from other countries came in great numbers.
[01:40.60]Unit 1890 most of them came from the countries of northern and western Europe.
[01:48.17]After 1890 the majority of the newcomers came from southern and eastern Europe.
[01:56.11] Not all of the people came to the land of their own free will.
[02:01.29]The poor and unemployed were forced to move from their villages
[02:06.85]and leave for America.
[02:10.30]people in prison for political or religious words and deeds
[02:16.15]were given the choice to stay in prison
[02:20.41]or leave the country for the new land.
[02:24.56]And several thousand African Negroes were brought in to be sold as slaves.
[02:31.41] The newcomers brought with them not only different ways of life,
[02:36.87]but also with something else--willing hands to build railroads,
[02:43.81]dig mines,plow fields,and make steel.
[02:49.69]The United States could not have become a great advanced country
[02:55.33]without the labor of the newcomers.
[02:59.59]Without them,too,the United States would be poorer in art,
[03:05.97]music,theater,and science.
[03:10.72] The United States is truly a nation of nations.
[03:15.76]Americans are proud of it.
[03:19.31]The Latin expression on the Great Seal of the United States reads in English
[03:25.98]"Out of Many,One".
[03:29.63]The meaning of the expression
[03:33.19]is that Americans set up a single national government
[03:38.64]in 1787 by uniting thirteen separated states.
[03:46.19]But the words also have come to mean
[03:50.35]that an American people came out of the peoples of the whole world.
[03:56.51]Words to watch
[04:16.47]explain nation population mix
[04:21.04]v.解释,说明 n.国家,民族 a.人口 v.混合,掺和;混淆
[04:25.61]Indian discovery land kill
[04:29.79]n.印第安人 n.发现 n.陆地,土地;国土,国家v.杀死,消灭
[04:33.97]drive west western revolution
[04:38.50]v.驾驶,开动;驱,赶 n.,ad.西,西部,西文 a.西文的,西部的 n.革命
[04:43.04]number northern majority southern
[04:47.52]n.数,数字,号码,数目 a.北方的,北部的 n.多数,过半数 a.南方的,南部的
[04:52.00]free employ unemployed village
[04:56.67]a.自由的,无约束的 v.雇用 a.失业的 n.村,村庄
[05:01.35]prison political religious deed
[05:05.57]n.监狱 a.政治的 a.宗教的,虔诚的 n.行为,行动
[05:09.79]choice stay bring slave
[05:13.95]n.选择,选择机会 v.停留,逗留,作客 v.拿来,带来;产生,引起n.奴隶,苦工
[05:18.12]willing railroad dig mine
[05:22.29]a.自愿的,心甘情愿的 n.铁路 v.挖,掘 n.矿,矿山,矿井
[05:26.45]plough,plow field steel
[05:29.89]n.,v.犁;耕 n.原野,田野;领域 n.钢
[05:33.32]advance advanced true truly
[05:37.80]n.,v.推进,促进;进展 a.先进的,发达的 a.真实,确实;忠实,可靠ad.确实地
[05:42.28]seal expression meaning single
[05:46.70]n.印章 n.表示,表现;措辞;表情n.意思,意义,含义 a.单身的;单一的
[05:51.11]national government separate
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[00:26.80](Adapted from This is America)
[00:31.48]For over 200 years,visitors to the United States have been trying to explain
[00:39.52]what makes Americans different from the people of other countries.
[00:45.40]Few have succeeded,
[00:48.64]because the Uited States is not like every other country in the world.
[00:54.60]It is a nation of nations.
[00:58.44] But who were the earliest Americans?
[01:02.67]And how did the population come to be so mixed?
[01:07.81] The "first Americans" were the Indians.
[01:12.39]At the time of the discovery of America,
[01:16.75]there were about 500 000 of them in the land.
[01:22.70]But when the settlers came,
[01:26.15]they killed many of the Indians and drove the rest to the west.
[01:32.03]After the American Revolution
[01:35.87]people from other countries came in great numbers.
[01:40.60]Unit 1890 most of them came from the countries of northern and western Europe.
[01:48.17]After 1890 the majority of the newcomers came from southern and eastern Europe.
[01:56.11] Not all of the people came to the land of their own free will.
[02:01.29]The poor and unemployed were forced to move from their villages
[02:06.85]and leave for America.
[02:10.30]people in prison for political or religious words and deeds
[02:16.15]were given the choice to stay in prison
[02:20.41]or leave the country for the new land.
[02:24.56]And several thousand African Negroes were brought in to be sold as slaves.
[02:31.41] The newcomers brought with them not only different ways of life,
[02:36.87]but also with something else--willing hands to build railroads,
[02:43.81]dig mines,plow fields,and make steel.
[02:49.69]The United States could not have become a great advanced country
[02:55.33]without the labor of the newcomers.
[02:59.59]Without them,too,the United States would be poorer in art,
[03:05.97]music,theater,and science.
[03:10.72] The United States is truly a nation of nations.
[03:15.76]Americans are proud of it.
[03:19.31]The Latin expression on the Great Seal of the United States reads in English
[03:25.98]"Out of Many,One".
[03:29.63]The meaning of the expression
[03:33.19]is that Americans set up a single national government
[03:38.64]in 1787 by uniting thirteen separated states.
[03:46.19]But the words also have come to mean
[03:50.35]that an American people came out of the peoples of the whole world.
[03:56.51]Words to watch
[04:16.47]explain nation population mix
[04:21.04]v.解释,说明 n.国家,民族 a.人口 v.混合,掺和;混淆
[04:25.61]Indian discovery land kill
[04:29.79]n.印第安人 n.发现 n.陆地,土地;国土,国家v.杀死,消灭
[04:33.97]drive west western revolution
[04:38.50]v.驾驶,开动;驱,赶 n.,ad.西,西部,西文 a.西文的,西部的 n.革命
[04:43.04]number northern majority southern
[04:47.52]n.数,数字,号码,数目 a.北方的,北部的 n.多数,过半数 a.南方的,南部的
[04:52.00]free employ unemployed village
[04:56.67]a.自由的,无约束的 v.雇用 a.失业的 n.村,村庄
[05:01.35]prison political religious deed
[05:05.57]n.监狱 a.政治的 a.宗教的,虔诚的 n.行为,行动
[05:09.79]choice stay bring slave
[05:13.95]n.选择,选择机会 v.停留,逗留,作客 v.拿来,带来;产生,引起n.奴隶,苦工
[05:18.12]willing railroad dig mine
[05:22.29]a.自愿的,心甘情愿的 n.铁路 v.挖,掘 n.矿,矿山,矿井
[05:26.45]plough,plow field steel
[05:29.89]n.,v.犁;耕 n.原野,田野;领域 n.钢
[05:33.32]advance advanced true truly
[05:37.80]n.,v.推进,促进;进展 a.先进的,发达的 a.真实,确实;忠实,可靠ad.确实地
[05:42.28]seal expression meaning single
[05:46.70]n.印章 n.表示,表现;措辞;表情n.意思,意义,含义 a.单身的;单一的
[05:51.11]national government separate
[05:55.34]a.国家的,国立,民族的 n.政府,管理,支配 a.分离的,分开的 大学英语精读听力 大学英语精读1听力 大学英语精读4听力 大学英语精读2听力 大学英语精读2听力答案 大学英语精读听力答案 大学英语精读听力下载 大学英语精读第
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