美国学生历史 第64期:制定宪法(4)

184. Compromise as to Apportionment. 184．关于众议院名额分配的折中方案 Should the members of the House of Representatives be distributed among the states according to population? 应该根据各州的人口来分配众议院的代表人数

美国学生历史 第99期:杰斐逊政府(5)

243. The Treaty Ratified. 243．修改条约 Jefferson found himself in a strange position. 杰斐逊发现自己处于一个尴尬的境地， The Constitution nowhere delegated to the United States power to acquire territory. 宪法中找不到授权

美国学生历史 第95期:杰斐逊政府(1)

Chapter 23 第23章 Jefferson's Administrations 杰斐逊政府 237. President Jefferson. 237．杰斐逊总统 Thomas Jefferson was a Republican. He believed in the republican form of government. 托马斯杰斐逊是共和党人，他信奉共和形式

美国学生历史 第94期:1800年的美国(5)

236. Growth of Manufactures, 1789-1800. 236．制造业的发展（1789~1800年） As soon as the new government with its wide powers was established, manufacturing started into life. Old mills were set to work. 随着新政府及其强大政权的建立

美国学生历史 第93期:1800年的美国(4)

234. Whitney's Cotton Gin, 1793. 234．伊利o惠特尼的轧棉机（1793年） Eli Whitney was a Connecticut schoolmaster. 伊利o惠特尼是康涅狄格州的一名教师， He went to Georgia to teach General Greene's children. 他去佐治亚州给

美国学生历史 第133期:1830年美国的人口(4)

298. The Steam Locomotive. 298．蒸汽机车 Steam was used to drive boats through the water. 人们用蒸汽在水上驱动船， Why should not steam be used to haul wagons over a railroad? 为什么不可以用蒸汽在路轨上拉动马车？ Th

美国学生历史 第129期:新党派与新政策(5)

291. The Tariff of Abominations, 1828. 291．可憎的关税（1828年） In 1828 another presidential election was to be held. 1828年要举行新的大选， The manufacturers thought that this would be a good time to ask for even higher protective

美国学生历史 第123期:幸福时代(5)

Now the people of the United States sympathized with the Spanish colonists in their desire for independence. 此时，美国人民同情西班牙殖民地居民的独立愿望， They also disliked the idea of Europeans interfering in American affair

美国学生历史 第144期:民主党与辉格党(4)

Thousands of office-seekers thronged to Washington. 数以千计的求职者涌向华盛顿， They even slept in out-of-the-way corners of the White House. 他们甚至睡在白宫偏僻的角落里， Day after day, from morning till night, they pr

美国学生历史 第111期:第二次独立战争(3)

263. The Frigate Constitution. 263．宪法号护卫舰 One of the first vessels to get to sea was the Constitution, commanded by Isaac Hull. 美国最早到海上航行的舰船之一是由伊塞克o哈尔指挥的宪法号， She sailed from Chesap

美国学生历史 第155期:墨西哥战争(5)

336. Seizure of California. 336．夺取加利福尼亚 California was the name given to the Mexican possessions on the Pacific coast north of Mexico itself. 加利福尼亚是对墨西哥以北太平洋沿岸墨西哥属地的称谓， There were no

美国学生历史 第163期:1850年的折中法案(6)

The law of 1850 gave the enforcement of the act to United States officials. 1850年的法律将强制执行这个法案的权力交给美国政府官员， The agents of slave owners claimed many persons as fugitives. 奴隶主代表们宣称许多人都

美国学生历史 第156期:墨西哥战争(6)

When the time came to run the boundary line, the American and Mexican commissioners could not agree. 但在谈及国界时，双方的外交官没有达成一致， So the United States paid ten million dollars more and received an additional strip o

美国学生人类历史第20期:尼罗河河谷(3)

They understood that it is not good for man to think only of his immediate advantage in this world and they drew his attention to the days of the future 他们懂得，人不能只考虑眼前的利益，这是大有害处的。他们将人们关注的

美国学生人类历史第23期:埃及的兴衰(2)

They were highly unpopular and great hate was also felt for the Hebrews who came to the land of Goshen to find a shelter after their long wandering through the desert 希克索斯人横征暴敛，极不受欢迎。同样不受欢迎的还有希伯来人

中国学校允许学生从“分数银行”借分数以通过考试

Many of us have been there: hopelessly unprepared for an exam, wishing we had studied more and certain of a failing mark. Now for students at one school inChina, success is guaranteed, but it comes at a price. 很多人都有这样的经历：考试前

美国学生人类历史 第94期:罗马帝国的故事(4)

There were street riots. A party of thugs was hired to kill the popular Tribune. Tiberius Gracchus was attacked when he entered the assembly and was beaten to death. Ten years later his brother Gaius tried the experiment of reforming a nation against

美国学生人类历史 第96期:罗马帝国的故事(6)

As for Sulla, he became Dictator, which meant sole and supreme ruler of all the Roman possessions. He ruled Rome for four years, and he died quietly in his bed, having spent the last year of his life tenderly raising his cabbages, as was the custom o

美国学生人类历史 第97期:罗马帝国的故事(7)

Cicero, a public-spirited lawyer, had discovered the plot, had warned the Senate, and had forced Catiline to flee. But there were other young men with similar ambitions and it was no time for idle talk. 一个颇具公众精神的律师西塞罗察觉了

美国学生人类历史 第98期:罗马帝国的故事(8)

He crossed the Rubicon River which separated the province of Cis-alpine Gaul from Italy. Everywhere he was received as the friend of the people. Without difficulty Caesar entered Rome and Pompey fled to Greece Caesar followed him and defeated his fol