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1、星期4ThursdaySlowandsteadywinstherace.锲而不舍事竟成。学习内容题材词数建议时间错误统计做题备忘TextA历史现象3995分钟/5TextB日常生活5406.5分钟/5TextC教育培养5507分钟/5TextD科学技术4236.5分钟/5今日练习TextAHorsethieves,cattlerustlers,bankrobbers,trainandstagecoachrobbers,highwaymen,murderers,thesewerebutsomeofthecriminalswhoin
2、fested(遍布于)theAmericanfrontierduringthe19thcentury.InEnglishlegendRobinHoodcanbeconsideredabandit,buttheoutlawsoftheOldWestwerefarmoreviolentmenandwomenwithoutanyscrupleswhenitcametotakingpropertyorlife.Thecareersofmanyoutlawshavebeenglamorizedthroughfictionalaccount
3、softheirdeedsandtheirexploitshavebeenthebasisformanymoviescripts.TheeraoftheAmericanoutlawlastedabout100yearsroughlyfrom1800until1900.Therehadbeenlawlessnessduringthecolonialera.Frontiershavealwaysattractedmisfits,failures,andrenegades(背教者)whohopetoprofitbybeingbeyon
4、dthereachofgovernment.IntheyearsjustbeforetheRevolutionaryWar,gangsofhorsethievesinthebackcountryofSouthCarolinawerebrokenupbyorganizedbandsoffarmerscalledRegulators.AsfrontiersettlementexpandedrapidlyaftertheRevolution,moreopportunitiesforcriminalsopened.Twocommonty
5、pesofbanditswerehighwaymenandriverpirates.Highwaymenaccosted(搭讪)peoplewhotraveledonfootorhorseback,whileriverpiratespreyedupontheboattrafficontheOhio,Mississippi,andotherrivers.Somebanditsengagedinboth.CriminalityintheWestgatheredmomentum(势头)withthegoldrushestoCalifo
6、rnia,Idaho,Montana,Nevada,andotherstates.Stagecoachesandtrainscarryinggoldandmoneybecameprimetargetsforbandsofoutlaws.BankrobberiesemergedaftertheCaliforniaGoldRushof1849andasprosperityfounditswaytofrontiertowns.Thefirststagerobberywasrecordedin1851,andthefirsttrainr
7、obberyhappenedin1866.AftertheCivilWartherewasthegrowthofthecattlekingdominTexasandneighboringstates.Cattlerustlingandhorsetheftturnedintosignificantoperations.Rangewarsbredagreatamountofviolence.Cattlemenfoughtoverlandandwaterrights,andtheyfoughtwithgreatbitternessag
8、ainstsheepfarmers.InTexas,rangewarswerefoughtovertheuseofbarbedwiretofencegrazingland.Bytheendofthe19thcentury,thefrontiererawaspas
