建国史话the making of a nation.pdf

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1、THEMAKINGOFANATION#1-IntroductionByPaulThompsonBroadcast:Thursday,February27,2003(THEME)VOICEONE:ThisisMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndthisisSteveEmberwiththeMAKINGOFANATION,aVOASpecialEnglishprogramaboutthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Today,webegintheseriesofmorethan

2、two-hundredprogramsaboutAmericanhistory.(THEME)VOICEONE:EachweekatthistimewewilltellastoryfromthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.THEMAKINGOFANATIONisreallyaseriesoflessons.Theselessonsincludeancienthistory,modernhistory,exploration,revolution,politics,civi

3、lwar,industrialexpansionandmoderntechnology.OurfirstprogramintheseriestellsaboutthefirstpeoplewhocametotheWesternHemisphere.Thestorywillcontinuetoshowwhathappenedastimepassed.Whatisnewstodaywillbecomehistorytomorrow.Andthathistorybecomesanewandimportantparto

4、fTHEMAKINGOFANATION.VOICETWO:THEMAKINGOFANATIONanswersquestionsaboutAmericanhistory.HowwastheUnitedStatesformed?Whywasitnecessaryforloyalcitizenstorebelagainstonenationandformanewnationwithdifferentlaws?Whatwasmissingintheirolderformofgovernmentthatwouldcaus

5、ethemtobeginarebellion?Weexplainhowagroupoffarmers,businessmenandlawyerscouldwriteadocumentcalledtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.Andweexplainwhythatdocumentisstillextremelyimportanttoday.TheanswerstothosequestionsandthewritingoftheConstitutionresultedinthec

6、reationoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStateshasbeenusedbymorethanonegovernmentasaguidetocreatingamoderndemocracy.VOICEONE:Inotherprograms,weexplainwhyitwasnecessaryforthosewhoformedtheUnitedStatestoincludelawsthatguaranteefreedomofspeec

7、handfreedomofreligion.Wetellwhytheythoughtitwasimportanttoguaranteeeverycitizentherighttowrite,printandpublishmaterialonanysubject.Andweexplainwhytheyfelttherewasaneedtoincludealawthatguaranteedapersontherighttoafairandpublictrialifthatpersonwaschargedwithac

8、rime.VOICETWO:TheAmericanRevolutionwasfoughtforseveralreasons.Oneofthemostimportantwastheideathatcitizensofacountryshouldhaveavoiceinitsdecisions.ThemenwholedtherevoltagainstBritainwantedtobeabl