1) The "discovery" of the New World 发现新大陆
1 The "first Americans" were the Indians 最早的美国人是印第安人
2 ②In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, supported by
the Spanish queen, he led his men to sail across the vast ocean in 1492 and reached
清辅音some small islands in the now west Indies. He thought he had reached Asia and didn't
know he had discovered a New Continent.
15世纪后期，意大利航海家克里斯多弗.哥伦布，在西班牙女王的支持下,于1492年率领船
队穿越浩瀚的大西洋，抵达了现在西印度群岛的一些小岛。他误以为到达了亚洲，并不知月份单词
道自己已经发现了一个新大陆。
③Ameriga Vespucci proved that the land was a new continent. Therefore, the land was
出国留学必备条件named America after him.
阿美利歌·韦斯普奇证明了这是新大陆，因此，以他的名字命名。
2)Caus of the colonization of the New World 殖民时期
Opportunity was a magic word. 机遇是一个神气的词
①The new Would drew English nobles (who dreamed of getting more land and
establishing great new estates.).
②Drew other people who could not find jobs in England.
③Most of all , it drew the poor and the homeless from the farmlands and villages of
Europe.
④Many ttlers came to the English colonies in arch of religious freedom becau
they had been percuted in England.
1）他吸引了英国的贵族（那些梦想在荒原上创建庞大的新地产的）
2）吸引那些在英国无法找到工作的人。
3）尤其是吸引了欧洲农场和乡村的穷人和无家可归的人。
4）许多人为寻求宗教自由而在这英国殖民地定居下来，因为他们在英国受到早叫迫害。
3)The first English colony in the Americas was founded at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607.
Between1607 and 1733 the British established 13 colonies along the east coast of
North America. They were Virginia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachutts,
Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New
Jery, Pennsylvania and Georlina.
美洲的第一块英国殖民地于1607年在弗吉尼亚的詹姆斯建立。从1607nevertoolate乔布斯在斯坦福大学的演讲年到1733年间，英
国在北美的东海岸建立了13个殖民地。它们是弗吉尼亚、缅因、新罕布什尔、马塞、康涅
狄格、纽约、罗得岛、马里兰、北卡罗来纳，南卡罗来纳、新泽西、宾夕法尼亚和佐治亚。
In 1620,201 of Pilgrims sailed to the New World in a ship called Mayflower. They
arrived at Plymouth and built the Plymouth colony. The Puritans（清教徒）,unlike the
Pilgrims(清教徒前辈)who were artisans and peasants, were wealthy, well-educated
gentlemen. The Puritans did not allow religious disnt. The colonists were building a
new way of life in the New World. There were a number of features which would play a
role in forming the American character. They were reprentative from of government,
rule of law, respect of individual rights, religious tolerance and a strong of individual
enterpri.1620年，
清教徒前辈中的201人乘坐“5月花号”船来到新大陆，在普利茅斯建立了殖民地。清教徒和
身为手艺人或农夫的清教徒前辈不同，他们富有，是受过良好教育的绅士。清教徒不允许
异教存在。殖民者在新大陆建立了一种新的生活方式。以下几点为美国特色的形成起到一
定作用：政府的代表形式，法制，对人权的尊重，宗教的宽容和强大个人进取精神。
4）The American War of Independence and its conquences.美国独立战争极其影响
①the caus: With the development of economy, the people in the colonies wanted
more power to determine their own business. But the policy of the British government
was to bring the development under control and collect more taxes from the colonies.
原因：随着经济的发展，殖民地人民要求更多的自决权。而英国政府的政策是要把经济发
mito展控于股掌，并向殖民地征收更多的税。
②the Boston Tea Party(波士顿茶叶事件): In 1773, veral dozen Boston residents
dresd as Indians boarded the ships of the British East India Company and threw the
tea into the harbor. 1773年，几十名波士顿居民化装成印第安人，登上英国东印度公司的
on top of the world船，将茶叶倾入海中。
③the First continental Congress: In September 1774, the First Continental Congress
was held in Philadelphia which encouraged Americans to refu to buy British goods.
repair是什么意思第一届大陆会议：1774年9月，在费城召开，鼓励美国人抵制英货。
piano什么意思④Lexington and Concord(列克星顿和康克特)：The War of Independence began at
there in 1775.
⑤The Second Continental Congress(three weeks after the battle at Lexington in 1775
):founded a Continental Army and Navy under the command of Washington;
appointed a committee to draft a formal declaration(Thomas Jefferson was the man
who draft it), the Declaration of Independence, And adopted the Declaration of
Independence on July 4, 1776.lamp的音标第二次大陆会议（1775年的列克星顿战役三周之后）：建
立了大陆军和海军，任命华盛顿为总司令；指定了一个委员会负责起草一份正式宣言（托
马斯。杰斐逊起草），1776.6.4，通过了独立宣言。
⑥The Declaration is a clear explanation of the political theory behind the revolution
and this theory came from the British philosopher John Locke.宣言清晰地解释了指导这
场革命的政治理论，这一理论源于英国哲学家约翰。洛克。
⑦The conquences: IN September ,1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed. Britain
recognized the independence of the United States; the war was from 1775 to 1781, it
shows that, in a just war, a weak nation can defeat a strong one. American people
gained independence and capitalism developed in America. It also had great
