OpportunitiesOpenintheWest美国西部的开发机会.pptVIP

Opportunities Open in the West 美国西部的开发机会 The first great rush of population to the far west was drawn to the mountainous regions, where gold was found in California in 1848, in Colorado and Nevada 10 years later, in Montana and Wyoming in the 1860s, and in the Black Hills of the Dakota country in the 1870’s. 第一批大规模迁往遥远的美国西部的移民，大多涌向在山区。 因为加利福尼亚于一八四八年在山区发现了金矿，十年后在科罗拉多州和内华达州的山区，十九世纪六十年代在蒙大拿州和怀俄明州的山区，十九世纪七十年代在达科他的黑山地区都先后发现了金矿。 Miners opened up the country, established communities, and laid the foundations for more permanent settlements. Yet even while digging in the hills, some settlers perceived the region’s farming and stock-raising possibilities. Open up: if someone opens up an area of land, they make it easier to reach and ready for development Communities:A district where people live 采矿者为开发了这些地区创造了条件，他们建立了村镇，并为修建更多的永久定居点打下了基础。不过，有些移民在山区采矿的同时，已意识到这些地区有发展农业和畜牧业的条件。 Eventually, though a few communities continued to be devoted almost exclusively to mining, the real wealth of Montana, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and California proved to be in the grass and soil. be devoted: dealing with only one thing 后来虽然少数城镇依然专事采矿业， 但事实证明蒙大拿、科罗拉多、怀俄明、爱达荷等州的真正财富，也和加州一样，还是草原和沃土。 Cattle-raising, long an important industry in Texas, became even more flourishing after the war, when enterprising men began to drive their Texas longhorns north across the open public domain. Enterprising: marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative 在得克萨斯州，养牛早就是一种重要的产业，战后更加繁荣， 富有创业精神的赶牛人赶着得州的长角牛，穿过开阔的公共地带，向北走去。 Feeding as they went, the cattle arrived at railway shipping points in Kansas, larger and fatter than when they started. Soon this “long drive” became a regular event, and, for hundreds of kilometers, trails were dotted with herds of cattle moving northward. Feeding: Take in food; used of animals only . 牛群边走边吃，到堪萨斯州的铁路运输站时，已长得比出发时更加肥硕了。 Trails: A path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country. 不久，这样的“长途运输”就经常出现了。几百公里的路途上，随处可见向北移动的牛群。 Cattle-raising spread into the