Monthly Archives: May 2010
COLONIAL PERIOD
Most people who came to the British colonies in the 1600s were English. Others came from The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. By 1690, 250,000 people lived in the New World. By 1790, there were 2.5 million … Continue reading
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Early America
这是美国国务院提供的一本帮助英语学习者学习英文和了解美国历史的书。很短，只有72页，配有mp3有声素材。速度慢，清晰并且很好听。书中也对一些重点词汇进行了解释。但我在阅读中发现，我不认识的单词明显比书中提供的多出数倍。所以我一一查阅了词典。我把单词写在每段话下面，放在这里，做个备份，也希望对像我一样笨的人有所帮助。 Continue reading