跟读练习: Discover Canada Videobook: Canada’s History | Canadian Citizenship Test Prep (Chapter 3) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello and a very warm welcome to you.
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I'm so glad you're here.
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We're going to go through Canada's history together to help you get ready for your citizenship test.
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Let's get started on this journey.
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You know, learning all this history can feel like a lot, I get it, but you're doing a great job just by being here and studying.
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And don't you worry, we're here to help you with every single step.
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Okay, before we really dive in, I just have one quick but very important reminder for you.
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Think of this as a helpful study tool.
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It's super important that you also read the official Discover Canada guide.
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That's the main book from the government, so make sure you study that one too, okay?
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So what's on our agenda for today?
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Well, we're going on a journey through Canada's history and we'll break it down into six main parts.
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We'll start way back at the beginning with the first peoples and explorers and we'll travel all the way up to the world wars.
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Ready?
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Let's jump into our first section.
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Alright, let's start our story.
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We have to go way, way back in time.
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First, we're going to talk about the very first people who lived here, on this land we now call Canada.
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And then, we'll look at the first Europeans who sailed across the big Atlantic Ocean to get here.
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So the very first people here are known as Aboriginal peoples.
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And they lived all over this huge land for, well, for thousands of years before any Europeans arrived.
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And they weren't all the same, not at all.
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different groups had their own unique ways of life.
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You had farmers like the Huron-Wendat, you had skilled hunters like the Cree and the Dene, and way up in the Arctic where it's very cold, you had the Inuit, who were amazing at living in that environment.
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Now let's talk about the first Europeans.
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The very first ones came a super long time ago, the Vikings.
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They actually sailed here from Iceland about a thousand years ago.
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Wow!
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Then, much, much later, other explorers started to arrive.
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John Cabot came for England, and Jacques Cartier came for France.
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And here's a really cool story about Jacques Cartier.
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He met some Aboriginal people, and they pointed and said the word Kanata.
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In their language, that just meant village.
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But Cartier thought they meant the whole country.
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And that's how Canada got its name.
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Isn't that something?
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Okay, so after those first explorers, two big countries from Europe really started to shape Canada's future.
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I'm talking about France and Great Britain.
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They both established colonies here.
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And their history, their relationship, is a huge part of what made Canada the country it is today, with both French and English roots.
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Here's a date you'll want to remember.
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1608.
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That's when a French explorer, a man named Samuel de Champlain, started the very first French settlement.
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He built it right where Quebec City is today.
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This was the beginning of something big, a colony called New France.
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Now, for about 100 years, France and Britain were rivals.
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They fought and fought over this new land.
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Then in 1759, something major happened.
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A huge, famous battle took place right there in Quebec City on a field called the Plains of Abraham.
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The British won that battle, and that victory meant that Britain now controlled New France.
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So after the British were in charge, you might think they would try to change everything, but they did something really smart.
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In 1774, they created a law called the Quebec Act, and this law is super important because it said that French Canadians could keep their way of life.
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They could keep their Catholic religion and their French civil law.
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This was a really big step in making Canada a place where English and French cultures could both exist.
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Ready to test yourself?
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Well, you can find over 700 practice questions and a lot more study resources over at mycanadianway.com.
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Okay.
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So now we're in a period called British North America.
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Let's look at what happened next.
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The country started to grow as new people arrived, and this really helped to build the foundation for the Canada we know.
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All right.
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Let me tell you about a really important group of people called the United Empire loyalists.
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So down south, the American Revolution was happening.
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The American colonies were fighting to be independent from Britain.
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But some people, the loyalists, wanted to stay loyal to the British king.
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So what did they do?
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Well, over 40,000 of them moved north to Canada.
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They were a diverse group and they had a huge impact on building the country.
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Now most of these loyalists who came spoke English.
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And at the time, the area was mostly French-speaking.
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So to make things work, in 1791 the government decided to divide the province of Quebec into two.
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You had Upper Canada, which is now Ontario, for the the English-speaking folks, and you had Lower Canada, now Quebec, for the French-speaking population.
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So, the next big challenge was the War of 1812.
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The United States tried to invade Canada.
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They probably thought it would be easy, but they were wrong.
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And this is a really key moment, because everyone fought together to defend their home.
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Canadians, First Nations, and British soldiers.
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They worked as a team, and because they won, Canada stayed separate from the United States.
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Okay, this next section is a big one.
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It's really the birth of Canada as we know it.
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We talked about all these separate colonies, Upper Canada, Lower Canada, and others.
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Now we're going to see how they all came together to become one single country.
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So the big question is, how did it happen?
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How did these different colonies decide to join up and form one country?
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Well, let's break it down.
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It basically happened in three steps.
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Step one, the leaders from the colonies all got together.
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They talked and planned and finally agreed, let's make a new country.
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Step two, they figured out how the government would work.
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They created two levels, a big federal government for things that affect everyone in the whole country and then smaller provincial governments for more local things in each province.
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And finally, step three, the big day.
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On July 1st, 1867, the British North America Act made it official.
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The Dominion of Canada was born.
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And who was the leader of this whole project?
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Well you need to know this man, Sir John A.
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Macdonald.
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He became Canada's very first Prime Minister.
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And here's an easy way to remember what he looks like.
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Just take a look at a $10 bill.
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That's him.
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So, in 1867, Canada was just four provinces out in the east.
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But the Fathers of Confederation had a much bigger dream.
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They imagined a country that would stretch from sea to sea, all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
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So how did they make that dream come true?
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Well, after 1867, the country just kept on growing.
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Bit by bit, more provinces joined the family.
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Manitoba came in, then British Columbia, way out on the Pacific coast.
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Then, in 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan joined.
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It took a while, but the last province to join was Newfoundland and Labrador, and that was in 1949.
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Alright, for our last section, let's look at how Canada stepped onto the world stage.
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In the 1900s, the world went through two terrible world wars.
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Canada, even though it was a young country, played a really big and important part in fighting for freedom.
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Just look at these numbers.
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They really show Canada's incredible sacrifice.
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Remember, Canada was a small country back then, not many people.
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But in the First World War, more than 600,000 Canadians served.
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And in the Second World War, over a million served.
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So many people volunteered to fight for freedom.
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And sadly, 44,000 were killed in WW2 alone.
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It was a huge contribution.
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That was a lot of history.
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So let's do a quick review of the most important things to remember for your test, okay?
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Confederation happened in 1867.
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That's why we celebrate Canada Day on July 1st. Canada's first Prime Minister was Sir John A.
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Macdonald, the man on the $10 bill.
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The Loyalists were that important group of immigrants who came from the US.
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The Quebec Act was the law that protected French language and religion.
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And one last thing to remember is the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
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This was a huge victory for Canada in World War I, a moment of great national pride.
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So are you ready to practice what you've just learned?
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You can practice with over 700 questions on MyCanadianWay.com.
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Just visit MyCanadianWay.com to learn more.
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Good luck on your Canadian journey!
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