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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[00:14.11]Canada Becomes a Nation

[00:17.39]Before Canada became a nation

[00:22.75]in 1867, the area of North America

[00:26.80]that now composes Canada was

[00:29.09]a large expanse of widely

[00:31.50]scattered communities of

[00:33.36]British and French origins.

[00:35.33]It was an area with diverse landscapes

[00:39.16]that physically 1 divided them

[00:41.13]from the north of the United States.

[00:43.54]There was little connection

[00:46.71]among communities politically or economically.

[00:49.34]These colonies of British North America

[00:53.49]traditionally traded with Britain

[00:55.68]and with the United States,

[00:57.32]very little among themselves.

[00:59.51]These colonies even had

[01:02.68]customs duties that, to some extent,

[01:05.64]restricted such trade.

[01:07.17]In the mid 2 1800s, important events

[01:11.55]and changes took place.

[01:13.95]Britain repealed 3 the Corn Laws

[01:17.56]and Navigations Acts, which had been

[01:21.06]economically beneficial to the colonies

[01:23.80]for generations. Britain began

[01:27.08]imposing taxes on the colonies

[01:29.27]at the same rate it applied 4

[01:31.57]to all other trading countries,

[01:33.64]a situation to which

[01:35.18]the colonies had never been accustomed.

[01:38.35]From 1861 to 1864,

[01:42.18]Americans were involved in

[01:46.44]a major civil war.

[01:47.86]Britain had traditional economic ties

[01:50.38]with the southern part

[01:52.46]of the United States that

[01:54.54]provided cotton to British markets.

[01:56.62]In the meantime, since the war

[01:59.90]was essentially 5 between

[02:01.22]the North and the South,

[02:02.96]the North resented Britain’s

[02:04.82]connection with the South.

[02:07.01]In addition, during the last year (1864)

[02:10.08]of the American Civil War,

[02:13.80]the American Government of

[02:15.77]the dominant 6 and ultimately victorious 7 North,

[02:19.05]refused to renew a tenyear

[02:21.56]free trade agreement with United Canada,

[02:24.41]the large British colony

[02:27.03]in the central part

[02:30.54]of British North America.

[02:30.99]These arbitrary events brought

[02:34.38]concern and even fear

[02:36.13]to these colonies.

[02:37.77]With the loss of traditional

[02:40.07]trading arrangements and the end

[02:42.69]of the civil war,

[02:43.90]the North being victorious,

[02:45.65]the colonists 8 feared that

[02:47.73]the Americans might turn on

[02:49.26]the British colonies in retaliation 9

[02:51.34]for Britain’s moral support for the South



1 physically
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
2 mid
adj.中央的,中间的
  • Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
  • He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。
3 repealed
撤销,废除( repeal的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The Labour Party repealed the Act. 工党废除了那项法令。
  • The legislature repealed the unpopular Rent Act. 立法机关废除了不得人心的租借法案。
4 applied
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
5 essentially
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
6 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。
7 victorious
adj.胜利的,得胜的
  • We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
  • The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。
8 colonists
n.殖民地开拓者,移民,殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )
  • Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
9 retaliation
n.报复,反击
  • retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
  • He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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Ethydan
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genus Hamamelis
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Muncimir
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vibroplatform
Villaputzu
Virtual File Allocation Table
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