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1、THEMAKINGOFANATION#2-March6,2003:FirstPeoplesByPaulThompson(THEME)VOICEONE:ThisisSarahLong.VOICETWO:AndthisisRichKleinfeldtwiththeMAKINGOFANATION,aVOASpecialEnglishprogramaboutthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.(THEME)Today,wepresentthefirstinourseriesofhistoryprograms.Wetellaboutthefirstpeoplest

2、oarriveinwhatwouldbecomeNorthAmerica.(MUSIC:MANDAREESINGERS)VOICEONE:Scientistsandhistoryexpertssaythefirstpeopletoevercometothewesternhemispherearrivedbetweenfifteen-thousandandthirty-five-thousandyearsago.Theymayhavecomeinseveraldifferentgroups.Nooneisreallysurewhotheywereorwheretheylive

3、dbefore.ExpertssaythebestpossibleansweraboutwheretheycamefromisnorthernAsia.MostexpertsbelievetheycrossedtothewesternhemispherefromthepartofRussianowcalledSiberia.Thefirstpeoplecametothenewworldinatimeoffiercecold.Muchofthenorthernpartoftheworldwascoveredinice.Becauseofthis,theoceanswerehu

4、ndredsofmeterslowerthantheyarenow.ScientistsbelievethismadeitpossibletowalkacrosstheareathatisnowtheBeringSea.Foramoment,letusfollowafamilygroupasitbeginstocrosstheareathatisnowtheBeringSea.Thetimeismorethantwenty-thousandyearsago.BeringStrait(Photo-NASA)(MUSIC)VOICETWO:Thehunterwatchedthe

5、smallgroupofanimals.Ithadbeenseveraldayssincehehadlastkilledananimalforfood.Thehunter'sfamilyhadnotmuchlefttoeat.Itwastheresponsibilityofthementoprovidethefood.Todaytheymustgetmeatortheirfamilieswouldnotsurvive.Thefiercecoldaddedtothesharphungerthatthehunterfelt.Hewasdressedfromheadtofooti

6、nheavyanimalskinstoprotectagainstthecold.VOICEONE:Thehunterwasseveralkilometersfromtheanimals.Theanimalshadmovedslowlyduringthenighttowardtherisingsun.Theyhadbeenmovinginthisdirectionforseveraldays.Theywerealsolookingforfood.Thehunterknewtherewasnotmuchforthemtoeatinthisarea.Heknewtheanima

7、lswouldkeepmoving.Thehunter'speoplehadalwaysfollowedanimalsforfood.Buttheyhadneverfollowedthemthisfartowardtherisingsun.Thehunterlookedbehindhim.Hecouldseethewomenandchildrenfarbehind.Hepickeduphisweaponandmovedforward.VOICETWO:Later,themenkilledtwoanimals.Itw