高中英语人教版2000年高三下01

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Senior English for  China  Student' Book 3B
[00:13.24]高级英语学生用书 第三册（下）
[00:26.49]Unit 13 The USA
[00:28.85]第十三单元 美国
[00:31.22]Lesson 49
[00:32.90]第四十九课
[00:34.59]1 Reading comprehension
[00:36.81]1 阅读理解
[00:39.03]Read the text fast to get a general idea.
[00:41.61]快速朗读课文，找出文章大意。
[00:44.20]Which of the following subjects are mentioned in the text?
[00:46.82]文章提及的主题是什么？
[00:49.45]Population/History/Government/Sports/Weather/Radio and TV/
[00:54.58]人口/历史/政府/运动/天气/无线电和电视/
[00:59.72]Transport/Food/Parks/Buildings/Hotels
[01:03.60]运输/食品/停车场/建筑/旅馆
[01:07.47]NEW  YORK
[01:08.86]纽约
[01:10.24]NEW YORK is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA
[01:13.77]纽约市位于美国的东部，
[01:17.30]at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
[01:19.93]在河流注入海洋的河口处。
[01:22.57]The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
[01:26.90]第一个发现这些岛屿的是一个西方人，一个意大利的探险家在1524年发现的。
[01:31.22]In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians,
[01:34.90]1626年从当地的印度人那里买是了曼合顿岛，
[01:38.59]Native Americans,for a handful of goods worth about $24.
[01:42.75]本地美国人，价值大约24美元。
[01:46.92]Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
[01:50.11]今天，本地的美国人对这场交易表示愤怒。
[01:53.29]After the War of Independence ended,
[01:55.37]美国独立战争后，
[01:57.45]New York became the capital of the USA for a short time
[02:03.01](1789-90)before Washington,D.C.
[02:06.29]纽约暂时成为美国的首都，（1780-90）在华盛顿之前。
[02:09.57]By 1820 the population of New York had grown to about 125,000,
[02:13.64]到了1820年，纽约市的人口增长到大约125.000人。
[02:17.72]making it the largest city in the USA.
[02:20.06]成为美国最大的城市。
[02:22.39]In 1858 an area of poor housing,factories and farm buildings
[02:26.47]1858年，贫民院，工厂和农场的所在地
[02:30.54]was torn down and Central Park was created,
[02:33.22]被拆掉建成为中央公园，
[02:35.90]reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.
[02:40.17]从59街延伸至110街，横跨三条大道。
[02:44.44]There is space for summer picnics,open-air concert,plays and games.
[02:48.07]那有地方给人们去夏令营，户外音乐会，玩耍和做游戏。
[02:51.70]There is a zoo,an art museum,a boating lake,a smaller lake for model boats,
[02:55.88]里面有动物园，艺术博物馆，还有比较小的湖给人们划船，
[03:00.06]and in winter,an ice-skating area.
[03:02.30]在冬天，有地方给人们滑冰。
[03:04.53]In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began,
[03:07.35]国外移民大量涌入始于1892年，
[03:10.17]during which 5 million new people passed through Ellis Island.
[03:13.55]500万新来的人通过埃利斯岛进入美国，
[03:16.94]into the USA over a period of 62 years.
[03:19.76]在随后的62年间.
[03:22.58]Today Ellis Island is a museum,showing the roots of America's new citizens,
[03:26.20]如今埃利斯岛是一个展示美国的新市民的根的博物馆.
[03:29.82]who came from all the corners of the earth.
[03:31.93]来自地球上所有地方的人.
[03:34.05]Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people
[03:36.46]官员们经常在外地人的名字里陷入麻烦,
[03:38.88]passing through Ellis Island,
[03:40.76]在埃利斯岛的人,
[03:42.64]and because they were so busy,
[03:46.09]many people's names got changed in the rush.
[03:48.43]因为他们很忙,很多人一起改名字.
[03:50.77]People who wanted to enter the USA
[03:52.95]人们想进入美国
[03:55.13]had to go through a number of mental and physical tests,
[03:57.77]必须又通过大量的精神上和身体上的测试,
[04:00.40]and about 2 million people were turned away.
[04:02.48]大约200万人被逃汰.
[04:04.56]Thus Ellis Island became known as the"Island of Tears".
[04:07.22]因此埃利斯岛被认为"眼泪岛".
[04:09.89]The building of skyscrapers in New York began around the year 1900.
[04:12.85]大约在1900年开始建造摩天楼.
[04:15.82]Because Mahattan Island is made of solid rock,
[04:18.10]因为曼合顿岛是用坚硬的岩石建造的,
[04:20.39]it is safe to build very tall buildings.
[04:22.66]所以建造成高楼大厦是 很安全的.