反抗英美概况--美国篇(终于找到了美国篇的全文)

2021年1月20日发(作者：情愫)
英语国家概况


第十三章

美国地理位置

Geography
Chapter: 13 geography
地理位置

and Hawaii are the two newest states in northwestern Canada,and Hawaii lies in

the central Pacific.
阿拉斯加和夏威夷是最近加入美国的 两个新州。阿拉斯加在加拿大的西北部，夏威夷位邻中太平洋。
（本细节还有考
“
一句 话简答
”
的可能）

2
。
The U.S has a land area of 9.3 million square is the fourth largest country in the world in
size after Russia,Canada and China.
就面积而言，美国是世界第四大国，就人口而言，美国是世界是第三大国。

all states of American,Alaska is the lagest in area and Rhode Island the on the mainland
Texas is the largest sate of the country.
所有州中，阿拉斯加是面积最大的州，罗得岛最小，在美国大陆，最大的州是得克萨斯州。

4
。
The Rockies,the backbone of the North American Continent,is also known as the Continental Divide.
落基山脉是北美大陆的脊梁，也被成为大陆分水岭。

5
。
The two main mountain ranges in American are the Appalachian mountains and the Rocky mountains.
The Appalachians run slightly from the northeast to southwest and the Rocky mountains run slightly from the
northwest to southeast.
阿巴拉契亚山脉和落基山脉是美国的两座大山脉。（本细节有考
“
一句话简答题
”的可能）

6
。
The Mississippi River is the largest river in American,over 6000 Mississippi has been
called
密西西比河是美国最长河流，有 被称作
“
众水之父
”
或
“
老人河
”
。
7
。
The Ohio river has been called the American Ruhr,As in Germany, the area along the river is rich in
valuable deposits of high-grade coking coal and is well known for its steel river provides cheap
water transportation for raw materials.
俄亥俄河被称作美国的鲁尔 河，
就像德国一样，
沿河有丰富的高品千周的焦煤，
并且因其钢铁而著名。
另 外，该河还为原材料提供了廉价的水路运输。

8
。
On the Pacific side there are two great rivers:the Colorado in the south and the Columbia ,which rises in
Canada.

1
太平洋沿岸有两大河：科罗拉多河及哥伦比亚河。

9
。
The Rio Grande River forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States.
格兰德河是美国和墨西哥之间的开然界河（本细节考选择和简答可能性大）

10
。
the most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior,which is the
largest fresh water lake in the world, Lake Michigan ,the only entirely in the U.S.,Lake Huron,Lake Eire and Lake
are located between Canada and the United States except Lake Michigan.
美国最重要的湖泊是五大湖：苏必利尔湖，密歇根湖， 休伦湖，伊利湖和安大略湖，其中，苏必利尔
湖为世界最大淡水湖，密歇根湖完全是美国境地内。

11
。美国气候概述

1) A humid continental climate(
湿润的大陆性气候）

is found in the north-eastern part of the country.
2) In the south-eastern United States you can find a humid subtropical climate.(
湿润的亚热带气候
---
东南
部）

3
）
The Pacific northwest is favored with a maritime climate
海洋性气候
--
太平洋西北岸）

4
）
The southern part of the Pacific coast in California
（加州太平洋沿岸南部）

has a Mediterranean climate
(
地中海式气候）
with warm,dry summers and moist winters.
12
。
Many factors besides latitude influence the climate in the United s the most important
forces are the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,the Gulf of Mexick ,and the Great Lakes.
影响美国气候的最主要的因素为：太平洋，和大西泮，墨西哥湾，五大湖。

13
。
Traditionally from the east to the west the United States can be divided into seven geographical regions.
美国从东到西可分为七个地理区。

14
。
New English is made up of six states of the Northeast .Becaust of its stony soil it is not noted for its
agriculture .Dairying is the most inportant farm activity,New English is also well-known for its position in
education,Many famous universities and colleges such as Yale,Harvard,thd Massachusetts Institute of
Technology(MIT) are located here.
新英格兰由美国东北部六个州组成，
由于土壤多石，
不利于农业生产，
乳制品 业是最重要的农业活动，
许多重点大学如耶鲁大学，哈佛大学和麻省理工学院都坐落于此。

