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Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English. In the middle of the eighteen forties, the United States offered to buy California from Mexico. The government of Mexico refused to negotiate. American President James Polk felt that the use of force was the only way to make Mexico negotiate. So, in the spring of eighteen forty-six, he ordered American soldiers to the Rio Grande River. The Rio Grande formed part of the border between the United States and Mexico. This week in our series, Larry West and Maurice Joyce tell about the conflict between the United States and Mexico. 欢迎收听VOA慢速英语之建国史话节目。在18世纪40年代中期，美国提出从墨西哥购买加利福尼亚。墨西哥政府拒绝谈判，美国总统詹姆斯·波尔克认为使用武力是墨西哥进行谈判的唯一途径。因此，在1846年春天，他
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