W: Did you go to the Yellow Stone Park when you had your vacation last year
M: First I visited my aunt in New York, then I went to the Great Lakes and saw the Niagara Falls. I plan to visit the Yellow Stone next year.
W: Did you go to the Yellow Stone Park when you had your vacation last year
M: First I visited my aunt in New York, then I went to the Great Lakes and saw the Niagara Falls. I plan to visit the Yellow Stone next year.
M: Welcome to Yellow Stone National Park. Before we begin our nature walk today, I’d like to give you a short history of our national park service. The national park service began in the late 1800s. A small group of explorers had just completed a month long exploration of the region that is now Yellow Stone. They gathered around the campfire and after hours of discussion, they decided that they should not claim this land for themselves. They felt it should be accessible to everyone so they began a campaign to preserve this land for everyone’s enjoyment. Two years later, in die late 19th century, an Act of Congress signed by President Ulysses S. Grant proclaimed the Yellow Stone region a public park. It was the first national park in the world. After Yellow Stone became a public park, many other areas of great scenic importance were set aside. And in 1916 the national park service was established to manage these parks. As a park ranger, I am an employee of the national
A. Several explorers.
B. Representatives of Congress.
C. President Grant.
D. A group of animal lovers.
W: When did you become interested in collecting stamps
M: Oh, when I was about ten years old. It’s an exciting hobby. You know, the first postage stamps were issued in Britain in 1840.
W: Really I didn’t know that. I did know that the charge for mail delivery before the appearance of postage stamps was paid by either the sender or the receiver. How much was the usual charge
M: Oh, about ten cents for a short distance. But post offices were losing money with that system. Rowland Hill, an Englishman, suggested using postage stamps. Here’s a picture of the first two stamps issued.
W: They both bear a picture of Queen Victoria.
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