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美国西进运动(2)
DATE=3-8-2001
TITLE=THE MAKING OF A NATION #131 - INDIAN WARS, PART 2
BYLINE=FRANK BEARDSLEY voice one:
(start at 0' 13")The making of a nation -- a program in special english.
(theme)
During the eighteen-hundreds, the federal (1)government forced (2)native american indians to live in special areas. These were called (3)reservations. The indians no longer could move freely over the great plains to hunt buffalo. White men were settling there. The (4)situation resulted in (5)violence.
I'm harry monroe. Today,kay gallant and i continue the story of these (6)western wars. Voice two:
The government sent soldiers to force the indians to move to reservations. But the soldiers could not keep them there. Groups of indians would leave the reservations in the spring. They followed the buffalo across the (7)plains.
Some raided the homes of white settlers. They stole horses and cattle. At the end of the summer, the indians would return to the reservations. And the government would give them food for the winter. Voice one: As years passed, fewer indians left the reservations to live the old life on the plains. It became difficult to find (8)buffalo.
The plains were becoming empty. Only a few years before, millions of buffalo lived on the great plains. Then railroads were built across the country. White men came to claim the grasslands. They put up (9)fences.(10)cowboys came up from texas with huge groups of cattle. They forced the buffalo away or killed them.
The indians tried to prevent this killing. Angry groups of indians often attacked white buffalo hunters. But the army was too strong. Soldiers killed or captured many indians. Finally, most indians gave up the struggle. They surrendered their guns and horses. They went back to the reservations and became farmers.
Voice two:
All this was taking place in what is now the south-central part of the united states. Far to the north, another (11)struggle was taking place involving the great sioux indian (12)tribe.
The sioux had signed a treaty with the government in eighteen-sixty-eight. The (13)treaty gave them a large reservation in what is now nebraska, south (14)dakota, and wyoming.
The black hills in dakota were part of the reservation. These hills were important to the sioux. In their religion, the black hills were a holy place. They were the center of their world, where the gods lived. They were the place where indian fighters went to speak with the great (15)spirit. Voice one: In eighteen-seventy-three, the black hills suddenly became important to white men, too. Gold was discovered there. Treaties and (16)religion meant nothing to the white (17)miners who rushed to the black hills to search for gold. At first, the indians killed some of the miners. They chased others away. But more miners came.
The (18)sioux tribe asked the government to (19)enforce the treaty. Tribal leaders asked the government to keep white men away from the reservation.
The army sent soldiers to remove the miners. The soldiers ordered the miners to leave. But they made no effort to enforce the order. Again the indians (20)protested. This time, the government sent officials to negotiate a new treaty. It asked the sioux indians to give up the black hills.
Some of the indian leaders refused to negotiate. One who rejected the (21)invitation was sitting bull. "i do not want to sell any land to the government," chief sitting bull said. He held a little dust between his fingers. "not even this much." voice two: this resistance did not stop government (22)efforts to get the black hills for the miners. The war department sent general george crook to punish the indians and force them back to their reservation. Crook led a large force into sioux country. He surprised an indian village, capturing hundreds of horses. There was another clash a few months later. This time, the result was very different. The indians gave the army its worst defeat in almost a century. Voice one: the (23)battle took place near the little bighorn river. General george custer led two-hundred-twelve soldiers in search of the indian leader, crazy horse. As general custer moved through the river valley, he sent men ahead to (24)explore the area. His men returned with reports that thousands of indians were waiting to attack. Custer refused to listen. He pushed forward. Soon, his forces were surrounded by indians. In less than an hour, the indians killed the general and every one of his men. The white soldiers lay dead at little bighorn. And custer's name would go down in history as a symbol of foolish pride in battle. The battle at little bighorn was a serious defeat for the united states army. But the indians' victory did not last long. Within a year, the army forced most of the sioux to (25)surrender. It took the black hills for the miners. It moved the indians to a new reservation. Voice two: in the next few years, the same thing happened to other indian tribes throughout the west. Under great pressure from white settlers, the government took land from the indians and opened it to settlement. The size of indian reservations was reduced again and again. One by one, the indian tribes of the west changed. Their (26)fierce fighters became farmers who needed government help. They were weak and broken in (27)spirit. One indian leader named black elk described the situation best. He was a (28)survivor of a battle at a place called wounded (29)knee. Many indian women and children had died there. Years later, black elk said: "i did not know then how much was ended. When i look back now from this high hill of my old age, i can still see the dead lying all over the ground. And i can see that something else died there in the bloody mud, and was buried. A people's dream died there."
voice one:
Some indians turned to religion during this difficult time. An indian religious leader named wavoka gained (30)influence. Wavoka (31)declared that the great spirit had chosen him to prepare the indians for a new world. He said the new world would arrive soon. And it would be a wonderful world. There would be no white men, he said. And all dead indians would come back to life. Wavoka warned that new soil would rise up and cover the world like a flood. He said indians could escape destruction by dancing a special dance. It was called the ghost dance. Wavoka said the ghost dance would make indians powerful. He said it would even protect them from (32)bullets fired by the white men's guns.
