28. The French on the Great Lakes. 28.法国人与五大湖 Champlain was the first of many French discoverers. 尚普兰是发现五大湖的众多法国人中的第一个, Some of these were missionaries who left home and friends to bring the b

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62. Stuyvesant's Rule. 62.彼得斯特文森特的统治 Stuyvesant was a hot-tempered, energetic soldier who had lost a leg in the Company's service. 彼得斯特文森特是一个急性子而又精力充沛的士兵,他在服务西印度公司期

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Chapter 39 The emancipation proclamation 第39章《解放奴隶宣言》 402. The Blockade. 402.封锁 On the fall of Fort Sumter President Lincoln ordered a blockade of the Confederate seaports. 在萨穆特要塞失陷之后,林肯总统命令封

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Toward the end of the war there were absolutely no medicines for the Southern soldiers, and guns were so scarce that it was proposed to arm one regiment with pikes. 到战争结束的时候南方士兵已经彻底没有药品可用,他们尤其缺乏

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230. Traveling in 1800. 230.旅行条件(1800年) The traveler in those days had a very hard time. 这一时期的旅行者备受磨难, On the best roads of the north, in the best coach, and with the best weather one might cover as many as f

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253. The Non-Intercourse Act, 1809. 253.《互不交往法案》(1809年) By this time the embargo had become so very unpopular that it could be maintained only at the cost of civil war. 此时封港令已经非常不得人心,如果再执行封

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251. The Outrage on the Chesapeake, 1807. 251.切萨皮克之辱(1807年) The British now added to the anger of the Americans by impressing seamen from the decks of an American warship. 此时,英国人进一步激怒美国人,他们从美国

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250. The Embargo, 1807-1809. 250.封港令(1807~1809年) Jefferson hardly knew what to do. He might declare war on both Great Britain and on France. 杰斐逊几乎不知道该怎么办,他可以向英国和法国宣战, But to do that woul

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255. British and French Trickery. 255.英法国两国的诡计 The scheme of non-intercourse did not seem to bring the British and the French to terms much better than the embargo had done. 似乎《互不交往法案》和《封港令法案》一样

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303. The North and the South. 303.北方和南方 The South was now a great cotton-producing region. 此时,南方是一个巨大的棉花种植区, This cotton was grown by negro slaves. 黑奴在这里种植棉花, The North was now a great

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295. National Roads. 295.国家的路况 Steamboats were now running on the Great Lakes and on all the important rivers of the West. 此时,汽船运行在五大湖及西部所有重要的河流上, The first result of this new mode of transpor

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He loved his country and had unbounded faith in the American people. 克雷热爱他的国家并且始终不渝地忠于美国人民。 The legislatures of Kentucky and other states nominated him for the presidency. 肯塔基州和其他几个州的立

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As the head of that great department, he controlled more appointments than all the other members of the cabinet put together. 作为这个庞大机构的领导者,他所控制的委任状比起所有其他内阁成员所能委任的人的总和还要

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Many Northerners, who loved the Union, thought that slavery should be confined to the states where it existed. 许多热爱联邦的北方人认为奴隶制应该被限制到已经有奴隶制的州, They thought that slavery should not be permitte

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The next morning Grant attacked in his turn and slowly but surely pushed the Confederates off the field. 第二天早晨他反攻南方军,当然,他击退了南方军。 Halleck then united Grant's, Buell's, and Pope's armies and captured Corint

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He carried every Northern state except Missouri and New Jersey. 除了密苏里州和新泽西州,林肯获得了所有北方各个州的选票, He received one hundred and eighty electoral notes. 他获得180张选票; Breckenridge carried eve

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370. The Democratic Nominations. 370.民主党的提名 The Democratic convention met at Charleston, South Carolina. 民主党在南卡罗莱纳州的查理斯顿召开会议, It was soon evident that the Northern Democrats and the Southern Democ

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It fell out otherwise, for Patterson retreated and left the Confederate general, Johnston, free to go to the aid of the sorely pressed Confederates at Bull Run. 然而出现了意外,帕特森将军撤退,让南方联盟的约翰斯顿将军腾出手

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The Friday afternoon computer science class at Berea College looks much like similar classes on campuses all over America. But theres one big difference. While a four-year undergraduate degree at Berea costs nearly $100,000, these students will never

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Of course, the Greeks enjoyed a certain degree of safety because their country lay hidden beyond the deep waters of the Aegean. But here their old enemies, the Phoenicians, stepped forward with offers of help and advice to the Persians. If the Persia

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