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The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. 那些在这里战斗的勇士,活着的和死去的,已使这块土地神圣化了,远非我们的菲薄能力所能左右。 The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. 世人会不大注意,更不会长久记得我们在此地所说的话,然而他们将永...

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林肯葛底斯堡演讲(1)

4.Gettysburg Adress 4.林肯葛底斯堡演讲 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, 八十七年以前,我们的祖先在这大陆上建立了一个国家,它孕育于自由, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 并且献身给一种理念,即所有人都是生来平等的。 Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing wh...

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Unit20 Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address 第二十课 林肯盖茨堡演讲词 Fourscore and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, 八十七年前,我们的祖先在这块大陆上建立了个新国家, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. 这个国家是以自由为理念,并致力于人生而平等的主张。 Now we are en...

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Miss Grace Bedell 格蕾丝·波戴尔小姐 My dear little Miss 我亲爱的小姐 Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received 你15日写来的饱含好意的信我已经收到了 I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters 首先,我不得不十分抱歉地说,我没有女儿 I have three sons — one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age 我有三个儿子,一个17岁,一个9岁,还有一个7岁了 The...

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林肯夫人的悲悯一生

玛丽•拖德是美国历史上最伟大总统亚伯拉罕•林肯的妻子,她也许是美国历史上最有争议的总统夫人,尽管在世时她受到的多是嘲笑和责难,但今天的人们却以更大的同情心来看待她那略带悲悯的一生。 玛丽七岁时母亲去世,父亲再娶。尽管她从小一直受到良好的教育,但却十分淘气。一次,祖母批评她:“玛丽,你这样淘气将来能做什么?”“做总统夫人!” 1839年的一天,玛丽是在一次舞会上认识了当时还是...

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