Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. Today's word, pan, takes us back to the days of the gold rush in California. On January twenty-fourth, eighteen forty-eight, a man named James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California. The news spread quickly. Thousands rushed west. They traveled on foot, by horseback and by boat to reach the gold fields. By eighteen forty-nine, the great gold rush was on._____________________________这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目.今天的典故与"pan"相关,它将带我们回到加利福尼亚州的淘金热潮时代. 1848年1月24日, 一名叫James Wilson Marshall的人在加利福尼亚州境内发现了黄金.这一新闻很快传开了.成千上万的人或徒步,或骑马,或乘船冲向西部加利福尼亚州.1849年,伟大的淘金热开始了._________________________
