时间:2018-11-30 作者:英语课 分类:最新15篇文章贯通英语四级词汇


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[00:00.00]The need for new markets,

[00:02.17]and a solid defense 1 system

[00:04.26]from potential invasion

[00:05.79]by the United States,

[00:07.21]brought an acute awareness 2

[00:08.96]to these diverse colonies that

[00:10.92]they should look to

[00:12.78]each other for resolutions

[00:14.21]to these problems.

[00:15.85]They felt uneasy trying

[00:18.58]to cope against these

[00:20.44]adversities on their own.

[00:21.98]Sir John A. Macdonald from United Canada,

[00:26.35]the dominant 3 personality at this time,

[00:29.64]also saw the acceleration 4 of

[00:31.71]American settlers moving north

[00:34.23]and spreading throughout the flat

[00:36.85]prairie lands to the west.

[00:38.60]This would potentially put a wall

[00:41.78]between the colonies in the East

[00:43.96]and the lonely western British colony

[00:46.60]in what is today part

[00:48.35]of British Columbia on the west

[00:49.98]coast of North America.

[00:52.39]Macdonald felt that

[00:54.80]the situation was urgent.

[00:56.44]In the summer of 1864,

[01:00.05]the maritime 5 colonies of Nova Scotia,

[01:03.77]Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland

[01:06.83]scheduled a meeting to discuss

[01:08.91]the possibility of a customs union

[01:11.53]or free trade area to compensate 6

[01:14.16]for the latest setbacks

[01:16.35]in trade relations with Britain

[01:18.65]and the United States.

[01:20.29]Macdonald managed to get permission

[01:23.79]for some delegates from United Canada

[01:25.76]to attend as observers.

[01:27.73]For a number of years,

[01:31.12]United Canada was experiencing

[01:33.20]problems of political deadlock 7.

[01:36.26]Canada West was predominantly English speaking

[01:40.48]and Canada East was

[01:42.68]predominantly French speaking.

[01:44.97]A central government, set up in 1841,

[01:49.01]required a majority from

[01:51.86]both Canada West and Canada East

[01:54.27]for all legislation to become law.

[01:57.55]It was very difficult

[02:00.06]to pass significant legislation

[02:02.26]when two opposing views

[02:04.33]were constantly being debated

[02:06.63]and legislative 8 bills were

[02:08.49]constantly being defeated.

[02:10.46]The Canadians saw a new,

[02:13.31]wider union, a potential new national

[02:16.91]institution or central government,

[02:18.99]as a possible solution for

[02:20.96]breaking out of this

[02:23.15]constant political disorder 9.

[02:24.79]The Canadian delegates sailed

[02:27.97]on board a cruise ship down

[02:30.15]the St. Lawrence River,

[02:31.57]into the Gulf 10 of St. Lawrence,

[02:33.11]to Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island.

[02:35.73]This convention expanded to

[02:39.02]discussions of the possibility

[02:41.20]of all the British colonies

[02:43.17]uniting into one nation



1 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
2 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
3 dominant
adj.支配的,统治的;占优势的;显性的;n.主因,要素,主要的人(或物);显性基因
  • The British were formerly dominant in India.英国人从前统治印度。
  • She was a dominant figure in the French film industry.她在法国电影界是个举足轻重的人物。
4 acceleration
n.加速,加速度
  • All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
  • He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。
5 maritime
adj.海的,海事的,航海的,近海的,沿海的
  • Many maritime people are fishermen.许多居于海滨的人是渔夫。
  • The temperature change in winter is less in maritime areas.冬季沿海的温差较小。
6 compensate
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
  • She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
  • Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。
7 deadlock
n.僵局,僵持
  • The negotiations reached a deadlock after two hours.两小时后,谈判陷入了僵局。
  • The employers and strikers are at a deadlock over the wage.雇主和罢工者在工资问题上相持不下。
8 legislative
n.立法机构,立法权;adj.立法的,有立法权的
  • Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
  • Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
9 disorder
n.紊乱,混乱;骚动,骚乱;疾病,失调
  • When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后,他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
  • It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。
10 gulf
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
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