字典翻译 问答 小学 英语 FormanyyearsitwascommonintheUnitedStatestoassociateChineseAmericanswithrestaurantsandplacesthatwashclothes.PeopledidnotrealizethattheChinesehadbeendrivenintotheseoccupationsbytheprejudiceanddiscriminat
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FormanyyearsitwascommonintheUnitedStatestoassociateChineseAmericanswithrestaurantsandplacesthatwashclothes.PeopledidnotrealizethattheChinesehadbeendrivenintotheseoccupationsbytheprejudiceanddiscriminat
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FormanyyearsitwascommonintheUnitedStatestoassociateChineseAmericanswithrestaurantsandplacesthatwashclothes.PeopledidnotrealizethattheChinesehadbeendrivenintotheseoccupationsbytheprejudiceanddiscriminationthatfacedtheminthiscountry.

ThefirstChinesetoreachtheUnitedStatescameduringtheCaliforniaGoldRushof1849.Likemostoftheotherpeoplethere,theyhadcometosearchforgold.Inthatlargelyunoccupiedland,themenstakedaclaim(立界标表明所有权)forthemselvesbyplacingmakers’intheground.However,eitherbecausetheChineseweresodifferentfromtheothersorbecausetheyworkedsopatientlythattheysometimessucceededingettingaminingclaimtomakeaprofit(whereotherssawnowaytodoso)theybecamethetarget".Oftheircompeti­tors.Theyweretroubledandattackedinmanyways.Oftentheywerepreventedfromworkingtheirclaims;someplacesevenpassedregulationsforbiddingthemtoownclaims.TheChinesethereforestartedtoseekoutotherwaysofearningaliving.Someofthembegantowashclothesforthewhiteminers;otherssetupsmallrestaurants.(TherewerealmostnowomeninCaliforniainthosedaysandtheChinesefilledarealneedbydoingthis"women'swork".)Somewenttoworkasfarmhandsorasfishermen.

Intheearly1860'smanymoreChinesearrivedinCalifornia.ThistimerailroadcompaniesbroughtthemenintobuildthefirstrailroadlinefromCaliforniatotheEast.Theyweresorelyneededbecausetheworkwassohardanddangerous,anditwascarriedoninsuchanisolatedpartofthecountrythattherailroadcompanycouldnotfindotherlaborersforthejob.AsinthecaseofthefirstChineseinAmerica,theseChinesewerealmostallmales;andlikethem,too,theyencounteredagreatdealofprejudice.Thehostilitygrewes­peciallystrongaftertherailroadprojectwascompleted,andtheChineselaborersreturnedtoCalifornia—thousandsofthem,alloutofwork

Manyoftoday'sChineseAmericansarethedescendantsofsomeoftheearlyminersandrailroadworkers.

小题1:Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?A.ThefirstChinesetoreachtheUnitedStatescameduringtheCaliforniaGoldRushof1849.B.ManymoreChinesearrivedinCaliforniatoconstructt

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