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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176. Passage of the Ordinance of 1787. 176.通过1787年《西北法令》 What should be done with the lands which in this way had come into the possession of the people of all the states? 怎样处理那些以这种方式已经为各个州的人民

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165.Yorktown, September-October, 1781. 165.约克郡(1781年9~10月) Rochambeau led his men to New York and joined the main American army. 洛克汉姆带领部队到达纽约并加入到美国陆军主力, Washington now took command of the

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Chapter 21 第21章 The last federalist administration 最后一个联邦党政府 218. John Adams elected President, 1796. 218.约翰亚当斯当选为总统(1796年) In 1796 John Adams was the Federalist candidate for President. 1796年,约翰

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216. The Spanish Treaty of 1795. 216.与西班牙的协定(1795年) France and Great Britain were not the only countries with which there was trouble. 法国和大不列颠并不是仅有的两个与美国纠葛的国家。 The Spaniards held p

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Chapter 29 第29期 The Reign of Andrew Jackson,1829-1837 安德鲁杰克逊的任期(1829-1837年) 301. General Jackson. 301.杰克森将军 Born in the backwoods of Carolina, Jackson had early crossed the Alleghanies and settled in Tennessee.

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305. Webster and Hayne, 1830. 305.韦伯斯特与海恩(1830年) Calhoun was Vice-President and presided over the debates of the Senate. 科恩是副总统,并且主持参议院的辩论。 So it fell to Senator Hayne of South Carolina to sta

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266. Brown's Invasion of Canada, 1814. 266.布朗攻入加拿大(1814年) In the first two years of the war the American armies in New York had done nothing. 战争开始前两年,在纽约的美国军队没有什么举动, But abler men we

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262. Perry's Victory on Lake Erie, 1813. 262.偑里在伊利湖取得胜利(1813年) But the British triumph did not last long. In the winter of 1812-13 Captain Oliver Hazard Perry built a fleet of warships on Lake Erie. 但是,英国人的胜利

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333. Beginning of the Mexican War, 1846. 333.墨西哥战争开始(1846年) The Mexicans had never acknowledged the independence of Texas. 墨西哥人从来都没有承认得克萨斯的独立, They now protested against its admission to the

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339. The Oregon Treaty, 1846. 339.俄勒冈条约(1846年) The matter was now taken up in earnest. 此时到了认真解决这个问题的时候, All Oregon or none, Fifty-four forty or fight, became popular cries. 全占或放弃,只有一个

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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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