英语翻译And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English pro

英语翻译
And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS.Today,we begin a series of three programs about modern communications.Our first program tells about the history of communications.
Information always has been extremely important.Throughout history,some information has had value beyond measure.The lack of information often cost huge amounts of money and,sometimes,many lives.
One example of this took place near the American city of New Orleans,Louisiana.Britain and the United States were fighting the War of Eighteen-Twelve.American and British forces fought near New Orleans on January eighth,eighteen-fifteen.The battle of New Orleans is a famous battle.As in all large battles,hundreds of troops were killed or wounded.
The Battle of New Orleans.
After the battle,the Americans and the British learned there had been no need to fight.Negotiators for the United States and Britain had signed a peace treaty in the city of Ghent,Belgium,two weeks earlier.Yet news of the treaty had not reached the United States before the opposing troops met in New Orleans.The battle had been a terrible waste.People died because information about the peace treaty traveled so slowly.
And this is Steve Ember.Join us again next week on the Voice of America for our second program about the Information Age.

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