美國歷史第十一章、分裂

1、 Prosperity And The Division Prosperity is on the move The division of America1.Prosperity is on the move Introduction to British and American Culture 1.3 words and phrases Introduction to British and American CultureWords and Phrases: qualified有資格的 instant立即的 dynamic充滿活力的 eventually最終 lavish奢侈的 thr

2、iving興盛的 shiver撕裂 atom碎片 1.2 Reading And Comprehension SkillIn New York, a man-made river is cutting through the wilderness. The Erie Canal is the biggest construction project in the Western world in the last 4000 years. And America lacks a single qualified engineer. They arent let nature stand in t

3、heir way. Eight years of digging, nearly a thousand lives lost, the Erie Canal open in 1825. Its a instant economic superhighway. Villages along the canal boom into dynamic cities. Introduction to British and American Culture32-55 1.2 Reading And Comprehension SkillHundreds of miles to the south, a

4、small plant is creating another economic boom, cotton. But this one will eventually tear the nation apart. Called white gold, cotton supports a new lavish lifestyle in the south. The south is thriving on the backs of humans owning other humans. Its called slavery. The industrial north is profiting f

5、rom southern cotton, but turns blind eye to slavery. Slavery has already been abolished for 20 years in Britain, but with the cotton explosion slavery becomes critical to the southern economy. Introduction to British and American Culture32-55 1.2 Reading And Comprehension SkillThe whaling industry.

6、Whales are among the largest creatures to ever live on Earth. Up to 180 tons and more than 100 feet long. A single whale can produce up to 3000 gallons of oil. Even today, the Hubble space telescope runs on it. Whaling is one of the Norths biggest industries. 20,000 escaped slaves take to the seas,

7、the monster able to shiver the boat in atoms by one stroke of tail, And yet even the dangers at sea are preferable to the horror of life as slave. Introduction to British and American Culture1.33 Questionsquestions:1. What activities or industries are mentioned to have done great contributions to th

8、e Prosperity of the America ?2. How do you comprehend the sentence “the dangers at sea are preferable to the horror of life as slave？” Introduction to British and American Culture Introduction to British and American Culture 2.The division of America 1.3 words and phrases Introduction to British and

9、 American CultureWords: auction 拍賣 skyrocketed 猛增 precisely 精確地 jockey 騎師 essentially 本質(zhì)上 nomination 提名 hurtle 沖向 2.2 Reading And Comprehension SkillIn the first half of the 19th century, Over half a million slaves are sold at auction. Since the cotton boom, the value of slave has skyrocketed. Now m

10、en cost $1000 .Women, $ 800. Children,500. They would be made to hold up their heads, walked briskly back and forth. They would be made to open up their mouths and show their teeth, precisely as a jockey examines a horse, The blacks didnt have any rights, they werent treated as human beings, They we

11、re treated like animals ,essentially. Introduction to British and American Culture1.53 2.2 Reading And Comprehension SkillMidway through the 19th century ,America is entering the modern world. But the nation is split, being torn apart at the seams dividing north and south. Slavery became not simply

12、a political issue, not simply an economic issue, but a moral issue as well. It became the issue that defined north and south in that time. Introduction to British and American Culture2.23 2.2 Reading And Comprehension Skill A backwoods congressman comes out of nowhere to grab the Republican Partys n

13、omination for President. Lincoln hates slavery, but he is desperate to hold the country together. November 6,1860, Election day, Abraham Lincoln will be elected president of a country hurtling towards war. The north is behind him, for the south ,Lincoln is the enemy, He receives his first death threats before ever taking office, the crisis would in the end ,became the Civil War. Introduction to British and American Culture2.57 2.1 Listening SkillTasks:1.How they treat the sla