15
。
New Englanders were originally knows as Yankees,which came to stand for alll Amer ican.
新英格兰人
最初曾被称作
“
美国佬：这一名称，后来渐渐指所有的 美国人。（选择）

16
。
The Middle Atlantic States have about one fifth of the total population of the united states.
大西洋中部
各州的人口占美国总人口的
1/5
。


2
17
。
The soil is rich,the rain usually pientiful and the growing season long,These factors make the Midwest
America''s most important agricultural area .It is also a major manufacturing region and the nation''s leading
center of heavy industry.
中西部地区是美国最重要的农业区，也是主要的制造业区各最主要的重工业区。

18
。
Chicago,the largest and busiest port on the Great Lakes, is the largest industral and commercial center of
the area.
芝加哥是五大湖最大最忙的港口，也是该地区最大的工商业中心。

19
。
Detroit is known as the automobile capital of the is known as the agricultural capital of the
United states.
底特律被称作
“
汽车之都，奥马哈被称作农业之都。

20
。
Dry farming ,irrigation farming,and the cattle and sheep herding are the main cativities of the Great
Plains of the American West.
旱地农业，灌溉农业和牛羊牧业是美国西部大平原地区的主要活动。

21
。
Colorado has been called the steel city of the west ,Denver is the largest city of the Great Plains.
科罗拉
多市被称作
“
西部钢城
”
，丹佛市是大平原地区最大的城市。

22
。
the largest groups of Native Americans are found on the Colorado Plateau.
美国最大的土著群落位于科罗拉多高原。

23
。
Mmauna Loa,the world''s largest volcano,is located on Haiwaii and erupts from time to time,Suger cane
and pineapples anr Haiwaii''s main m is Haiwaii''s most important ind ustry.
莫纳洛阿火山是世界最
大和活火山，甘蔗和菠罗是夏威夷的两大作物，旅游业是夏 威夷最重要的产业。

24
。
Honolulu is the capital of Haiwaii and Juneau is the capital of Alaska.
火奴鲁鲁是夏威夷的首府，朱诺是阿拉斯加的首府


第十四章

美国人口种族

and Ethnic groups

chapter 14
：
and Ethnic groups


必背细节

United States of the American is the third most populous county in the world after Chind and India.
美
国是世界人口第三大国，仅次于中国和印度。

2
。
Immigration accounts for a major source of population growth,The United States has a more or less
open-door policy to immigtants from independence until Island of New York was an important
immigration reception spot in the 1890s and at the turn of the century.19
世纪末
20
世纪初，纽约的埃利斯岛是
一个重要的移民入境接待点。


3

3
。
Almost 20 million people or 7.8% of the total population were immigrants in n 80% and
90% of immigration to the United States now is from Asian and Hispanic countries.如今美国移民的
80%
到
90%
主要来源于亚洲和拉美国家。

4
。
Arizona,Nevada,and Florida have been the fastest growing states in population for the last 20 years.
在过
去的二十年里，亚利桑那，内华达和佛罗里达是人口增长最快的州。

5
。
The first immigrants in the American history cane from England and Netherlands.
美国历史是第一批移民来自英国和荷兰。

6
。
The first of these immigration waves in the mid-1810s and reached the highest point in second
wave covered the period between 1860 and 1890. The largest of the three immigration wave in American was
from 1890-1914.
三次移民浪潮中最大的一次是
1890-1914
年。

in five American moves to a new home every year seeking new job opportunity,a better climate of
other goals.
有
1/5
的美国人每年搬一次家。

8
。美国的四次大规模的人口流动：

流动方向

the Frist 1865-1880 east coast ------west

the Second 1980-1920 rural areas ------cities
the Third 1920----1960 the south/black people ----other areas
the fourth 1960-now Northeast /Central-N----the West/the South
9
。
A large number of blank people move out of the south to other areas during the period between
1920- 1960.
大批黑人离开南方涌向外地发生在
1920-1960
年间。

10
。
The largest of the racial and ethnic minorities in the United States is the blacks who number about 12.1%
of the population. The first blacks were brought to North America as slaves in 1619.
美国人口最多的少数民族是黑人，
大约占总人口的
12
。
1%
，
第一批黑人作为奴隶于
161 9
年运抵北美。

