The True Story of Pocahontas ContentsChapter One： The Sailing Ship3Chapter Two： Pocahontas meets John Smith6Chapter Three： Winter in Jamestown9Chapter Four： Chief Powhatan declares War!11Chapter Five： Pocahontas falls in Love14Track 1： Is this a true story?16Track 2： Chapter One Exercise 517Track 3： The Origins of Virginia18Track 4： Indian Life20Track 5： Virginia Today22Chapter One： The Sailing ShipMay was a beautiful month in the land of the Algonquin Indians. There were tall trees and colorful flowers everywhere. The sky and the sea were deep blue.Pocahontas was the favorite favorite：最喜爱的。 daughter of Chief Powhatan. She was an Indian princess. Chief Powhatan was a powerful chief of the Algonquin tribe.Pocahontas was eleven years old. She was a lovely young girl with black hair and dark eyes. She wore a buckskin dress buckskin dress：衣服。 and moccasins moccasins：鞋。. She had a feather feather：羽毛。 in her hair. Pocahontas was always happy. She ran in the forest and danced in the fields. She sat on the hill and looked at the blue sea.On May 6, 1607, Pocahontas sat on the hill and she saw something strange in the bay. It was a big sailing ship! She was very surprised. The sailing ship was something new. It had big white sails and flags. She looked at it for a long time. Where did it come from? Why was it there? She was very excited.Pocahontas ran to her village to tell her father and brother the news.Father, father! she said. Theres a big sailing ship in the bay! It has white sails and colored flags!Her father, Chief Powhatan, was outside his longhouse. He was a tall man, with long black hair. He wore the feathers of an Indian chief on his head. He listened to the news, but he was not happy.The white men are here, Powhatan said sadly. This is bad news for our people. There is no peace with the white men here.Nantaquas was Pocahontas brother. He was eighteen years old. He was a strong Indian warrior warrior：武士。. He looked at his sister and said, In the past the white people killed the Indians. They want to take our land.Oh, Nantaquas, lets go to see the white people. Lets go to see their big ship! said Pocahontas.You can go to see them, but dont go near the ship. Stay far away! Be careful! said Powhatan. Remember, Pocahontas, white men are dangerous.Nantaquas and Pocahontas went to the river. There were many canoes near the river. They got into a small canoe. Then Nantaquas paddled paddled：划船。 down the river to the bay. In the bay they saw the big sailing ship. There was a tall, white man on the ship. He smiled at them. There were other white men too. They all looked at the small canoe and at the two Indians.Pocahontas smiled at the white man. Lets go to the ship, she said.No, said Nantaquas. Its dangerous. We dont know who these white men are. We can look and then go home. We must obey our father.The white man on the ship smiled again. Look, Nantaquas, said Pocahontas, that man has red hair and white skin! Hes smiling at us. Look at his clothes! They are strange.Nantaquas turned the canoe and paddled up the river. When they arrived home, Nantaquas said, I saw a big sailing ship. There were many white men on the ship. Powhatan talked to his medicine men medicine men：医师。 and tribe advisers tribe advisers：部落长老。. They all sat inside the longhouse for a long time.He said, White men bring us problems. They have a strange magic. They carry thunder sticks thunder sticks：火枪。 to kill our people. They want to take our land, our lakes, our rivers and our forests. They can stay for a short time but they cannot stay here forever. Lets watch them and see what they do!Chapter Two: Pocahontas meets John SmithCaptain John Smith and his men were happy to be in Chesapeake Bay. They wanted to establish establish：建立。 a small settlement settlement：居民点。 there.Captain Smith called the big river the James River, after King James I of Britain. On May 13, 1607, he established the small settlement called Jamestown. Jamestown was on the James River. In Jamestown the settlers built some huts huts：小屋，棚屋。, a storehouse storehouse: 仓库。 and a church.There were about 100 men in Jamestown in 1607. Most of them were English gentlemen. They came to the New World to find gold and riches. They did not want to be farmers. John Smith was angry with them. He said, You must all plant crops plant crops: 种植粮食。, hunt and fish. You must not be lazy!In Jamestown there was little food. One day Captain Smith and his men went into the forest to look for food. They walked for a long time. Then they met a big group of Indians. The Indians attacked them with their bows and arrows. They killed one of Smiths men. John Smith and his men killed two Indians. Then the Indians captured capture：捕获。 John Smith and took him away.