朗文3L看听学英语第四册 Lesson 11

The American colonists¹ often quarrelled with the British Govemment.They had to buy British goods and they had to pay taxes to Britain.In 1767 Britain put customs duty on many goods ,such as tea.The Government should have known this would cause trouble.In1773 ome Americans dressed as Red Indians went on to some British ships in Boston and threw￡18000 worth of tea into the sea.This was the famous“Boston Tea Party”.The British Government closed the port of Boston.Then the colonists got ready for war and George Washington bacame the commander of their army.During the war,on 4th July 1776,the American Congress drew up the Declaration² of Independence.Later,in 1778,France joined the war against Britain and so did Spain in 1779.The British fleet surrendered in 1781 and the Government did continue the war.It had to recognize the independence of the new United States of America.In 1789 George Washington became the first president of the country.

1 colonists   

n.殖民地开拓者，移民，殖民地居民( colonist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Colonists from Europe populated many parts of the Americas. 欧洲的殖民者移居到了美洲的许多地方。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Some of the early colonists were cruel to the native population. 有些早期移居殖民地的人对当地居民很残忍。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 declaration   

n.宣布，宣告，宣言，声明（书），申报

参考例句：

• We read the declaration posted on the bulletin board.我们读了贴在布告板上的声明。
• At the recent convention a declaration was adopted.在最近举行的大会上通过了一项宣言。