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1、Unit3 Amazingpeople【美文阅读】 JohnWesleyPowell-FamousExploreroftheAmericanWest1869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。JohnWesleyPowellbecamefamousforhistripontheGreenandColoradoRivers.ItwasoneofthegreatesttripsofdiscoveryinthehistoryofNorthAmerica.Johnwasbor
2、nin1834inNewYorkState.Whenhewasalittleboy,helearnedmanythingsaboutthenaturalsciences,philosophyandhistoryfromGeorgeCrookham,aself-taughtscientist.In1861thecivilwarbrokeoutintheUnitedStates.Johnjoinedthearmy.AtthebattleofShiloh,helosthisrightarm.Afterthewar,JohnWesle
3、yPowelltaughtscienceattwouniversitiesinIllinois.HealsohelpedfoundtheIllinoisMuseumofNaturalHistory.From1867PowellledaseriesofexpeditionsintotheRockyMountainsandaroundtheGreenandColoradorivers.Powell’sfirsttripwasextremelysuccessful.Asecondtriptookplacethefollowingye
4、ar.In1869,PowelldecidedtoexploretheGreenRiverandtheColoradoRiver,whichhebelievedwouldprovideawealthofscientificinformationaboutthatpartofAmerica.PowellgothelpfromtheSmithsonianInstitutioninWashington,D.C.TheSmithsoniangavehimscientificequipment.Hegothelpfromthearmy.
5、Thearmypromisedtoprotecttheexplorersindangerousareas.Andhegothelpfromtherailroads.Therailroadsagreedtolettheexplorersridefreeasfaraspossible.Thetripwasjustasdangerousasexpected,perhapsmore.Theriverswerefilledwithrocky(多岩石的)areasandwaterfalls.Oneoftheboatsbrokeintwoa
6、gainstabigrock.Theexplorerssufferedfromahotsunandcoldrain.Theylostmanyoftheirsupplies.Thetripthroughthegreatcanyon(大峡谷)wasfullofdangers.Yettheykeptmoving.Conditionsgrewsobadthatonlythreeofthemenwerelefttotrytofinishthetrip.Thestoryofthebraveexplorerswasprintedinnews
7、papersalloverthecountry.JohnWesleyPowellbecameoneofthemostfamousexplorersacrosstheworld.【诱思导学】 JohnWesleyPowellwasbornin1834inNewYorkState.InthecivilwarofAmerica,hesufferedthe1.ofhisrightarm.Afterthewar,Powellworkedasauniversity2.inIllinois.From1867hebeganhisexplora
8、tionoftheRockyMountains.Thenin3.,withthehelpoftheSmithsonian,the4.andtherailroads,Powell’stripthroughtheGreenRiverandtheColoradoRiversucce
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