学术综合英语 Road building 1
The lecture is mainly about the relationship between road building and economic development
The two important agricultural products are grain and cotton
In the East they grew grain; in the South they grew cotton
Advantages of roads: fast and convenient
Purpose for road building: to transport grain and cotton Task two 1
A booming trade in grain and cotton 2
Because of the rapidly growing population and the large number of immigrants from Europe
The farmers got laborers from Africa
Because it was easy and cheap to transport goods from one place to another
They built roads and collected fees
Mississippi River 1
The origin of the River: Lake Itasca in Minnesota 2
The total length: about 4,000 kilometers
The problem: flooding in summe