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美國(guó)早期生活方式重現(xiàn)威廉斯堡

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新聞背景　　威廉斯堡位于弗吉尼亞?wèn)|南部詹姆斯河與約克河之間的一個(gè)半島上，依湖傍水，氣候溫暖宜人。在城堡內(nèi)，有一座完全按照殖民時(shí)期原樣保存修建的小鎮(zhèn)，名為“殖民時(shí)期的威廉斯堡”。這座小鎮(zhèn)全部是對(duì)原有建筑加以修復(fù)或者是按照考古學(xué)家從美國(guó)和歐洲所發(fā)現(xiàn)的原建筑藍(lán)圖在原來(lái)地點(diǎn)上重建的。雖然是個(gè)假古跡，還是給美國(guó)人提供了一個(gè)朝圣并確認(rèn)自己歷史神話的很好的機(jī)會(huì)。走在小小的威廉斯堡的街上時(shí)，也能遙想一下200多年前的那些人和事，想想他們創(chuàng)下的大大的基業(yè)，再告訴自己華盛頓、杰斐遜、麥迪遜、門(mén)羅，這美國(guó)第一、三、四、五任總統(tǒng)都出自腳下這方水土，也能有點(diǎn)撫今追昔的感覺(jué)了。

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The streets of Williamsburg look just like they did in the summer of 1781, when Britishsoldiers occupied Williamsburg toward the end of the Revolutionary War. The British onlystayed for a week, then marched out of town on July 4th, fi ve years to the day after the Americancolonies had fi rst declared their independence.

Three hundred fi fty actors and re-enactors are creating the British military presence in town -setting up camp and harassing the colonists, to recreate the atmosphere of 200 years ago.

The annual event attracts thousands of tourists and history buffs every year. Carl Kavanaghand his family came from New Jersey for the celebrations.

The three million visitors who fi ll the streets of Williamsburg every year are immersed notNews Transcript VOA

新聞梗概only in early American life but in the struggle of a small, new country to fi ndits own identity.

Besides being an historic site, Williamsburg is also the home of one ofAmerica’s oldest universities, the College of William and Mary. It is part ofan historic triangle that includes the site of the 1607 Jamestown settlementand the Yorktown battlefield, where the Revolutionary War ended. Mostimportantly it’s where early Americans decided to build a new society basedon equality and liberty.

occupy v.

占領(lǐng)colony n.

殖民地independence n.

獨(dú)立harass v.

騷擾annual a.

每年的immerse v.

沉湎于battlefield n.

戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)equality n.

平等詞匯加油站1 The British only stayed for then marched out of town on, five years to the day after the American colonies had firstdeclared their independence.

2 Which statement is right according to the context? ( )A. Three hundred fi fty actors and re-enactors are creating the British militarypresence in town.

B. The biennial event attracts thousands of tourists and history buffs everyyear.

C. Carl Kavanagh and his family came from New Jersey for the celebrations.

D. All the above.

3 Besides being an historic site, Williamsburg is also ( )A. Williamsburg is also the home of one of America’s oldest universities, theCollege of William and Mary.

B. It is part of an historic triangle that includes the site of the 1607 Jamestownsettlement and the Yorktown battlefi eld, where the Revolutionary War ended.

C. It’s where early Americans decided to build a new society based on equalityand liberty.

D. All the above.

1. a week; July 4th2. B 3. D KeyListening Comprehension聽(tīng)力理解1 the Revolutionary War 美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)也稱(chēng)“北美獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)”。指1775年波士頓人民在美國(guó)來(lái)克星頓與英軍交戰(zhàn)拉開(kāi)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)序幕到1783年英軍在法國(guó)簽訂《巴黎條約》投降的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)既是一次民族獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，又是一次資產(chǎn)階級(jí)革命。美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)是世界史上第一次大規(guī)模的殖民地爭(zhēng)取民族獨(dú)立的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，它的勝利，給大英帝國(guó)的殖民體系打開(kāi)了一個(gè)缺口，為殖民地民族解放戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)樹(shù)立了榜樣。

2 harass有侵?jǐn)_；騷擾還有不斷攻擊（敵人）的意思，在這里根據(jù)語(yǔ)境取第二個(gè)意思例：

Our detachments took turns to harass them. 我們的一些小分隊(duì)不斷攻擊他們。

3 It is part of an historic triangle that includes the site of the 1607 Jamestown settlement and theYorktown battlefield, where the Revolutionary War ended. It is + 被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分 + that ... 就是強(qiáng)調(diào)句。將被強(qiáng)調(diào)的部分放在前面，其他部分置于that之后。被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分可以是主語(yǔ)，賓語(yǔ)，表語(yǔ)或狀語(yǔ)。如果把這種句型結(jié)構(gòu)去掉后，應(yīng)該是一個(gè)完整無(wú)缺的句子。這也是判斷強(qiáng)調(diào)句型與其它從句的方法。后面where the Revolutionary War ended是后置狀語(yǔ)修飾Yorktown battlefield。