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1、THEMAKINGOFANATION#1–February27,2003:IntroductionByPaulThompson(THEME)VOICEONE:ThisisMaryTillotson.VOICETWO:AndthisisSteveEmberwiththeMAKINGOFANATION,aVOASpecialEnglishprogramaboutthehistoryoftheUnitedStates.Today,webegintheseriesofmorethantwo-hundredprogramsaboutAmericanhistory.

2、(THEME)VOICEONE:EachweekatthistimewewilltellastoryfromthehistoryoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.THEMAKINGOFANATIONisreallyaseriesoflessons.Theselessonsincludeancienthistory,modernhistory,exploration,revolution,politics,civilwar,industrialexpansionandmoderntechnology.Ourfirstprogramint

3、heseriestellsaboutthefirstpeoplewhocametotheWesternHemisphere.Thestorywillcontinuetoshowwhathappenedastimepassed.Whatisnewstodaywillbecomehistorytomorrow.AndthathistorybecomesanewandimportantpartofTHEMAKINGOFANATION.VOICETWO:THEMAKINGOFANATIONanswersquestionsaboutAmericanhistory.

4、HowwastheUnitedStatesformed?Whywasitnecessaryforloyalcitizenstorebelagainstonenationandformanewnationwithdifferentlaws?Whatwasmissingintheirolderformofgovernmentthatwouldcausethemtobeginarebellion?Weexplainhowagroupoffarmers,businessmenandlawyerscouldwriteadocumentcalledtheConsti

5、tutionoftheUnitedStates.Andweexplainwhythatdocumentisstillextremelyimportanttoday.TheanswerstothosequestionsandthewritingoftheConstitutionresultedinthecreationoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStateshasbeenusedbymorethanonegovernmentasaguidetocreatingamoderndem

6、ocracy.VOICEONE:Inotherprograms,weexplainwhyitwasnecessaryforthosewhoformedtheUnitedStatestoincludelawsthatguaranteefreedomofspeechandfreedomofreligion.Wetellwhytheythoughtitwasimportanttoguaranteeeverycitizentherighttowrite,printandpublishmaterialonanysubject.Andweexplainwhythey

7、felttherewasaneedtoincludealawthatguaranteedapersontherighttoafairandpublictrialifthatpersonwaschargedwithacrime.VOICETWO:TheAmericanRevolutionwasfoughtforseveralreasons.Oneofthemostimportantwastheideathatcitizensofacountryshouldhaveavoiceinitsdecisions.Themenwholedtherevoltagain

8、stBritainwantedtobeabletovote.Theyagreed