用英文概括出文章大意(150~200词)或翻译文章L10Lesson10ThePeopleoftheUnitedStates(AdaptedfromThisisAmerica)Forover200years,visitorstotheUnitedStateshavebeentryingtoexplainwhatmakesAmericansdifferentfrom
用英文概括出文章大意(150~200词)或翻译文章L10Lesson10ThePeopleoftheUnitedStates(AdaptedfromThisisAmerica)Forover200years,visitorstotheUnitedStateshavebeentryingtoexplainwhatmakesAmericansdifferentfromthepeopleofothercountries.Fewhavesucceeded,becausetheUitedStatesisnotlikeeveryothercountryintheworld.Itisanationofnations.ButwhoweretheearliestAmericansAndhowdidthepopulationcometobesomixedThe"firstAmericans"weretheIndians.AtthetimeofthediscoveryofAmerica,therewereabout500000ofthemintheland.Butwhenthesettlerscame,theykilledmanyoftheIndiansanddrovetheresttothewest.AftertheAmericanRevolutionpeoplefromothercountriescameingreatnumbers.Unit1890mostofthemcamefromthecountriesofnorthernandwesternEurope.After1890themajorityofthenewcomerscamefromsouthernandeasternEurope.Notallofthepeoplecametothelandoftheirownfreewill.ThepoorandunemployedwereforcedtomovefromtheirvillagesandleaveforAmerica.peopleinprisonforpoliticalorreligiouswordsanddeedsweregiventhechoicetostayinprisonorleavethecountryforthenewland.AndseveralthousandAfricanNegroeswerebroughtintobesoldasslaves.Thenewcomersbroughtwiththemnotonlydifferentwaysoflife,butalsowithsomethingelse--willinghandstobuildrailroads,digmines,plowfields,andmakesteel.TheUnitedStatescouldnothavebecomeagreatadvancedcountrywithoutthelaborofthenewcomers.Withoutthem,too,theUnitedStateswouldbepoorerinart,music,theater,andscience.TheUnitedStatesistrulyanationofnations.Americansareproudofit.TheLatinexpressionontheGreatSealoftheUnitedStatesreadsinEnglish"OutofMany,One".ThemeaningoftheexpressionisthatAmericanssetupasinglenationalgovernmentin1787byunitingthirteenseparatedstates.ButthewordsalsohavecometomeanthatanAmericanpeoplecameoutofthepeoplesofthewholeworld.