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1、第一集El Dorado Rolling the dice Want a bigger piece of the action The Bloody Massacre To turn the other cheek Proclamation Line The First Continental Congress To hang in the balance trailblazer(n.) perilous(a.) roam(v.) dissident(n.) propagate(v.) sanctuary(n.) subversive (a.) articulate(a.) ragtag(a.
2、) smack(v.) formidable(a.) treacherous(a.) covenant(n.) insolent(n.) rally(v.) avid(a.) legacy(n.) repeal(v.) strangle(v.) evict(v.) incense(v.) intimidate(v.) grit(n.)第二集to brave the storm in a skiff made of paper Declaration of Independence to play by the rules be willing to step up when the time
3、called sitting ducks (the third shot) to hit home Valley Forge (be ready for)a final showdown redcoats skiff (n.) ratify (v.) creed (n.) prodigious (a.) insurgency (n.) ancestral (a.) cavalry (a.) beleaguer (v.) cajole (v.) forlorn (a.) dreary (a.) convict (n.) inoculation (n.) smear (v.) pivotal (a
4、.) tavern (n.) trench (n.) weary (v.) cannon (n.) assault (v.) musket (n.) inaugurate (v.) bayonet (n.)第三集the Cumberland Gap the owners manual right-hand man You are only held back by your own desire. To leave everything behind Gold fever the trailer home (in) the nickel-and-dime wayhard currency me
5、teorite (n.) conjure (v.) crucible (a./n.) ambush (v.) void (a.) burgeon (v./n.) epic (a.) fable (n./v.) arid (a.) harsh (a.) millennia (n.) forge (v.) prowl (v.) lacerate (v.) exodus (n.) encapsulate (v.) ingenious (a.) splinter (v./n.) strand (v.) testament (n.) distill (v.) prospector (n.) iconic
6、 (a.) maim (v.) larvae (n.) devout (a.)第四集gung-ho bread winners punch cards binary code slave hunters the Fugitive Slave Law cut-and-dry President-electfinal straw tenacity (n.) savage (v.) stupendous (a.) reckless (a.) lavish (n.) implicate(v.) mortgage (n.) spawn (v.) suffragette (n.) state-of-the
7、-art auction (n.) barter (v.) abject (a.) desensitize (v.) poignancy (n.) revile (v.) recourse (n.) pushover (n.) crusade (n.) captivate (v.) purge (v.) congruent (a.) pledge (v.)第五集dog tag to know sth. Like the back of their hand Morse Code A scorched earth approach Shock and Awethe mini ball gasp
8、(v.) carnage (n.) animosity (n.) censorship (n.) assail (v.) stalemate (n.) attrition (n.) turf (n.) veteran (n.) intuit (v.) adversary (n.) placid (a.) replenish (v.) tentacle (n.) deployment (n.) logistics (n.) infrastructure (n.) instantaneous (a.) dispatch (n.) decipher (v.) paramount (n.) bolst
9、er (v.) dogged (a.) amputation (n.) menial (a.) caustic (a.)第六集Judahs route filing fee Homestead Act log jams Barbed wire Wounded Knee Creek pocket-watch mail-order-catalog green-light (v.) detonation (n.) dismantle (v.) frugal(a.) pheromone(n.) caulk(v.) decimation (n.) conquistador(v.) mustang(n.)
10、 wrangler(n.) lasso(n.) spook(v.) stampede(v.) audacious(a.) heyday(n.) disparate(v.) carnage(n.) trigger(v.) carcass(n.) mentality(n.) 第七集the Gilded Age Walking the Steel hard hats rough necks the Flatiron Building be afraid of ones shadows rogues gallery mug shotscrime registerSome dismiss him as
11、a crank.automatic sprinkler system crate(n.) centenary (n.) jockey (v.) jackpot(n.) pedestal(n.) gruel(v.) anonymous(a.) winch(v.) phenomenal(a.) emanation(n) veritable(a.) Tabloid newspaper plummet(v.) obscene(a.) opulence(n.) stud(v.) rife(a.) maverick(n.) tabloid(a.) heist(n.) menacing(a.) alias(
12、a.) tenement(n.) deplorable(a.) crusader(n.) shrewd(a.) 第八集Spindle Top card-carrying machinist land grab backroom politicking stock-car racing the Bootleg turn tax evasionmuscle cars lousy (a.) improvise (v.) frothy (a.) momentum(n.) maverick(n.) syndicate(n.) sprawl (v.) feverish(a.) tycoon(n.) man
13、euver(n.) clinical(a.) alibi(n.) tenacious(a.) lush(a.) aqueduct(n.) fidelity(n.) unfaltering(a.) poise(v.) curb(n./v.) calamity(n.) decadence(n.) booze(n.) virtuous(a.) convoy(n.) decoy(v.) upheaval(n.) 第九集cooking the books the Survival of the Fittest delayed blast Dust Bowlbottom-opening buckets t
14、eeter (v.) abyss (n.) travesty(n.) squad(n.) disintegrate(v.) repossess(v.) vagrant (a.) ingenuity(n.) fume(n.) rubble(n.) bust(n.) devour(v.) alleable(a.) cataclysm(n.) freakish(a.) respiratory(a.) plunge(v.) tenacity(n.) reinvigorate(v.) hoist(a.) stagnate(v.) economic slump(n.) mongrel(n.) hype(n
15、.) bail out (v.) 第十集the Japanese Zero the Norden bomb sight Operation Overlord infamy (n.) underutilize (v.) spree (n.) claustrophobia(n.) bristle(v.) porcupine(n.) cramp (v.) prosthetic limb(n.) amphibious (a.) tether(v.) emphatic(a.) infrastructure(n.) vibrant(a.) devastate(v.) colossus(n.) treachery(n.) overdrive(n.) gadget(n.) logistical(a.) war paint(n.) 第十一集the White Shield highways interstate highway death by interstate baby