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Unit 3　Amazing people 【美文阅读】　 John Wesley Powell－Famous Explorer of the American West 1869年美国独臂炮兵少校约翰·卫斯莱·鲍威尔带领一支探险小分队发现了科罗拉多大峡谷。从此，他声名远扬。 John Wesley Powell became famous for his trip on the Green and Colorado Rivers. It was one of the greatest trips of discovery in the history of North America. John was born in 1834 in New York State. When he was a little boy, he learned many things about the natural sciences, philosophy and history from George Crookham, a self－taught scientist. In 1861 the civil war broke out in the United States. John joined the army. At the battle of Shiloh, he lost his r