11
。
three major Hispanic groups historically have had the greatest influence on the United are
Mexico-Americans of Chicanos ,the Puerto Ricans and the Cuban-Ameri cans.
三大对美国影响最大的讲西班牙
语的群体为：墨西哥后裔美国人，波多黎各人，古巴 裔美国人。（一句话回答）

12
。
The most important obstacle to Hispanic success in the labor maket is their low ics
have the highest school dropout rate of any major racial and ethnic group.
讲西班牙 语的美国人在其他种族的民
族中失学率最高，因此，阻挡他们在劳动力市场获得成功的最主要是教育程度 低。

13
。
The Asian-Americans are the fastest-growing racial and ethnic group in the United States,The largest
group of Asian- Americans are the s say three Asian traditions best explain the success
of Asian- American:eduction ,hardwork,and family.

4
美国少数民族人口中增长最快是亚裔美国人，
亚裔美国人中又以华裔美国人最多，
专家 指出亚洲三大
传统可以用来解释亚裔美国人的成功：教育，工作努和和家庭。（一句话回答）

14
。
Traditionally,the mainstream American were called WASPs,that is ,White Anglo- Saxon Protestants.
传
统上读，美国人的主流是祖先为英国新教徒的白人。

还有几个必背解释，

1
。
WAPs 2001
已考，估计不会再考，即上述第十二条。

2
。
The Hispanics
讲西班牙语的（人或民族）

The Hispanics usually are Spanish-speaking person of Latin- American origin who live in the United
there are three major Hispantic groups which have grest influence on the are
Mexico-American of Chicano ,Pueto Ricans and Cuban-American.
第十五章

美国历史（一）
American History(I)

Chapter 15: American History(1)
美国历史（一）



Jamestown ,Virginaia,in n 1607 and 1733 the British eastablished 13 colonies along the east coast
of North American.“
最早的美国人
”
是印地安人，英国于
1607
年在美国建立了第一块殖民地，
即在弗吉尼亚
的詹姆斯，
1607-1733
年间，英国在北美洲的东海岸建立了十三个殖民地。

2
。
In 1620,201 of Pilgrimw sailed to the New World in a ship called arrived at Plymouth
and built the Plymouth colony.1620
年，有
201
名英国清教徒乘坐一名为
”
五月花号
“
的船 到达了普利茅斯并
建立了殖民地。

3
。
From 1630 to 1643,some 200 ships transported over 20000 Englishmen to the Massachusetts Bay colony.
从< br>1630-1643
年，约有
200
艘船把
2
万英国人抵马萨 者萨弯殖民地。

4
。
The colonists were building a new way of life in the New were a number of features which
would play a role in forming the American were :representative from of goverment,rule of
law,respect of individual rights,religious tolerance and a strong spirit of individual enterprise.
殖民主义者新生活
方式的这些特点在美国人性 格形成中发挥了重要作用：建立代义制政府，法治，对个人权利的尊重，宗教
上的宽容及强烈的个人进取 心。

5
。
In September 1744,the Frist Continental Congress was held ih Philadelphia which encouraged American
to refuse to buy British goods.1744
年
9
月，第一届大陆仁义在费城如开，鼓励美 国人拒绝买英货。

6
。
The Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson of Declaration is a clear
explanation of the political theory behind the revolution and this theory came from the British philosopher John
Locke.

5
《独立宣言》是由托马斯。杰文逊起草的，它明确阐述 了支撑这场革命的政治理论，这一理论来源于
英国著名哲学家约翰。洛克。

7
。
On the Christmas Day of 1776,the Americans defeated the British troops at Trenton,New long
afterwards ,the Americans troops deteated the British at Saratoga in Northern New was a great turning
point of the War of Independence,leading dirtctly to an alliance between the U.S and France.
1766
年 的圣诞节，
美军在新泽西的特伦顿挫败英军，
这之后不久，
美军在萨拉托加击败英军，
史称
“
萨
拉托加大捷
”
这次胜利被认为是北美独立战争的转 折点，并直接导致美法联军的建立。

8
。
In September ,1783,the Treaty of Paris was signed,Britain recognized the indeperdance of the U.S.1783
年
9
月簦订《巴黎和约》，英正式承认美国独立。

9
。
The Federalist Papers are regarded as the best explanation of the constitution as well as one of the most
important works on political theory.
<
联邦文集》被认为是对美国宪法最好的解释，也是美国最重要的政治理论著作之一。

10
。
The first ten amendments to the U.S Constitution,which was called the Bill of Rights,adopted in 1791
which promise to protect individuals''rights.

