英语六级考试备考阅读美文(十三)
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="War">War</span></p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="aspect">aspect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="War">War</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="attracted">attracted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="scholars">scholars</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="roar">roar</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="gunfire">gunfire</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="massed">massed</span> <span word="movements">movements</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="uniformed">uniformed</span> <span word="men">men</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shrill">shrill</span> <span word="o">o</span> <span word="f">f</span> <span word="bugles">bugles</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="drama">drama</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="combat">combat</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="facinated">facinated</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="warfare">warfare</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="Behind">Behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lines">lines</span>, <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="life">life</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="spectacular">spectacular</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="breaking">breaking</span> <span word="labor">labor</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="arms">arms</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="nerve">nerve</span> <span word="tingling">tingling</span> <span word="uncertainty">uncertainty</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="course">course</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="events">events</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="heartbreak">heartbreak</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="sons">sons</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="brothers">brothers</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="husbands">husbands</span> <span word="lost">lost</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="battle">battle</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="firing">firing</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="won">won</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="victories">victories</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="victories">victories</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forged">forged</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="front">front</span>. <span word="Never">Never</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nations">nations</span> <span word="history">history</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="Americans">Americans</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="harder">harder</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="victory">victory</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Civil">Civil</span> <span word="War">War</span>. <span word="Northerners">Northerners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Southerners">Southerners</span> <span word="alike">alike</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="themselves">themselves</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="task">task</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supplying">supplying</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="respective">respective</span> <span word="armies">armies</span>. <span word="Both">Both</span> <span word="governments">governments</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="tremendous">tremendous</span> <span word="demands">demands</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="civilians">civilians</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="general">general</span>, <span word="received">received</span> <span word="willing">willing</span> <span word="cooperations">cooperations</span>. <span word="By">By</span> 1863 <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Northern">Northern</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="rumbling">rumbling</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="gear">gear</span>. <span word="Everything">Everything</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="steamboats">steamboats</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="shovels">shovels</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="produced">produced</span>. <span word="Denied">Denied</span> <span word="Southern">Southern</span> <span word="cotton">cotton</span>, <span word="textile">textile</span> <span word="mills">mills</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wool">wool</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="blankets">blankets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="uniforms">uniforms</span>. <span word="Hides">Hides</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="shoes">shoes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="harness">harness</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="saddles">saddles</span>; <span word="ironworks">ironworks</span> <span word="manufactured">manufactured</span> <span word="locomotives">locomotives</span>, <span word="ordnance">ordnance</span>, <span word="armor">armor</span> <span word="plate">plate</span>. <span word="Where">Where</span> <span word="private">private</span> <span word="enterprise">enterprise</span> <span word="lagged">lagged</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="arsenals">arsenals</span>. <span word="Agriculture">Agriculture</span> <span word="boomed">boomed</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="machinery">machinery</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="farm">farm</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="drawn">drawn</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="army">army</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="short">short</span>, <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="nation">nation</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="uncounted">uncounted</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>. <span word="Inevitably">Inevitably</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="profiteers">profiteers</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="gold">gold</span> <span word="headed">headed</span> <span word="canes">canes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flamboyant">flamboyant</span> <span word="diamond">diamond</span> <span word="stickpins">stickpins</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="crooked">crooked</span> <span word="tycoon">tycoon</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="ordinary">ordinary</span> <span word="citizens">citizens</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fixed">fixed</span> <span word="incomes">incomes</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="best">best</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cope">cope</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="rising">rising</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="contribution">contribution</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="effort">effort</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="bonds">bonds</span>; <span word="others">others</span> <span word="knitted">knitted</span>, <span word="sewed">sewed</span>, <span word="nursed">nursed</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="lent">lent</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="assistance">assistance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="power">power</span>.</p>
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