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1、AStoryoftheWestTheWestoftheUnitedStatescanalwaysremindpeopleofthepioneers,thecowboys,thegoldrushandthelandrush.Doyouknowanyfigureswhoweretypicalexamplesofdwellersinthatspecialarea?Well,hereisastoryabouttwofamouscharactersinthegold-rushdays.Ithasbeenover350yearssincethefirstsettlementsint
2、heUnitedStatesweremadebyEuropeans.Peoplecannowlookbackuponthecountry’shistoryandtheoldcolorfulfigureswho,inasense,typifiedagivenarea.ThestorythatfollowsconcernstwofamouscharacterswhowerepartoftheRockyMountaingold-rushdays.TheWestistraditionallythelandofglamourandromanceinAmerica—thelando
3、fthepioneersandthecowboys,ofthegoldrushandthelandrush,wherefortunescouldbeeasilymadeandlostandmadeagainincattleorlandormining.Nowmuchofthecountryisenclosedbyfences,thecoveredwagonhasbeenreplacedbytheautomobileandmoderncitieshavetakentheplaceoffrontiersettlements.Thecabinsofthepioneersand
4、minersaregone.Afew“old-time”cowboysremain,butmanyofthecowboys’sonsarestudentsatauniversityorstateagriculturalschool.Therearestillplaces,however,wherethespiritoftheoldWestremains.OneoftheseistheminingtownofLeadville,Colorado.LeadvilleisuniqueinbeingthehighestcityintheUnitedStates.西部的故事美国西
5、部总是令人想起拓荒者、牛仔、淘金热和土地热潮。你知道那片特殊土地上有哪些典型的居住人物吗?好吧,这儿有个关于淘金热中两个著名人物的故事。距第一批来到美国定居的欧洲人已经有超过350年的时间了。现在人们可以回头看这个国家的历史和古老的丰富多彩的人物。在某种意义上,这些人物是某个特定领域的代表人物。接下来故事中所提及的可以说是洛基山淘金时代的典型的两个人物。美国西部一直是充满魅力和浪漫的地方,属于拓荒者、牛仔、淘金热和土地热潮。在这里,你会一夜暴富也能倾家荡产,还可能靠着牛、土地或者矿产东山再起。而现如今这里的大部分地区都被篱笆围起来,大篷车被汽车取代,现代大都市取代了边远
6、地区当年拓荒者和矿工的小木屋不见了,只留下一些“旧时代”的牛仔,但他们的孩子都在大学或州立的农业学校上学。即便如此,能代表西部精神的地方依然存在,其中之一便是科罗拉多州莱德维尔的一个采矿小镇。莱德维尔的独特之处ItislocatedintheRockyMountainsandis10000feetabovesealevels.Itsmostunusualfeature,however,isthelivingpictureofthepastwhichitpreserves.Leadvilleisnotreallyoldinyears.Ithasexistedlesstha
7、nacentury,butitrecallsanepisodeinthehistoryofWest.Whenthetownwasinitsheyday,aslateas1890,ithadapopulationifsome40000livinginthewoodenhouseofsimilararchitecture.Nowonlyabout5000livethereandoccupytheoldhouse.Manyofthebuildingsareindisrepairandinneedofpaint,andsincethetownis