5.They heard rumours that the Spaniards，who claimed the whole Isthmus of Darien，were preparing to attack them；and they also heard a very cruel piece of news，to the effect that the English Government had sent out orders to Jamaica，Barbadoes，and New York，desiring the English settlers in these places to give the Scotch colony of Darien no assistance，in arms，ammunition，or any other thing.
6.They looked eagerly every daybreak over the sea for the vessels which they expected from home with food and succour.None came.At last a sail appeared；but when it touched the shore it was found to be only a vessel which they had sent to Jamaica-come back empty.Those of them that were left fled at length from the place of graves to find，in spite of the Government order，a little charity at New York and Jamaica.
7.Another expedition reached Darien，to find the site of the fortress of New St.Andrews overgrown with huge leaves and brambles，among which noisome snakes were crawling.For a time a brave soldier named Campbell endeavoured to restore the settlement.But one day，after his return from the Pacific side，where he had succeeded in taking a Spanish fortress，he saw from the ridge of the hilly range that forms the Isthmus twenty-five ships of the enemy blocking up the harbour.
8.For six weeks they held out；but when they had melted all their pewterplates and cups into balls，and had eaten almost the last scraps of food in the fortress，they yielded to superior force.Thus perished a Scottish colony，which，with a little fostering care from England，might have risen to be the capital of the New World；for there is no finer site for commerce than the narrow neck which separates the Atlantic from the Pacific waters.
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1.在两个美洲大陆之间，有一条狭长的陆上地带，叫做达里恩地峡。与南北两端巨大的陆地板块相比，它非常狭窄，以至于现在比过去任何时候都有更多富于进取心的人，打算在它中间开辟一条运河a，以便将大西洋和太平洋连接起来，这样，往来的船只就可以省去绕道好恩角的麻烦，并节省时间、降低危险了。
a 运河：目前已经有一条铁路穿过达里恩地峡，并且在1881年在苏伊士运河设计师的指导下，建立了一条将大西洋和太平洋连接起来的运河和船运航道。
2.英格兰银行的创始人、精力充沛的威廉·帕特森决定将此地作为一块理想的殖民地，因为在这里殖民可以开启与印度的贸易，打开通往东方之门。于是，他马不停蹄地劝说自己的同胞（苏格兰人）筹集资金，这使他们能有一大笔钱用于实现这一宏图。
3.三艘船载着120个人，从利思a港出发了。载着满船的欢乐与忧伤，大约过了三个月，他们来到一处有着许多奇怪的动植物的海岸。竹子和可可树的躯干通过蔓延的植物交织在一起，而这些植物的深红色、白色和蓝色的花朵，又构成了一幅非常艳丽的图画。殖民者们在四周的田野里找到了菠萝和金黄的玉米，这表明此地的土壤十分肥沃。他们用红木和白檀木建造一个城堡，心中充满欢乐。
4.但是，欢乐仅仅持续了很短的时间。尽管当地的印第安人非常友好，为他们提供新鲜的食物，但不幸的苗头已经开始显现。他们最早的麻烦源于内部堡垒的不团结，随后又有了新的烦恼：他们发现从苏格兰买来的日用品存货长出了霉菌，无法再用。天开始下雨，晴朗的海滨霎时变成一个容易引起瘟疫的泽国。
5.他们听到谣言说，声称对整个达里恩地峡拥有主权的西班牙人正准备攻击他们；他们还听到一条令人痛苦的消息，大意是说英国政府已经向牙买加、巴巴多斯和纽约下令，希望这些地区的英国移民不要为达里恩殖民地的这些苏格兰人提供任何援助，无论是军队、弹药还是其他任何东西。
6.每天拂晓，他们都望眼欲穿地看着海面，希望看到来自家乡的、装有食物和救援人员的船只。但什么也没有来。最后，一艘帆船出现了，但当它抵近海岸时，才发现不过是一艘他们派到牙买加的船，空空如也地返航。他们留在那里的人，最后都得以从墓地里逃出来，置英国政府的禁令于不顾，在纽约和牙买加寻找一点施舍。
7.另一支远征队也来到达里恩，以寻找新圣安德鲁斯城堡所在地。那里长满了巨大的树叶和荆棘，不时有毒蛇在其中爬行。有位名叫坎贝尔的勇敢士兵一度打算重建定居点。但是有一天，当他从地峡的太平洋那一侧回来时（他在那里成功地占据了一座西班牙人的城堡），却从组成地峡的陡峭山脊那里，看到有25艘敌船封锁了海港。
8.他们坚守了六个星期，但是，在将所有的锡合金盘碟和杯具全都熔化制成子弹，并且吃完了城堡里留下的最后一点食物时，他们向强大的对手投降了。就这样，一块苏格兰殖民地消失了。这块没有得到英国看护的地方，原本会发展为整个新大陆的首都，因为就商贸而言，没有哪个地方比这块将大西洋水域和太平洋水域分开的颈状地峡更理想的了。
a 利思：即爱丁堡港，位于福思湾上。
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ANNE
安妮
1702to 1714A.D.-12years（公元1702~1714年，在位12年）accession，coming to the throne.
blameless，pure.
bribes，unlawful payments.
constitution，form of government.criminals，those who had broken the law.government，ruling of England.
key，means of getting access to.
marshland，bog.splendid，very fine.united，made one country.waged，carried on.
1.Anne was the second daughter of James the Second，and sister of the late Queen Mary.Her husband was Prince George of Denmark；but he took no part in the government2.During nearly the whole of her reign war was waged with France and Spain，and many were the victories gained by the English under the famous Duke of Marlborough.For his services，he was rewarded with an estate inaOxfordshire.A splendid house built on it was named Blenheim，bfrom a greatbattle which he had won.In the same war Gibraltarwas captured fromSpain.The place is of great value to the English，as it forms the key to the Mediterranean.
3.England and Scotland were now really united，-Scotland sending sixteen peers and forty-five （she now sends sixty）commoners to Parliament，but keeping her own law-courts and her own Church.After that，the commerce of Scotland began to extend greatly，and the wealth and comfort and happiness of her people to increase.
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4.The war with France ended in the Treaty of Utrecht，by which Englandgained the Hudson Bay Territory，Newfoundland，and Nova Scotia；and was allowed to keep Gib-raltar.The Duke of Marlborough fell into disgrace，a Blenheim.-The village near which the battle was fought （1704）is on the Danube，23miles north-west of Augsburg.
b Gibraltar.-A rock fortress on the south of Spain.
c Utrecht.-In Holland，21miles south-east of Amsterdam.
for having taken bribes from persons who supplied the army with food and clothing.The command of the army was taken from him，and he retired to the Continent，where he remained till the next reign.He then returned to England.
5.Anne died of apoplexy，aged forty-nine.She was the last of the Stewarts who sat on the throne.By her blameless life and her bounty to the Church she won the title of “Good Queen Anne.”She had nineteen children，who all died in childhood.
6.The greatest change in the Constitution during the Stewart period was the fixing of a limit to the Royal power，and the increase of the power of the People through the House of Commons.This was done by the Bill of Rights，on the accession of William the Third.