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After the American victory at Saratoga,the French decided to enter the waron the American side.The two nations signed military and political treaties.Historian Gordon Wood says this alliancecreated bi...

美国在萨拉托加获胜后，法国人决定站在美国一边参战。两国签署了军事和政治条约。历史学家戈登·伍德说，这种联盟给英国人带来了更大的问题。“因为，一旦法国人介入，英国人的反叛乱就变成了现实。他们现在正在打一场世界大战。”英国人立即向美国大陆会议发...

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The time is December seventeen seventy-six. British General William Howe has decided to stop fighting during the cold winter months.The general is in New York.He has already established control of a f...

时间是1776年12月。英国将军威廉·豪决定在寒冷的冬季停止战斗。这位将军在纽约。他已经控制了该市附近的一些地区，包括新泽西州的特伦顿和普林斯顿。乔治·华盛顿将军和大陆军在特拉华河的另一边。美国人又冷又饿。他们几乎没有武器。华盛顿知道，如果...

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Each year in America alone, about one hundred and fifty people die from allergic reactions to foods. Brenton Shivley was one of those people. Brenton was sixteen years old. His mother says that her so...

仅在美国，每年就有大约150人死于对食物的过敏反应。Brenton Shivley就是其中之一。布伦顿十六岁。他妈妈说她的儿子总是很小心他吃的东西。他对花生过敏。花生实际上是一种植物的果实。它看起来像一颗种子。2006年9月1日，布伦顿在朋...

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In fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe killing with poison was common - especially in Italy and France. At this time Arsenic was the most usual poison. People would mix small amounts of it into foo...

在 15 世纪和 16 世纪的欧洲，用毒药杀人很常见——尤其是在意大利和法国。此时，砷是最常见的毒药。人们会把少量的它混入食物中——就像玛丽·布兰迪（Mary Blandy）所做的那样。他们知道这种毒药没有味道或气味。他们的受害者会一点一点...

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It was the year 1751 in England. Mr. Blandy slowly ate his food. He was not feeling well. His daughter Mary sat quietly with him. She was his only child. Mr. Blandy was an important lawyer and town of...

那是 1751 年的英格兰。布兰迪先生慢慢地吃着他的食物。他感觉不舒服。他的女儿玛丽静静地坐在他身边。她是他唯一的孩子。布兰迪先生是伦敦以西约 55 公里的亨利镇的一名重要律师和镇官员。但他的体力不足以工作。他的头剧烈疼痛。他的肚子疼。他非...

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For Luma Mefleh the Fugees were like a family. Luma grew up in Jordan, in the Middle East. She came to the United States for school. After she finished university, Luma did not know what she wanted. S...

对Luma Mefleh来说，难民就像一家人。卢马在中东的约旦长大。她来美国上学。大学毕业后，Luma不知道自己想要什么。她尝试了许多工作，搬到了许多不同的地方。最后，她搬到了格鲁吉亚。但她仍然感到不满意。直到有一天，她看到一群孩子在街上踢...

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Shamsoun Dikori was born in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan in the early 1980’s. He remembers his home as a beautiful place. It was filled with fruit trees and grass fields. As the oldest of six c...

Shamsoun Dikori于20世纪80年代初出生在苏丹中部的努巴山脉。他记得他的家是个美丽的地方。里面种满了果树和草地。作为六个孩子中最大的一个，Shamsoun也有一个庞大而充满爱心的家庭。“我妈妈关心每个人。她总是想给她的孩子最好...

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The year was seventeen seventy-five. Colonists in Massachusetts had fought battles with British troops in the towns of Lexington and Concord.War had not been declared.But citizen soldiers in each of t...

那一年是1775年。马萨诸塞州的殖民者曾在列克星敦和康科德与英国军队作战。战争尚未宣战。但13个美国殖民地的公民士兵都准备战斗。谁打算把殖民者组织成一支军队？这是第二届大陆会议代表5月在宾夕法尼亚州费城开会时面临的第一个问题。代表们决定，这...