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1、美国名人波卡洪塔斯(印第安公主)Pocahontasplaystopmutemaxvolume00:00-14:46repeatByRochelleGollust2004-5-29(MUSIC)VOICEONE:PeopleinAmerica,aprograminSpecialEnglishontheVoiceofAmerica.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Shelivedalmostfour-hundredyearsagoinwhatbecametheAmericanstateOfVirginia.ShewasthefirstNativeAmericantomarryawhitepers

2、on.mShirleyGriffith.VOICETWO:AndmRayFreeman.Today,wetellaboutPocahontas,thedaughterofthechiefofthePowhatanPOW-a-tanIndiantribe.(MUSIC)VOICEONE:Pocahontaswasborninfifteen-ninety-five.ShewasoneoftwentychildrenofChiefPowhatan.PowhatanruledagroupofmorethantwentyIndiantribesinterritorythatisnowtheeastern

3、stateofVirginia.InSixteen-Oh-SevenztheVirginiacompanyinEnglandsentcoloniststosettlethelandthatlaterbecametheUnitedStatesofAmerica.TheleaderoftheEnglishsettlerswasJohnRatcliffe.HeclaimedthelandforKingJamesofEngland.HenamedthenewcolonyJamestownzVirginia.TheEnglishcolonistsdidnotknowthattheareaalreadyw

4、assettledbyIndians.VOICETWO:ThePowhatanIndianslivedintheareawheretheEnglishcolonistslanded.TheywerepartofalargegroupofAmericantribeswhospoketheAlgonquianlanguage.ThePowhatanshadlivedintheareaforalmostone-thousandyears.Theybuiltvillages.Theygrewbeanszcorn,squashandmelons.Theycreatedastrongpoliticalsy

5、stem,ledbypowerfulchiefslikePowhatan.Hispowerandwealthwereevident.Womenofthetribescontrolledthehousesandthefields.Theymadeclothingofanimalskinsandcontainersofclay.Menhuntedandfishedforfood.Bothmenandwomenworeearringsandotherobjectsmadeofshells,pearlsandcopper.TheyoungPocahontasoftenvisitedJamestownd

6、uringthecolony,sfirstmonths.Shewasabouttwelveyearsold.Thecolonistsknewherwell.Shebecameanimportantlinkbetweenthecolonistsandherfather,Powhatan.VOICEONE:TheIndiansculturewasverydifferentfromthatoftheEnglishsettlers.Thetwogroupsdidnotunderstandeachother.Themis-understandingsledtohostileincidentsbetwee

7、nthecolonistsandtheIndians.JohnSmithwasanexplorer,soldierandaleaderoftheJamestowncolony.Hewascapturedinsixteen-oh-sevenbyfollowersofPowhatan.CaptainSmithwroteaboutthisincidentinabookthatwaspublishedinsixteen-twenty-four.HewrotethatPocahontassavedhimfrombeingexecutedbyPowhatan.Thisstoryhasbeenrepeate

8、dforhundredsofyears.ThisiswhatmostpeopleknowaboutPocahontas.VOICETWO:Mosthistorians,however,donotbelievethatPocahontassavedthelifeofJohnSmith.SomebelievethatCaptainSmithinventedthestoryafterreadingaboutasimilareventthattookplaceinFlorida.ThateventinvolvedacapturedSpanishexplorer,anIndianchiefandthec

9、hiefsdaughter.SomehistoriansdonotbelievethatJohnSmithslifewasindanger.TheysaythatwhatCaptainSmiththoughtwastobehisexecutionwasreallyanIndianceremony.TheceremonywasmeanttoshowthatPowhatanacceptedSmithaspartofhistribe.HistorianssaytheIndianchiefwantedtomaketheEnglishcolonistshisallies.VOICEONE:AfterCa

10、ptainSmithscapture,theIndiansandthecolonistsagreedtoatruce.PocahontasvisitedJamestownmoreoften.ShemaynothavereallysavedJohnSmithslife.ButmostexpertsagreethatPocahontashelpedthecolonists.Shebroughtthemcornwhentheywerestarving.SheoncewassaidtohavewarnedthecolonistsaboutasurpriseattackbytheIndians.John

11、Smithhadbeenwoundedduringhiscapture.HereturnedtoEngland.HostilitiesonceagainbrokeoutbetweentheIndiansandtheEnglishsettlers.Insixteen-elevenzThomasDalebecameactinggovernorofthecolony.HestartedanewaggressivepolicytowardtheIndians.Twoyearslater,anEnglishsoldier,SamuelArgallzkidnappedPocahontas.Shewasab

12、outeighteenyearsold.ThecolonistskidnappedherbecausetheywantedtopreventmoreattacksbytheIndians.TheyalsowantedtoforcechiefPowhatantonegotiateapeaceagreement.VOICETWO:PocahontaslivedasahostageintheJamestownsettlementformorethanayear.Acolonist,JohnRolfe,taughtherEnglish.HealsotaughthertheChristianreligi

13、on.PocahontaswasthefirstNativeAmericantobecomeChristian.ShechangedhernametoRebecca.Insixteen-fourteen,shemarriedJohnRolfeinthechurchinJamestown.ShewasthefirstIndianwomantomarryawhiteman.Herhusbandbelievedthattheirmarriagewouldbegoodforthecolony.JohnRolfesaidhemarriedPocahontasforthehonorofourcountry

14、,forthegloryofGod.VOICEONE:GovernorDaleimmediatelyopenednegotiationswithPowhatan.Theresultwasaperiodofpeacethatlastedforabouteightyears.Pocahontashusbandwasatobaccogrower.ShetaughthimtheIndianwayofplantingtobacco.Thismethodimprovedthetobaccocrop.TobaccolaterbecameAmericasfirstsuccessfulcrop.VOICETWO

15、:Insixteen-fifteenzPocahontasandJohnRolfehadason.TheynamedhimThomas.ThenextyearPocahontasandherfamilysailedtoEnglandforavisit.InLondon,shewastreatedlikeafamousperson.ShewasofficiallypresentedtokingJamestheFirst.ShealsometJohnSmithagain.TheVirginiaCompanysaidhervisitprovedthatitwaspossibletohavegoodr

16、elationsbetweentheEnglishcolonistsandtheIndians.ThecompanyurgedmorepeopletomovefromEnglandtotheVirginiacolony.PocahontashadherpicturepaintedwhilevisitingEngland.SheiswearingtheclothessheworewhenshemettheKing.TheyarethekindofclothesthatwerepopularinEnglandinthesixteen-hundreds.Thispictureistheonlyonethatreallyisofher.VOICEONE:PocahontasandherfamilystayedinEnglandforsevenmonths.Theypreparedtoreturn