4. Columbus. 4.哥伦布 Meantime Christopher Columbus, an Italian, had returned from an even more startling voyage. 一段时间之后,意大利人克里斯托弗哥伦布完成了一次更令人吃惊的航行。 From what he had read, and from

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23. Sir Walter Ralegh. 23.沃特罗利爵士 Still another famous Englishman of Elizabeth's time was Walter Ralegh. 在伊丽莎白时代还有一位著名的英国人,他的名字叫沃特罗利, He never saw the coasts of the United States, b

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But Grant drove him back and began the siege of the town from the land side. 但格兰特指挥部队将他赶回城堡,并开始从陆地一面包围维克斯堡。 The Confederates made a gallant defense. 南方联盟军打了一场漂亮的保卫战

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417. Gettysburg, July 1, 1863. 417.葛底斯堡(1863年7月1日) Meade now moved the Union army toward Lee's line of communication with Virginia. 此时米德率部向李将军与弗吉尼亚之间的交通线进军, Lee at once drew back. Bo

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Chapter 33 第33章 The compromise of 1850 1850年的折中法案 340. The Wilmot Proviso, 1846. 340.韦幕特但书(1846年) What should be done with Oregon and with the immense territory received from Mexico? 怎样处理俄勒冈及从墨西哥

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Chapter 06 第六章 The Story of Egypt 埃及的故事 The rise and fall of Egypt 埃及的盛衰 The river Nile was a kind friend but occasionally it was a hard taskmaster. 尼罗河是人类的好友,可有时候,它又像一位严厉的监工。

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It regained a semblance of independence when one of Alexander's generals set himself up as king of a new Egyptian state 亚历山太死后,他的一位将军自立为新埃及之王,建都亚历山大城, and founded the dynasty of the Ptolemie

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And another twenty years had to go by until a British officer, Henry Rawlinson, who found the famous inscription of Behistun, gave us a workable key to the nail-writing of western Asia. 又过了20年,英国官员罗林森发现了著名的贝希通岩

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He marched at the head of not less than four different victory-parades, having won four different campaigns. 在其辉煌的一生中,恺撒赢得了四次重大战争,四次举行凯旋入城仪式,每次都威风八面地走在游行队伍的最

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Chapter 24 第二十四章 The roman empire 罗马帝国的故事 How the republic of Rome after centuries of unrest and revolution become an empire 罗马共和国历经数世纪的动乱和革命,终于变成了罗马帝国 When the Roman armies

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385. To the Defense of Washington. 385.保卫华盛顿 The national capital was really a Southern town, for most of the permanent residents were Southerners, and the offices were filled with Southern men. 国家首都其实是一个南方人的城镇

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And from that moment, Jehovah was recognised by all the Jews as the Highest Master of their Fate, the only True God, who had taught them how to live holy lives when he bade them to follow the wise lessons of his Ten Commandments. 从这时起,耶和华

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Chapter 9 第九章 Moses 摩西 The story of Moses, the leader of the Jewish people 犹太民族的领袖摩西的故事 Some time during the twentieth century before our era, a small and unimportant tribe of Semitic shepherds had left its old home,

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Chapter 12 第十二章 The Aegean sea 爱琴海 The people of the Aegean Sea Carried the Civilisation of old Asia into the wilderness of Europe 爱琴海的人民将亚洲的古老文明带到了蛮荒的欧洲 When Heinrich Schliemann was a little

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A very careful study of these many relics has done away with some of the romantic features of the story. The makers of these early works of art and the builders of these strong fortresses were no sorcerers, but simple sailors and traders. They had li

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But here and there, on the tops of high rocks, they saw the castles of the Aegeans and those they did not attack for they feared the metal swords and the spears of the Aegean soldiers and knew that they could not hope to defeat them with their clumsy

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The singer who meh-mehed like a goat therefore was called a tragos-oidos or goat singer, and it is this strange name which developed into the modern word Tragedy, which means in the theatrical sense a piece with an unhappy ending, just as Comedy (whi

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Not only did these hardy people manage to exist through the long cold spells which killed many ferocious animals, but when the earth became warm and comfortable once more,prehistoric man had learned a number of things which gave him such great advant

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Chapter 5 第5章 Virginia and Maryland 弗吉尼亚和马里兰 31. The Virginia Company, 1606. 31.弗吉尼亚公司(1606年) English people were now beginning to think in earnest of founding colonies. 现在英国人开始认真地思考创建

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Chapter 3 第三章 Pioneers Of England 英格兰的开拓者 21. Sir John Hawkins. 21.约翰霍金斯爵士 For many years after Cabot's voyage Englishmen were too busy at home to pay much attention to distant expeditions. 卡伯特的航海之后许

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