英語六級范文背誦：American Revolution

英語范文背誦American Revolution

       The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or toal change .It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered(引導(dǎo)，展示) in, but they were not breathtaking(驚人的，驚險的). What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright(直率的，徹底的) revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on.

       America's War of Independence heralded(預(yù)報，宣布) the birth of three modern nations. One was Canada, which received its first large influx(注入，流入) of English-speaking population from the thousands of loyalists(忠誠的人，反對獨立的人) who fled there from the United States. Another was Australia, which became a penal(刑事的) colony now that America was no longer available for prisoners and debtors. The third newcomer-the United States-based itself squarely on republican principles.

       Yet even the political overturn was not so revolutionary as one might suppose. In some states, notably Connecticut and Rhode Island, the war largely ratified a colonial self-rule already existing. British officials, everywhere ousted, were replaced by a home-grown governing class, which promptly sought a local substitute for king and Parliament.(現(xiàn)在就算是政治革命也不如以前想像的那樣具有革命性。在一些州，特別明顯的像康涅狄格和瑞候德島，戰(zhàn)爭在很大程度上批準(zhǔn)一些殖民居住地自治的做法已經(jīng)存在。英國政府到處掠奪，它被本國的政治階層所取代，而這個政治階層很快地在當(dāng)?shù)貫閲鹾蛧鴷业奖緡奶娲?