1、2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊08（含翻译与重点词汇短语注解）What did theDeclaration of Independencedo?Answer:Announced our independence from Great Britain;Declared our independence from Great Britain;Said that the United States is free (from Great Britain)独立宣言有什么作用？答案：宣告美国自英国独立Explanation:On July 4, 1776, a group of mencon
2、vened(or met) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and signed a document called theDeclaration of Independence. To declare means to announce or let other people know about something, so a declaration is an announcement of some important event or action.解释：1776年7月4日，一群人在费城宾夕法尼亚召开了会议并签署了文件独立宣言。“Declare”的意思是“
3、宣告”或“让他人知道某事”，因此宣言是宣告一些重要的事件或行动。convene/knvin/if a group of people convene, or someone convenes them, they come together, especially for a formal meeting 聚集，集合；开会：a report by experts convened by the National Institutes of Health 由全国健康协会召集的专家提出的一份报告The Declaration of Independence declared that the Un
4、ited States was independent (or free) from the control of the government of Great Britain. Once the Declaration of Independence was signed, thecolonistsbecamerevolutionaries(or people who want to change the government). Their goal was to end British rule (or power and leadership) in America.独立宣言宣告美国
5、摆脱英国政府控制而独立。独立宣言一经签署，殖民者就成为了革命者（或者说是那些想要改变政府的人）。他们的目的是结束英国在美国的统治（或权力和领导）。revolutionary/rvlnri/ n. 革命者, 革新者colonist/klnst/ n. 殖民地开拓者,移民;殖民地居民Why did the American colonists want tobecome independent fromGreat Britain and create their own country? The British had spent a lot of money fighting the Frenc
6、h and Indian War in America from 1754 to 1763. When the War was over, the British government was poor. To make money, Great Britain began taxing its people, so that citizens had to pay more money to the government.为什么美国殖民者要从英国独立出去并创立他们自己的国家呢？英国在1754至1763年的北美法国-印第安人战争中耗费了大量钱财。战争结束后，英国国库空虚。为了搜刮钱财，英国开始
7、向其人民征税，因此公民得向政府缴纳更多的税。The people the government taxed the most were those living in overseas (or foreign) colonies, including America. Great Britain passeda series of acts(or laws) toput taxes oncommon things such as sugar, stamps, and tea. The acts made the colonists very angry, because they didnt
8、want to pay so much for the things they needed. So theyboycotted(or did not buy) many of these things.However, some colonists did not feel this was enough and wanted to do more, much more. What they wanted was to get rid of (or to not have any longer) the British governments power over their land.英国
9、政府征税最重的群体是生活在海外殖民地的人群，其中就包括美国。英国通过了一系列向糖、邮票和茶等常见商品征税的法案。这些法案使殖民者们异常愤怒，因为他们不想为其需要的物品支付如此多的钱。因此他们抵制很多这样的物品。然而，一些殖民者觉得这样做还不够，还想做出更多的行动。他们想要摆脱英国政府对他们的统治。After years of these unfair taxes, the American colonists decided to do something about it.Thomas Jeffersonwrote the Declaration of Independence, and d
10、ivided it into three sections. The first part included the reasons that America had the right to be independent.The second part had a list of things that the British King had done to hurt America. The third part was the actual declaration of independence. The Declaration of Independence was signed b
11、y many famous people, including Thomas Jefferson andJohn Adams, who both later became U.S. presidents.Benjamin Franklin, the important thinker and writer, also signed the Declaration of Independence.这些不公平的税征收几年后，美洲殖民者决定采取一些应对措施。托马斯杰弗森起草了独立宣言，并把它分为三个部分。第一部分包括了美国有权独立的理由。第二部分历数英国国王残害美国的条条罪状。第三部分才是独立宣言。很多著名的人物都签署了独立宣言，其中包括后来成为美国总统的托马斯杰弗森和约翰亚当斯。举足轻重的思想家和作家本杰明富兰克林也签署了独立宣言。
