亚伯拉罕.林肯

湖北省武汉市胡杨供稿

亚伯拉罕.林肯

湖北省武汉市胡杨供稿

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln(February 12,1809～April 15,1865)was the 16th President1of the United States of America.He served as President from March 4,1861,until April 15,1865(he was re-elected in 1864).He is the first republican President,but also a statesman2who belongs among the great.

亚伯拉罕·林肯（1809年2月12日—1865年4月15日），美国第16任总统，任期为1861年3月4日至1865年4月15日（他在1864年再次当选）。他是首位共和党籍总统，也是一位应归入伟人之列的政治家。

Abraham Lincoln is known as one of the greatest American presidents,but at that time his family was very poor.They lived in a log cabin3in the wood near Hodgenville,Kentucky.Abraham had very little formal schooling and wasmostly self-educated.His formal schoolingwas limited to three brief periods in local schools,as he had to work constantly4to support his family. He had to walk about fivemiles to school but he loved to study late after working hard all day. He grew to be a wiseman and eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician.

亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国历史上最伟大的总统之一，但是当时他的家里十分贫穷，他和家人住在美国肯塔基州霍奇维尔的一个小木屋里面。亚伯拉罕由于家境贫穷，受正规学校教育的程度不高，主要靠他自己自学。他有过三段短暂的在当地学校学习的经历，当时他不得不中断学习去工作来贴补家用。他需要步行大约五英里去上学,但是在辛苦工作一天之余，他乐于学习到深夜。他成为了一个充满智慧的人，并最终成了一名律师和一位共和党的政治家。

Lincoln won election to the U.S.House of Representatives in 1846 and began serving his term the following year.Then Lincoln,a self-taught Illinois lawyer and legislator with a reputation as an eloquent5opponent6of slavery,shocked many people and overcame several more prominent contenders to win the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 1860.

林肯1846年当选为美国众议员，第二年开始了他的任期。接着，林肯，这位自学成才的伊利诺斯州律师、有着雄辩口才的奴隶制反对者震惊了很多人，并且战胜了一些杰出的竞争者，赢得了共和党的1860年总统候选人提名。

In the general election,Lincoln won most of the North and carried the Electoral College. After years of sectional tensions,he was elected President of the United States.Lincoln was inaugurated7in March 4,1861,and the CivilWar began barely amonth later.

在大选中，林肯赢得了大多数的北方（选民）和选举团的支持。经过多年的派系之间的斗争，他被选为美国总统。1861年3月4日，林肯宣誓就职，仅仅一个月后就爆发了南北战争。

During Lincoln’s presidency,the people of the South wanted to own slaves,but those of the North thought that it was wrong to own slaves.Then the Southern states seceded from the Union because Lincoln and the Northern stateswere against slavery.

在林肯担任总统期间，南方各州支持奴隶制度，而北方各州认为蓄奴是不对的。接着南方各州因为林肯和北部各州反对奴隶制而脱离了联邦。

Contrary to expectations,Lincoln proved to be a shrewd military strategist and a savvy8leader during what became the costliest conflict ever fought on American soil.During the Civil War,Lincoln gavemany speeches.His E－mancipation Proclamation,issued in 1863,freed all slaves in the rebellious states and paved the way for slavery’s eventual abolition.The Gettysburg Address (Nov.1863),a short speech in which he stated how a countrymust be dedicated to human freedom in order to survive.It is considered as one of themost famous and influential pieces of speech in American history.

与预期相反，在这场最昂贵的美国本土战争中，林肯被证明了是一个精明的军事战略家和精明的领导者。在内战期间，林肯做过许多次演讲。1863年他发表了《解放奴隶宣言》，宣布了释放所有反叛州的奴隶并且为最终废除奴隶制度铺平了道路。他在葛底斯堡演说（1863年11月）这场简短的演说中提出一个国家为了生存需要致力于追求人类的自由。它被认为是美国历史上最著名和最具影响力的演讲。

The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865,and at last the North won and the slaveswere set free.

美国内战从1861年到1865年持续了四年，最终北方赢得胜利，所有奴隶得以解放。

In April 14,1865,with the Union on the brink of victory,Lincoln had been attending a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington,D.C.He was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth.

1865年4月14日，联邦胜利在即的时候，林肯被邀请去观看华盛顿特区福特剧院的一场戏剧的时候，被约翰·威尔克斯·布斯枪杀。

Lincoln died the nextmorning.Andrew Johnson(Lincoln’s Vice-President)became the next USPresident.

林肯第二天早上去世。安德鲁·约翰逊（林肯的副总统）成为美国下一任总统。

Lincoln was the first USpresidentever assassinated9.His deathmade him a martyr10to the cause of liberty11and Union.Over the years Lincoln’s mythic stature has only grown,and he iswidely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in the nation’s history.

林肯是第一位遭到刺杀的美国总统，他的早逝使他成为自由事业和联邦的烈士。多年来，林肯的神话地位一直在攀升，他是公认的美国历史上最伟大的总统之一。