成为宪法的前十条修正案正案被称为《人权法案》。

Articles of Confederation was accepted by all the states by Match has two serious
weaknesses:1>there was no national executive of law-enforcing branch;2>Congress has no power to raise taxes.
1781
年美国各州批准了被称为《联邦条款》的文件，它有两缺陷：一是没有执行或执法机构二是国
会由于过于庞大起不到政府的作用，而且国会无权征税。

12
。
The U.S went to war with Britain in 1812,the last war fought between these two countries.
英美最后一
次交火是
1812
的英美战争。

13
。
During the 13 years of Indian wars after the War of Independence,the Americans forced England to give
up the Old Northwest and they forced Spain to open the Mississippi crossing of the Mississippi helped
persuade Napoleon to sell the Louisiana Territory to the 1853,in the Gadaden Purchase another 30000
spuare miles of Mexican land were added to the territory of the U.S.
在独战后十三的印第安战争中，
美国人适使英国放弃了旧西北地区，
使西班 牙开放密西西比河，
促使
拿破伦把路易斯字那志给美国，在
1853
年的加兹 登购买中，另外的
3
万平方米的墨西哥土地也为美国领
土。

14
。
The twp famous leaders of black movement in the U.S in the 1830s were Garrison and Frederick
Douglass.
在
19
世纪
30
年代两位著名的黑人领袖为加里森和道格拉斯

15
。
The Union army under the command of Ulysses deteated the Confedetate army at
Gettysburg,Pensylvania,this victory was the turning point of the Civil War.
北方联军在尤利西斯。
格 兰特的指挥
下，在宾夕法尼亚的葛底斯堡击败了南方联盟军，葛底斯堡大捷是美国内战的转折点。


6
16
。
Tn the Civil war,Lincoln realized that he could win support for the Union at home and abroad by making
the war a just war against he issued the famous Emancipation Proclamation.
美国内战期间，林肯发表
了《解放奴隶宣言》

17
。
On November 19,1863,Abraham Lincoln made a short speech on the occasion of dedicating the national
cemetery at ended his speech with these memorable words:
people,for the people,shall not perish from the earth.
1863年
11
月
9
日，林肯在葛底斯堡阵亡将士公墓落成仪式上发表了简短的演 说，他以另人难忘的语
言结束了演说
“
民有，民治，民享的政府永远不会从地球上消失 。

18
。
A conference was held in Philadelphia in May 1787 to consider what should be done to make the
Articles of Confederation of the states except Rhode Island were represented at the Consititutional
Convention.
1787
年在费城召开的制宪会议上，除了罗得岛外，其他所有州都参加了，大家讨论如何使《联邦条
款》能够 满足需要。

另外有几个名词解释和问答题也要记得：

包括：
Boston Tea Party
波士顿倾茶事件

the Declaration of Independence
独立宣言

the Emancipation of Proclamation
解放奴隶宣言


第十六章

美国历史（二）

American History(II)

Chapter 16: American History(2)
美国历史（二）

（
1900-1945)
必背细节

1
．

In 1880,the U.S ranked first in the world in the production of steel; in 1900,the U.S. produced
245million tons of coal, ranking first in the world.1880
年美国钢产
`
量世界第一，
1900
年煤产量 世界第一。

2
．

Large corporation ,urbanization and new technology were the three features in the growth of American
economy at the beginning of the 20 th century.
大公司的出现，
城市化及新技术的迅速发展是美国
20
世纪初经
济增长出现的三大特点。

3
．

In 1903,the Wright brothers flew a plane for a brief 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk,North Carolina. This was
the beginning of the appearance of the plane. In 1911,Glenn designed and flew a successful plane. 1903
年，莱特 兄弟发明了第一架飞机，但只飞行了
12
秒。
1911
年格伦。
E< br>。库利斯设计了一架飞机，并成功试
飞。



