本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The Causes of the American Revolution
Not so very long ago Americans were taught that the American Revolution came about solely and simply
because all colonists hated tyranny and loved freedom;
because all colonists resented a foreign government's denying their right to share in governing themselves;
and because all colonists, therefore, rising in heroic resistance to the government which oppressed them, determined to make America an independent nation founded on the principles of political liberty and equality.
The persistence of such a simple, black-and-white picture of the revolutionary struggle is reflected in the widely held belief that the chief point at issue between colonies and mother country was the rightness or wrongness of the principle that "taxation without representation is tyranny."
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2014.7.30 20:04 (#8904883@0)
Lesson 1 A Private Conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it however. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can't hear a word!’ I said angrily.‘It's none of your business, ’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’ [补上文字]
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Not so very long ago Americans were taught that the American Revolution came about solely and simply
because all colonists hated tyranny and loved freedom;
because all colonists resented a foreign government's denying their right to share in governing themselves;
and because all colonists, therefore, rising in heroic resistance to the government which oppressed them, determined to make America an independent nation founded on the principles of political liberty and equality.
The persistence of such a simple, black-and-white picture of the revolutionary struggle is reflected in the widely held belief that the chief point at issue between colonies and mother country was the rightness or wrongness of the principle that "taxation without representation is tyranny."
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1OaNcfrUu5o
2014.7.30 20:04 (#8904883@0)
Lesson 1 A Private Conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it however. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can't hear a word!’ I said angrily.‘It's none of your business, ’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’ [补上文字]
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0QrHRi9oPzB
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