口語進(jìn)階-敘事口語材料：北美的印第安人
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原文及翻譯
The first people who lived in North America were the Indians. The name "Indians" is actually not very accurate, because the people are not from India. But when the first Europeans came to North America, they mistakenly believed that they had reached India, so they referred to the people as Indians. In different parts of North America, the Indians had very different cultures and very different ways of making a living.
最早在北美生活的人是印第安人?！坝〉诎踩恕边@個名字其實(shí)不太準(zhǔn)確，因?yàn)樗麄儾皇莵碜杂《?。但?dāng)?shù)谝慌鷼W洲人來到北美時，他們誤以為他們已經(jīng)到達(dá)了印度，所以他們稱這些人為印第安人。在北美的不同地區(qū)，印第安人的文化和謀生方式截然不同。
On the west coast of North America, many large rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean. In these rivers is an abundance of fish, such as salmon. The Indians in these areas obtained much of their food by fishing. They lived in settled villages and became experts in carving wood from the tall trees of the area.
在北美西海岸，許多大河流入太平洋。這些河流中魚類豐富，例如鮭魚。這些地區(qū)的印第安人通過捕魚獲得大部分食物。他們住在定居的村莊里，并成為用該地區(qū)高大的樹木雕刻木頭的專家。
They carved large canoes for traveling on the rivers and oceans, and they also carved tall totem poles. Totem poles were carvings of various animal or human figures, and often the poles had a mythical or spiritual significance for the people who carved them.
他們雕刻大型獨(dú)木舟以便在河流和海洋上旅行，他們還雕刻高大的圖騰柱。圖騰柱是各種動物或人物形象的雕刻，這些柱子通常對雕刻它們的人具有神話或精神意義。
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