7
4
．

At the beginning of the WWI, the impartial neither in action, nor in pursued a policy
of pro-Ally partiality.
第一次世界大战开始时 ，美国宣布保持中立，但在行动和思想上都没有做到中立，美
国真正奉行的是支持同盟国的政策。

5
．

The 1920s in the U.S. has been described by many historians as a period of material success and spiritual
frustration or confusion and purposelessness.
许多历史学家都把美国的二十世纪二 十年代描写成一个物质上
成功，精神是迷惘或漫无目标的时期。

6
．

The stock market crash was the beginning of long economic depression in the late 1920S and 1930S.
股
票市场的崩溃是
1929-1933
年 的经济大萧条的开端。

7
．

The aim of President Roosevelt’s New measures was to save American democracy and
the capitalist
syst em.
罗斯福总统
“
新政：措施的目的在于
”
拯救美国民主
“
及克服资本主义制度有史以来最严重的经济制
度。

8
．

In the early 1930S,the American foreign policy was isolationism, to keep the U.S. out of the fighting that
was going on in Europe and Asia.
在
30
年代初期，美国奉行的是孤立主义的外交政策，即使美国远离欧洲和
亚 洲的秸
??br>

9
．

During the WWII, the postponement of the opening of the Second Front was a reflection of the
American’s desire not to give the Soviet Union the possibility of quick expansion.
二战期间，美国延缓开辟 第二
战场就反映出美国不让苏联有迅速扩张的可能性

10
．

American diplomacy in WWII was largely diplomacy towards Britain and the Soviet were
two guiding principles behind all diplomatic activities:1>to win the war;2>to establish t postwar political structure
in accord with American interests and to prevent the Soviet Union from over-expansion.
二战期间，
美国的外交政
策大体上是针对 英国的前苏联的，所有外交政策的两个主导原则是：羸得战争，按美国利益建立战后政治
格局并阻止苏联 的过度扩张。

11
．

The leaders of the U.S. the Soviet Union and Britain met three times during the WWII.1>The first
summit was held at Teheran in November the conference it was decided that a large-scale attack on the
south of France would be launched in May ,1944,which was codenamed Overlord.2>The second conference was
held in Yalta in February,1945,it decided on the setting-up of a world organization: the United Nation .3>The
third conference was held at Potsdam, which confirmed the temporary division of Europe agreed to at Yalta.
二战
期间，英，美，苏三中领导人共 会晤了三次，第一次是在
1943
年
11
月在德黑兰会议，该会义决定进行代
号为
“
霸王行动
”
的军事行动，
向法国南部大举进攻，第二次是
1945
年
2
月的雅尔塔会议，
本次会议决定建
立联合国组织，第三次是在
1945
年
7
。
8
月间在柏林 城外举行的波茨坦会议，该会主要确认了雅尔雅尔塔
会议关于欧洲格局的暂时分配。

必背解释

1
．

The Muckrakers(
黑幕揭发者
)
The Muckrakers were a group of reform-minded journalists who made investigations and exposed the dark
sides of the society.
Progressive Movement(
进步运动
/
进步主义
)
（
Progressivism
）


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it was a movement at the turn of the 20th century which demanded government regulation of the economy
and social conditions, spread quickly with the support of large number of people across the country. The
Progressive Movement was not an organized campaign with clearly defined goals. Rather, it was a number of
diverse efforts at political,social and economic reforms.
z faire(
放任主义
)
it was an economic practice which stressed that the management of the economy should be left to the
business people and the government should merely preserve order and protect property.

Red scare(
红色恐惧
)
Between 1919 and 1920,the Red Scare happened in America where at that time a highly aggressive and
intolerance nationalism existed. On November 7,1919 and January 2,1920,the Justice Department launched two
waves of mass attests. Over 4000 suspected Communists and radicals were arrested and many were forced to
leave the U.S.
Ku Klux Klan(KKK)
三
K
党

The KKK was first organized in 1866 and then reformed in 1867 after the Civil War in the South and by
1924 it claimed a membership of four to five million. It was a violent society which terrorized and attacked on not
only blacks ,but also progressives, Communist and socialist party members, etc.
New Deal(
罗斯福新政
)
it was put forward by American President Roosevelt who wanted to do something to deal with the Great
Depression at that time. It passed a lot of New Deal laws and set up some efficient social security systems. The
New Deal helped to “save American democracy” and to overcome the most serious economic crisis of the
capitalist system up to that time.
ionism(
孤立主义
)
it was the American foreign policy in the early tried to keep the U.S out of the fighting that was
going on in Europe and Asia.

