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1、ComprehensiveAcademicEnglishFGraduatesUnit1PresentingaSpeechRoadBuildingGoodmningeveryone.TodayIllbetalkingabouttherelationshipbetweenroadbuildingthedevelopmentoftheAmericaneconomyduringthe18thcentury.About300yearsagothe

2、UnitedStateseconomywasgrowingrapidlymainlybecauseofaboomingtradeintwoimptantagriculturalproducts:graincotton.GrainoutputintheeasternpartofAmericaincreasedquicklyatthattimeduetotherapidlygrowingpopulationthelargenumberofi

3、mmigrantsfromEurope.Asaresultthedemfgrainalmostdoubled.Fthisreasonthetradeingrainfirstdevelopedinthispartofthecountry.Atthesametimetheroadsystemwasgraduallybuiltupindertotransptthegrainfromtheruralareastovariouscities.Th

4、eroadbuildingclearlyhelpeddeveloptheeconomyquicklyintheseareasinthecitiesaswell.DuringthesameperiodfarmersintheSouthcouldgetalargeamountoflabersfromAfricatheystartedtogrowcotton.Asthecottonoutputincreasedthefarmersneeded

5、tosellitinotherplaces.Asaresultmanyroadswerebuilttolinktheruralareastothecities.Atfirstthistradeofgraincottontookplacealongthecoastnearriverslakes.Ittookplacetherebecauseitwaseasycheaptotransptgoodsfromoneplacetoanother.

6、Befe1700itwasveryexpensivetomovethegoodsbyroad.Sofarmershadtorelymainlyonriverstomovetheircropstomarkets.AtthattimetherewasonlyonecontinuousroadthatexistedintheUS.Itranfromnthtosouthalongcountryroadswhichwerelinkedtogeth

7、ertomakeonelongroad.Withinashttimethefirsteasttowestroadswerebuilt.Theywerecalledturnpikes.Privatecompaniesbuilttheseroadscollectedfeesfromallvehiclesthattraveledonthem.Eventuallybecauseoftheboomingtradeofgraincottonawko

8、froadwayswascompletedthatconnectedsomemajcitiestowns.Althoughtravelingwasstillcostlyffarmerstheysoonpreferredtomovetheircropstocitiesotherareasonroadwaysratherthanbyboatbecauseitwasfastermeconvenient.Soherewecanseearathe

9、rclearpictureofroadbuildingintheUnitedStatesitsimpactoneconomicdevelopmentduringthatperiod.TheMississippiRiverinAmericaGoodafternoon.Todaywe’regoingtotalkabouttheMississippiRiver.TheMississippiRiveristhelargestriverofthe

10、NthAmerica.Itsmajtributariesdrainanareaofapproximately3000000squarekilometersaboutoneeighthoftheentirecontinent.TheMississippiRiverliesentirelyintheUnitedStates.FromitssourceatLakeItainMinnesotaitflowsfromtheNthalmostdue

11、southacrossthecontinentalintericollectingthewatersofitsmajtributariesdowntotheGulfofMexico.TheComprehensiveAcademicEnglishFGraduatesday.thatsexactlywhatImtryingtodotoday.IreallythinkthatwhatImdoingtodayismeeffectivethanw

12、hatIwasabletodointhepast.Y:AtthattimemanyfeignerscametoChinabutyouwereamongtheveryfewwhogotclosetotheCommunistPartyofChina.R:Youknowit’squiteobvioustomethattheonlyreasonthattheCommunistPartyofChinawasabletowininthefinals

13、tagesoftheCivilWarisbecauseoftheirextremelycloserelationswiththepeople.TheChinesepeoplethatcametoknowthemtrustedthemconsideredthemtheirrepresentatives.ThissmallpeasantarmyledbyMaoZedonghadnotanksnobiggunsnoplaneswasgreat

14、lyoutnumberedbytheoppositionwhichwasthemostpowerfularmedfceinAsiaaftertheSecondWldWar.yetinonlythreeahalfyearstheNationalistswerecompletelydefeateddrivenofftotheislprovinceofTaiwan.WhyBecausethetiesthattheCommunistshadwi

15、ththeChinesepeoplewereunbreakable.Theyhadtheirtrust.Theyhadtheirconfidencesuppt.thatwassomethingthattheNationalistswerenotabletoget.YouknowtheRevolutionaryArmywasapoarmyevenintermsofthefoodtheygot.Thesoldiershadgrasssals

16、thattheymadethemselvesalongthemarch.ButwhatmadethemdoitThefactthattheyhadavision.Theybelievedthattheywerefightingftheirlftheirfamilytohavetheirownfarmlfafairgovernmentthatwouldlistentothepeopledowhattheyneeded.Sothisisth

17、eonlyexplanationIcanthinkoffwhytheywereabletowin.Y:IntheLongMarchyoujusttalkedabouttheCommunistarmyhadtoovercomeextremedifficulties.ButinthenewLongMarchofmodernizationtodaywearealsofacingdifficultiesthoughverydifferent.W

18、hat’syourviewofthisnewLongMarchR:IagreewithcallingthisanewLongMarchonlythebarriersareverydifferent.Thosebarrierswerecertainlyverygrimthreatening.Someofthesebarrierslookverygoodinvitingbutactuallytheyarenot.Imeaninthedays

19、befeduringtheLongMarchtheleadershadthetaskofstudyingtheChineserealitygettingeverybodythattheycouldinfluencetostudyrealityfromittoderiveasetofpoliciespracticalstrategiestoguideeverybody.Sopeoplehadasharedvisiondream.Theyw

20、eremotivatedbythiscommondreamtowktogether.IthinkduringthecurrentLongMarchofmodernizationChinawouldneedtodothesamethingtograduallystudyChineserealitydevelopasetofstrategiesacommonvisionasetofvaluesthatmostpeoplewillshare.

21、thenyoullfindthatyoudonthaveaproblemofdisconnectionbetweenthecentralgovernmentlocalgovernmentsaproblemofabiggapbetweencitycountrylife.Y:Stillpeoplearewonderinginthiscountrywhywewereabletolivewithpovertybuthaveproblemsliv

22、ingwiththenewwealth.R:Againit’sthelackofapracticaldowntoearthrealisticvisionthateveryonesharesinmyopinion.Irememberafterthe“GreatLeapFward”whentherewasafaminemanymanypeopleinBeijingincludinggovernmentwkersprofesssinschoo