In the year 1620, Native Americans met the English settlers who arrived in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Those settlers, known as Pilgrims, helped launch the United States as we know it today. But for the Native Americans who had long been liv

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[00:00.00]Twenty years slipped by [00:02.50]and John Love died [00:04.15]at the early age of 47. [00:06.23]Several years later, son James [00:09.18]and his family, as well [00:11.59]as widow Lily, his Mother, [00:13.56]made the decision to leave Penn

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: A New World Clash of Cultures This is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we tell the story of a clash of cultures and beliefs. We look at the

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Kansas-Nebraska Act Raises Slavery Issue Once Again 堪萨斯-内布拉斯加法案再次提出了奴隶制问题 From VOA Learning English, welcome to The Making of a Nation, our weekly program of American history for people learning American Englis

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By Jim Teeple Washington 05 March 2008 During his recent visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in January, President Bush called on Israel to honor its commitment to remove unauthorized settlements and outposts from the West Bank. But with

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Hark, hark! the dogs do bark! The beggars are coming to town: Some in rags, and some in jags, And some in velvet gowns.

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THE BISON ON THE PLAINS OF AMERICA The first settlers on the plains of America were Native Americans. They arrived more than. 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America. The Native Americans lived by gathering roots, nuts and wil

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Making of a Nation: Southern Expansion - Program No. 7 From VOA Learning English, this is The Making of a Nation American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we finish the story of the first thirteen American colonies

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PEOPLE IN AMERICA - One of the leaders of the Indian resistance, Apache chief Cochise VOICE ONE: PEOPLE IN AMERICA, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (THEME) During the Eighteenth Century, Indians tried to halt the move of white s

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THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: Southern Colonies Develop on Farming Economy STEVE EMBER: From VOA Learning English, this is THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in Special English. Im Steve Ember. This week in our series, we finish the

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By Luis Ramirez Charasha settlement, West Bank 24 September 2009 Despite calls by President Obama for peace negotiations to begin, Israel and the Palestinians are not making plans to resume talks. One issue holding up the peace process is Israel's c

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Many of the traditional foods eaten at Thanksgiving dinner have Native American roots but have been spiced up Jeff Swicord | Washington 24 November 2009 Thanksgiving holiday has its origins in the early 17th century when European settlers shared a m

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Israel is under fire again for alleged settlement expansion, this time in a report by an Israeli watchdog group. The settlers are crying foul. Caravans used for housing are seen at a Jewish outpost on a hilltop near the northern West Bank settlement

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163 希布伦约旦河西岸暴力冲突仍在继续 Violence Continues in the West Bank Art Chimes Jerusalem 13 Jul 2001 07:57 UTC There was violence in the 1)volatile West Bank city of Hebron overni

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Pre-Listening Vocabulary golden age: a period of wealth and advancement settlers: people who move to an undeveloped area and begin to live and work there surrender: to not fight reclaim: to take back something that was once yours New York City Was On

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Israel says it won't change its settlement policy despite new demands by the President of the United States. The settlers have announced their own response to U.S. pressure. Jewish settlers wash cement off their feet after laying foundation of new b

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Palestinian officials say the Israeli move is insufficient because it does not include disputed East Jerusalem or 3,000 homes already under construction in the West Bank Robert Berger | Jerusalem 06 December 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netan

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A good apple is a nickname for someone who is a good person. Johnny Appleseed was a good apple. Sometimes he helped settlers build cabins or chop trees. He knew they were struggling to make new lives for themselves in the west. If people couldnt pay,

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The first newspaper in the Northwest Territory was published in 1793 in Cincinnati, Ohio. But frontier settlers rarely got a chance to see a newspaper or any book besides the Bible. Most cabins were built far apart, and settlers didnt get many visito

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In 1800, the census counted 5.3 million people in the United States. Pennsylvania was getting too crowded to suit Johnny. When he was twenty-six, he led a horse across the Pennsylvania border into Ohio. It was carrying a load of apple seeds. He plant

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