Voice two:
Thousands of indians in the american west listened to wavoka's message. They believed him. And they began to dance for long hours every day. On the sioux reservations, all other (33)activities stopped. Children no longer went to school. No one did anything but dance.
All this (34)frightened white officials. They tried to arrest some indian leaders to stop the dancing. The (35)arrests led to fighting. And the fighting led to a final battle in which the army defeated the indians completely. The indian wars were over.
Wavoka himself told his followers: "our trails are (36)covered with grass and sand. We cannot find them. Today i call upon you to travel a new (37)trail. It is the only trail now open -- the white man's road." (theme)
voice one:
You have been listening to the special english program the making of a nation. Your narrators were harry monroe and kay gallant. Our program was written by frank beardsley.
(1) government[ 5^qvenment ]n.政府, <英>内阁, 政治, 政体
(2) native[ 5neitiv ]n.本地人, 土产, 土人adj.本国的, 出生地的, 本地的, 与生俱来的, 天赋的, 土产的, 土著的
(3) reservation[ 7reze5veifen ]n.保留, (旅馆房间等)预定, 预约
(4) situation[ 7sitju5eifen ]n.情形, 境遇, (建筑物等的)位置
(5) violence[ 5vaielens ]n.猛烈, 强烈, 暴力, 暴虐, 暴行, 强暴
(6) western[ 5westen ]adj.西的, 西方的, 来自西方的人, 有西方特征的
(7) plain[ plein ]n.平原, 草原adj.简单的, 明白的, 平常的, 清晰的, 普通的, 朴素的
(8) buffalo[ 5bqfeleu ]布法罗(美国纽约州西部一城市)
(9) fence[ fens ]n.栅栏, 围墙, 剑术vt.用篱笆围住, 练习剑术, 防护vi.击剑, 围以栅栏, 跳过栅栏, 搪塞
(10) cowboy[5kajbci]n.<美>牛仔, 牧童, 美国西部牧人
(11) struggle[ 5strQ^l ]n.竞争, 努力, 奋斗vi.努力, 奋斗, 挣扎vt.尽力使得, 使劲移动
(12) tribe[ traib ]n.部落, 部族
(13) treaty[ 5tri:ti ]n.条约, 谈判
(14) dakota[ dE5kEutE ]达科他(美国过去一地区名, 现分为南、北达科他州) 达科他人的
(15) spirit[ 5spirit ]n.精神, 灵魂, 幽灵, 妖精, 勇气, 火力, 热情, 情绪vt.诱拐, 鼓励, 鼓舞
(16) religion[ ri5lidVEn ]n.宗教, 信仰
(17) miner[ 5mainE ]n.矿工
(18) sioux[ su: ]adj.苏人的, 苏语的
(19) enforce[ in5fC:s ]vt.强迫, 执行, 坚持, 加强
(20) protest[ prE5test ]n.主张, 断言, 抗议v.主张, 断言抗议, 拒付
(21) invitation[ 7invi5teiFEn ]n.邀请, 招待
(22) effort[5efEt]n.努力, 成就
(23) battle[ 5bAtl ]n.战役(指大规模会战), 战争vi.作战, 战斗, 搏斗, 斗争
(24) explore[ iks5plC: ]v.探险, 探测, 探究
(25) surrender[ sE5rendE ]vt.交出, 放弃, 使投降, 听任vi.投降, 自首n.交出, 放弃, 投降
(26) fierce[ fiEs ]adj.凶猛的, 猛烈的, 热烈的, 暴躁的<美>极讨厌的, <英方>精力旺盛的
(27) spirit[ 5spirit ]n.精神, 灵魂, 幽灵, 妖精, 勇气, 火力, 热情, 情绪vt.诱拐, 鼓励, 鼓舞
(28) survivor[ sE5vaivE ]n.生还者, 残存物
(29) knee[ ni: ]n.膝, 膝盖
(30) influence[ 5influEns ]n.影响, 感化, 势力, 有影响的人(或事), (电磁)感应vt.影响, 改变
(31) declared[ di5klZEd ]adj.公告的, 公然的
(32) bullet[ 5bulit ]n.子弹
(33) activity[ Ak5tiviti ]n.活跃, 活动性, 行动, 行为, [核]放射性
(34) frightened[5fraIt(E)nd]adj.受惊的, 受恐吓的
(35) arrest[ E5rest ]vt.逮捕, 拘留, 吸引n.逮捕, 拘留
(36) cover[ 5kQvE ]n.盖子, 封面, 藉口vt.覆盖, 铺, 掩饰, 保护, 掩护, 包括, 包含, 适用vi.覆盖, 涂, 代替
(37) trail[ treil ]n.踪迹, 痕迹, 形迹vt.跟踪, 追踪, 拉, 拖, 拖拉, (指植物)蔓生, 蔓延, (指人)没精打采地走
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