第十七章

美国历史（三）

American History(III)


Chapter 17 American History(III) in Era(1945-1980S)

必背细节

1. On Feb 22,1946,George Kennan, a high- ranking official in the American embassy to Moscow, wrote in
the telegram that the should be vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies. Later the

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containment policy became the official policy towards the Soviet Union.1946
年
2
月
22
日，美国驻苏联大使乔
治。凯南在他的电报中主张对苏联采取遏制政策。

2
．

The open declaration of the containment policy was made by President Truman on March 12,1949 in a
speech to the joint session of congress.1949
年
3
月
12
日杜鲁门总统在国会 联席会议上公开宣布了遏制政策。

3
．

In order to protect Western Europe from possible Soviet expansion, the d to offer Western
European countries economic aid. This later came to be called the Marshall plan.
为了保护西欧不受苏联扩张影
响，美国 决定给予西欧国家经济支援，此举后来被称作
“
马歇尔计划。
”

4
．

The North Atlantic Treaty, which was signed on April 4,1949,marked the beginning of s in
setting up a military alliance around the Soviet Union and its allies.美国于
1949
年
4
月
4
日签订的北大西洋公
约标志着美国开始致力于在苏联及其盟国周围建立军事同盟。

5
．

When the Korean War broke out in June,1950,Truman sent the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits to prevent
the PLA from liberating Tai wan.1950
年
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月朝鲜战争爆发，
美国杜鲁门政府第七舰队进驻台湾海 峡，
阻止中
国人民解放军解放台湾。

6
．

The Montgomery boycott was led by Martin Luther King, Jr,a young black clergyman who later became
a national leader of the Civil Rights m ovement.1955
年的蒙哥马利抵制公共汽车公司运动由小马丁。
路德。
金< br>领导，他是一个黑人牧师，后来成为民权运动的全国领导人。

7
．

Since 1945 the United States had entered a twenty-five-year economic cornerstones were the
automobile,housing,and defense industries.
自
1945
年以来，
美国经济进入了长达
25
年的繁荣期，
经济繁荣的
基本为汽车，住房和国防工业。

8
．

Between 1946 and 1961,more than 63.5 million babies were born in the U.S,making the baby-boom
generation the largest by far in the American history.
从
1946
年到
1961
年，是美国历史上的生育 高峰期。

9
．

When the Cuban Missile Crisis happened in 1962,the president of American is Kennedy,the president of
Russia is Khrushch ev.1962
年古巴导弹危机爆发时，美国在位总统为肯尼迪，苏联首领为赫鲁晓夫。

10
．

Richard Nixon ,who was elected on a platform of ending the Vietnam War, changed the strategy into
“Vietnamization” of the war building up South Vietnamese troops to replace Ameri
can fighting force.
里查德。尼
克松以结束越战作为 自己的竞选纲领，提出把战略改为战争越南化，即建立越南军队以其代替美国军队。

11
．

In the late 1960s and early 1970s the U.S began to look for a way to improve relations with China so as
to get China’s help for its withdrawal from south Vietnam and to work with Ch
ina against Soviet expansion.20
世
纪
60
年代末
70
年代初，美国改善对华关系的有两上：一是以便从越撤军 时能得到中国的帮助，再是希望
与中国合作联手对付苏联的扩张。

12
．

In February 1972,President Nixon visited China and met Mao Zedong and the two countries issued the
Shanhai visit ended twenty-three years of hostility and led to the establishment of diplomatic
relations in January 1979.1972
年
2
月尼克松与毛泽东东会晤，双方签署了《上 海联合公报》。

13
．

From 1972 to 1979,the key problem that affected the progress in U.S.-China relations remained the
Taiwan problem.1972-1979
年，影响中美关系的主要问题还是台湾问题。


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