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英文原文：

Hollywood has shaped our perception of the American West. Images of cowboys in saloons, American Indians in feather headdresses, and outlaws robbing trains at gunpoint come to mind. But visitors to the " Faces of the Frontier" exhibition organized by the National Portrait Gallery here in Washington can learn more about the real personalities who helped shape the West.

( Faces of the Frontier)
Some faces and names are familiar, like Sitting Bull, the Dakota Indian chief whose warriors defeated and massacred George. Other faces and names are not as well remembered. Curator Frank Goodyear included them among the portraits of 115 men and women he chose for the exhibit. Some of those people had a huge impact, like Joseph Glidden, whose invention of barbed wire transformed the open landscape of the West into cattle ranches.

(Western Voices)
There are explorers like John Wesley Powell, the first white man to navigate the entire length of the Colorado Rive. Artists like Thomas Moran and Albert Bierstadt, who painted sweeping landscapes and photographers Eadweard Muybridge, who used his camera to capture more authentic images of the West.

"Faces of the Frontier" shows the people behind those changes.

中文译文：
好莱坞形成了我们对美国西部的概念。当我们说到西部，酒吧里的牛仔、头上戴着羽毛发饰的美国印第安人和拿着枪抢劫火车的歹徒的景象便会浮现在脑海中。然而，参观一下在华盛顿国家肖像艺术馆举办的“边境面貌”展览，你会了解到更多建设西部的真实人物。

（边境面貌）
展览中一些面孔和名字是为人熟知的，如达科塔州的印第安首领坐牛，他的战士击败并屠杀了乔治。也有些面孔和名字并不那样广为人知。馆长弗兰克·古德伊尔也把他们放在了他为展览选用的115位男人和女人的肖像中。这些人有些有着巨大的影响力，如约瑟夫·格利登，他发明的带刺铁丝网，把西部开阔的地区变成了养牛的大牧场。

（西部的声音）
这里有像约翰·韦斯利·鲍威尔这样的开拓者，他是横渡整条科罗拉多河的第一位白人；像托马斯·莫兰和艾伯特·比尔史伯特这样的艺术家绘制了包罗万象的景致；还有摄影师埃德沃德·迈布里奇用他的相机拍摄了更多的西部真实景象。

“边境面貌”展示了那些变化背后的人们。


词汇加油站：
1、shape:
shape our reception of sth: 形成了我们对……的概念
shape the West: 建设西部

2、saloon: 酒吧，大厅
如: saloon bar: 雅座酒吧
saloon car: 轿车
saloon-cabin: 头等舱

V.s.: salon: 沙龙，画廊

15'

3、outlaw: 歹徒、逃犯

4、massacre: 大屠杀

13'

5、some faces and names are familiar: ……是为人熟知的
other faces and names are not as well remembered: ……并不那样广为人知
some of those people had a huge impact: ……有着巨大的影响力

21'

6、transform……into……：固定短语，表示把……转化成……
例：There is no physical feasibility to transform lead into gold.
把铅变成金子是没有物质的可行性的。

17'

7、navigate: 横渡，驾驶，操纵