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1、Module6 WarandPeaceⅠ.话题延读(21世纪报627期)WhenyouthinkofatypicalAmerican,whodoyoupicture?Aprettyblond(金发的)whiteAmericanlikeTaylorSwift?OrahandsomeblackAmericanlikebasketballstarKobeBryant?Infact,therewasatimewhentheaverageAmericanlookedlikeneitherofthesepeople.
2、Backintheyear1500,theaverageAmericanwasabrown-skinnedhunter-gathererwhoprobablyrodeahorseandworeclothingmadefromanimalskins.Today,theancestorsofthesepeople—whousuallyidentifythemselvesbasedontheirindividualtribes(部族)suchasIroquois,ApacheandNavajo—arebroad
3、lyreferredtoas“NativeAmericans”,“AmericanIndians”orsimply“Indians”.There’sachancethatyou’veneverevenheardofAmericanIndians.That’sbecausetherearen’tverymanyleft.WhentheEuropeansettlementofNorthAmericabegan,therewasintense(激烈的)conflictbetweensettlersfromove
4、rseasandthesenativepeople.AftertheBritishgovernmentandmilitary(军队)wereexpelled(赶走)intheRevolutionaryWar,conflictswithnativescontinuedasthestateswerecreatedthatwouldlatermakeuptheUS.Intheseconflicts,millionsofnativeswerekilled.In1830,formerUSPresidentAndre
5、wJacksonsignedtheIndianRemovalAct.ThisactrequiredallIndianstomigrate(迁往)towestoftheMississippiRivertoallowfortheexpansion(扩张)oftheUS.AmericanIndiansweretreatedasamilitary“enemy”until1924,whenthefewIndiansstillaliveatthatpointweregranted(准予)UScitizenship.T
6、hatwasthefirsttimethattheUSgovernmentformallyrecognizedtherightsofIndians.WhilethestoryoftheAmericanIndianshasbeenasadone,theirlegacy(遗产)isstillfelteverydayintheUS.ManyUSgeographicalnamescomefromIndianlanguages,suchasOhio,Topeka,Kansas,andthePotomacRiver.
7、Atthesametime,therearemanysuccessfulacademicsandotherimportantUSleaderswhoaredescended(是……的后裔)fromIndians.Andnowadays,moreandmorehistoryclassesinUSpublicschoolsareeducatingstudentsabouthowIndianssufferedduringthesettlementoftheUS.Althoughwhathappenedcanno
8、tbeundone,wecanlearnatleastonethingfromthesadhistoryoftheIndians:Ifwewantabetterfuture,wemustlookcarefullyandhonestlyatthepast.1.Whatisthearticlemainlyabout?A.ThehistoryofthesettlementoftheUS.B.WhatatypicalAmericani
