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1、林肯的第二任總統(tǒng)就職演說??這篇演說的講稿是人類歷史上最偉大的演說詞，永久地刻在了林肯紀(jì)念堂里，英文原文是：?Atthissecondappearingtotaketheoathofthepresidential（總統(tǒng)的）office，thereislessoccasion(時機，場合）foranextended（延長的）addressthantherewasatthefirst.Thenastatement（清單），somewhat（某物）indetail，ofacoursetobepursued（追蹤），seemedfitting（適合的；裝置）andproper（適合的）.Now，at
2、theexpiration（屆期）offouryears，duringwhichpublicdeclarations（公訴書）havebeenconstantly（不斷地）calledforth（向前的）oneverypointandphase（階段）ofthegreatcontest（爭論）whichstillabsorbs（吸引）theattention，andengrosses（使全神貫注）theenergiesofthenation（國家），littlethatisnewcouldbepresented.Theprogressofourarms，upon（在什么之上）whichall
3、elsechiefly（主要的）depends（依賴），isaswellknowntothepublicastomyself;anditis，Itrust，reasonably（合理地）satisfactory（滿意的）andencouragingtoall.Withhighhopeforthefuture，nopredictioninregardto（指向）itisventured.（冒險；投機?Ontheoccasion（場合corresponding（相應(yīng)的）tothisfouryearsago，allthoughtswereanxiously（焦慮的directed（指導(dǎo)）toani
4、mpending（即將發(fā)生的）civil（民族間的（內(nèi)部的war.Alldreaded（可怕的）it--allsought（尋找）toavert（避免）it.Whiletheinaugural（就職演講addresswasbeingdelivered（遞交）fromthisplace，devotedaltogethertosavingtheUnion（聯(lián)盟）withoutwar，insurgent（叛亂者）agentswereinthecityseekingtodestroyitwithoutwar--seekingtodissolve（分離）theUnion，anddivideeffect
5、s（瓜分財務(wù)），bynegotiation（談判）.Bothparties（當(dāng)事人）deprecated（不贊成）war;butoneofthemwouldmakewarratherthanletthenationsurvive(生存;andtheotherwouldacceptwarratherthanletitperish（死亡.Andthewarcame.?Oneeighthofthewholepopulationwerecolored(有色的）slaves（奴隸，notdistributed（分散的generallyovertheUnion，butlocalized（局部的inthe
6、Southernpartofit.Theseslavesconstituted（建立apeculiar（罕見的andpowerfulinterest.Allknew（知道thatthisinterestwas，somehow，thecauseofthewar.Tostrengthen，perpetuate（長存的，andextendthisinterestwastheobject（目標(biāo)forwhichtheinsurgents（叛亂分子wouldrend（撕裂theUnion，evenbywar;whilethegovernmentclaimed聲稱norighttodomorethanto
7、restrict（約束）theterritorial地方自衛(wèi)軍隊enlargement增強ofit.Neitherpartyexpected（期盼forthewar，themagnitude（大小；量級，ortheduration(持續(xù)時間，whichithasalreadyattained（得到.Neitheranticipated（期盼thatthecauseoftheconflict斗爭mightcea
