美国学生历史 第151期:墨西哥战争(1)

 Chapter 32 第32章

The Mexican War 墨西哥战争

329. The Republic of Texas. 329．得克萨斯共和国

The Mexicans won their independence from Spain in 1821 and founded the Mexican Republic. 墨西哥人1821年脱离西班牙而独立，他们建立了墨西哥共和国。

Soon immigrants¹ from the United States settled in the northeastern part of the new republic. This region² was called Texas. 很快，来自美国的移民在这个新共和国的东北部定居，这个地区被叫做得克萨斯，

The Mexican government gave these settlers large tracts³ of land, and for a time everything went on happily. 墨西哥政府给这个地区的殖民者大块土地。有一段时间，这一切都快乐地进行着，

Then war broke out between the Mexicans and the Texans. 后来发生了墨西哥人与得克萨斯人的战争。

Led by Samuel Houston, a settler from Tennessee, the Texans won the battle of San Jacinto and captured⁴ General Santa Anna, the president of the Mexican Republic. 在来自田纳西的殖民地居民萨缪尔·休斯顿的带领下，得克萨斯人在圣雅辛托之战中获胜，并俘虏了墨西哥共和国的总统桑托·安那将军，

The Texans then established the Republic of Texas (1836) and asked to be admitted to the Union as one of the United States. 于是，得克萨斯人建立了得克萨斯共和国（1836年），并申请加入联邦作为美国的一个州。

330. The Southerners and Texas. 330．南方人与得克萨斯

The application of Texas for admission⁵ to the Union came as a pleasant surprise to many Southerners. 得克萨斯申请加入联邦令许多南方人感到惊喜，

As a part of the Mexican Republic Texas had been free soil. 因为作为墨西哥共和国一部分的得克萨斯一直是一片自由的土地，

But Texas was well suited to the needs of the cotton plant. 而得克萨斯特别适于种植棉花，

If it were admitted to the Union, it would surely be a slave state or, perhaps, several slave states. 如果接受得克萨斯加入联邦，它当然会成为一个奴隶州，或者成为几个奴隶州。

The question of admitting Texas first came before Jackson. 杰克森首先发现了接受得克萨斯的一个问题，

He saw that the admission of Texas would be strongly opposed in the North. 他认识到接受得克萨斯将遭到北方人的强烈反对，

So he put the whole matter to one side and would have nothing to do with it. 因此他将这件事放到一边，并且不打算处置这件事。

1 immigrants   

n.移民( immigrant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Illegal immigrants were given the opportunity to regularize their position. 非法移民得到了使其身份合法化的机会。
• Immigrants from all over the world populate this city. 这个城市里生活着来自世界各地的移民。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 region   

n.地区，地带，区域；范围，幅度

参考例句：

• The students went to study the geology of that region.学生们去研究那个地区的地质情况。
• It is unusual to see snow in this region.这个地区难得见到雪。

3 tracts   

大片土地( tract的名词复数 )； 地带； （体内的）道； （尤指宣扬宗教、伦理或政治的）短文

参考例句：

• vast tracts of forest 大片大片的森林
• There are tracts of desert in Australia. 澳大利亚有大片沙漠。

4 captured   

俘获( capture的过去式和过去分词 )； 夺取； 夺得； 引起（注意、想像、兴趣）

参考例句：

• Allied troops captured over 300 enemy soldiers. 盟军俘虏了300多名敌方士兵。
• Most of the rebels were captured and disarmed. 大部分叛乱分子被俘获并解除了武装。

5 admission   

n.允许进入；承认；入场费，入会费，入场券

参考例句：

• We attached a condition to his admission to our school.我们对准许他入校附加了一个条件。
• By her own admission,she was responsible for the accident.她自己承认，事故应该由她负责。