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? Imagination is more important than knowledge.Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.—— Einstein
?【爱因斯坦：想象力比知识更为重要。知识是有限的，而想象力则包围着整个世界。】
We are pioneers and traiblazers.We fight for freedom. We transform our dream into the truth. Our struggles will became a nation.(我们是前锋，也是先驱。我们为自由而战。我们将梦想付诸现实。我们的奋斗将造就一个全新的国家。）
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The Story of Us
Adventures sail across an ocean to start new life. A nation is born, which becomes the envy of the world. But in search of freedom, friends become foes , and these new Americans,will wage a war against the world's greatest military power.
(一）Rebels 5.
May 9 , 1768. Seven generations after John Rolfe's first tobacco harvest, the British want a bigger piece of the action . A British customs official springs a surprise raid on the Liberty, a ship belonging to John Hancock, one of the richest men in Boston. But Hancock's crew has other ideas . They are carring 100 casks of imported wine and don't want to pay duty. It is a radical act of rebellion against taxes imposed by king 3,000 miles away . To the British, they are just common smugglers. This mall skirmish changes everything . The British seize Hancock's ship , triggering riots that sweep through Boston.
Aaron Sorkin: We didn't wanna pay taxes to a king, and to a parliament where we didn't have a voice, and we didn't have any representation. We have a natural resentment toward government, which was how we were born.
The King sends 4,000 redcoats to Boston to enfore his law.
Boston was a city of commerce,culture, and civilazation, and revolution, unfolding right before the eyes of the colonists and the eyes of the British.
October 1768. British soldies clamp down on Boston, a port crucial to the Britisj Empire, and a hub of global trade and commerce. It is dockyards are some of the busiest in the world, producing 200 ships a year, from America ' vast timber reserves. 1/3 of the British shipping is built in the colonies. Timber fuels the global economy much like oil does today. Across New England , marks identify the tallest, strongest trees selected by the crown for British ships. England has lost most of its forest. It wants America wood.
In Boston, there is one redcoat for every four citizens. It is a city under occupation. Paul Revere is a silversmith and one of Boston's prominent businessmen an unlikely subversive.
They formed and marched with insolent parade, drums beating , fifes palying , and colors flying, each soldier having received 16 rounds of powder and ball.
Richard Norton Smith: He is an upper-middle-class figure, some one who has risen through his own efforts , his own talent. He reprents what we have created on our own, with very little help from our cousins cross the Atalantic.
But when revolution comes to North America. Revere will beat the center of it. Boston and the 13 colonies are an economic powerhouse, critical to Britain. Nearly 40% of everything exported from Britain, makes its way to America.
重点英文单词表
raid英 [re?d] 美 [red]
n.（骑兵队等的）急袭，突然袭击，突击，（军舰等的）游击；劫掠，劫夺，（盗贼，狐等的）侵入；突然查抄[搜捕]，围捕；
vi.对…进行突然袭击；进行奇袭；
vt.突然袭击[抢劫]；突然搜查；劫掠；打劫
复数：raids 过去式：raided 过去分词：raided 现在分词：raiding 第三人称单数：raids
The rebels attempted a surprise raid on a military camp.
smuggler英 [?sm?gl?(r)] 美 [?sm?ɡ(?)l?r]
n.走私者；走私船；
复数：smugglers
The smuggler is in prison tonight, awaiting extradition to Britain.
skirmish英 [?sk?:m??] 美 [?sk?rm??]
n.小规模战斗；小争论；小冲突；[体]〈美〉比赛
v.参与小争斗；进行小争论；搜索；侦察
vi.进行小规模战斗；发生小争论；
复数：skirmishes 过去式：skirmished 过去分词：skirmished 现在分词：skirmishing 第三人称单数：skirmishes
There had been a skirmish in the half light of dawn.
crucial英 [?kru:?l] 美 [?kru??l]
adj.关键性的，极其显要的；决定性的；十字形的；
Talent, hard work and sheer tenacity are all crucial to career success.
prominent英 [?pr?m?n?nt] 美 [?prɑm?n?nt]
adj.突出的，杰出的；突起的；著名的；
His stomach had grown more prominent with every passing year.
subversive英 [s?b?v?:s?v] 美 [s?b?v?rs?v]
adj.颠覆性的，破坏性的；
n.危险分子，颠覆分子；
复数：subversives
They are contaminating the minds of our young people with these subversive ideas.
insolent英 [??ns?l?nt] 美 [??ns?l?nt]
adj.侮慢的，无礼的；张狂；傲睨一世；
Well, he had shown the insolent fellow the door.
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