英语专业四级听力听写训练 第88期:美国印第安人 American Indians

American Indians美国印第安人

American Indians are the native people in the United States.美国印第安人是美国的土著居民，

They belong to more than five hundred Indian tribes.他们分属于500多个印第安部落。

Many tribe members live on reservations.许多印第安人居住在美国政府为他们设立的居留地，

These are areas that the United States government set up for native tribes that had lost their lands to European settlers.因为他们的土地一级被欧洲殖民者掠夺走。

Some reservations are larger than American states.有些居留地比美国的州还要大。

The Bureau of Indian Affairs supervises these territories.这些居留地由印第安事务所进行管理，

Tribes on reservations have limited self-rule.部落的自治权有限。

Generally, American Indians do not enjoy the same economic and educational success as other Americans.一般来说，美国印第安人没有像其他美国人那样在经济和教育上取得很大的成就。

They earn less money and have more unemployment than other Americans.他们赚钱不多，就业率很低，

They also have higher rates of disease and die younger than other American groups.同时患病率较高，寿命比其他美国人短。

However, the American Indian economy has grown at three times the national rate since the 1980s.然而，自20世纪80年代起，印第安人的经济快速发展，是全国发展速度的3倍。

Some of the improvement has come from expansion of the American Indian gambling industry.这部分是由于他们赌博业的扩大，

Many Indian tribes have legalized gambling on their reservations.许多印第安部落立法规定，在居留地内赌博是合法的。