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88.Name one of the two longest rivers in the United States.
88.說出美國(guó)最長(zhǎng)的兩條河流中的一條河流的名字。
Answer: Missouri (River); Mississippi (River)
答案：密蘇里（河）；密西西比（河）
Explanation: Before there were cars or very good railroads, which are special roads for trains, most transportation in the United States relied on (or used) rivers.
解釋：在有汽車或非常好的鐵路（火車的專用道路）之前，美國(guó)大部分的運(yùn)輸都依賴（或使用）河流。
Using boats on rivers was the fastest way to move people and goods (or products, like food, medicine, and tools) from one place to another.
使用航行在河上的船是將人員和貨物（或產(chǎn)品，如食物、藥品和工具）從一個(gè)地方運(yùn)送到另一個(gè)地方的最快的方式。
The United States has many long rivers that were used for transportation in those early days.
美國(guó)在那個(gè)年代初期有很多用來運(yùn)輸?shù)拈L(zhǎng)河。
This was especially true for the country's longest river, the Missouri River, and its second-longest river, the Mississippi River.
這對(duì)該國(guó)最長(zhǎng)的河流密蘇里河和第二長(zhǎng)河密西西比河來說尤為如此，
The Missouri River played an important role (or part) in the exploration of the western United States.
密蘇里河在美國(guó)西部的探索中發(fā)揮著重要作用。
This exploration was an effort to try to learn what the land was like in the West.
這一探索活動(dòng)的目的是了解西部地區(qū)的面貌。
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked Captain Meriwether Lewis to explore the Missouri River and find out whether it could be used to transport (or move) things across North America.
1803年，托馬斯·杰斐遜總統(tǒng)要求梅里韋瑟·劉易斯上尉去探索密蘇里河，弄清楚它是否可用來將貨物運(yùn)輸（或運(yùn)送）到北美各地。
At that time, no one knew where the Missouri River went, but everyone wanted to find a river that would move things from the east to the west.
在那時(shí)，沒有人知道密蘇里河的流向，但是人人都想找到能把貨物從東部運(yùn)送到西部的河流。
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