Lesson 7 Inaugural Address.doc

John F. Kennedy Inaugural 1. 就职(典礼)的；就任的2. 开幕的，落成(仪式)的3. 开始的；创立的；首次的 Address Friday, January 20, 1961 Guide to Reading On January 20, 1961, on the newly renovated?If someone?renovates?an old building, they repair and improve it and get it back into good condition. 修复; 整修；翻修；修理The couple spent thousands renovating the house.这对夫妻花了几千元来整修房子。 east front of the United States Capitol building, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was inaugurated When a new leader?is inaugurated, they are formally given their new position at an official ceremony.?为…举行就职典礼，使正式就任The new president will be inaugurated on January 20th.新总统将在1月20日正式就任。 as the 35th president of the United States. As the youngest candidate ever elected to the presidency  The?presidency?of a country or organization is the position of being the president or the period of time during which someone is president. (某国、某组织的) 最高职位; 最高职位任期；总统(或董事长、会长、大学校长等)的职位(或职务、任期)He is a candidate for the presidency of the organization.他是该组织最高职位候选人。 and the country’s first Catholic president, Kennedy declared that “the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” In order to understand the speech, we need to focus on集中注意力于，把…集中于…上He finds it hard to focus his thoughts on one thing for longer than five minutes.他发现他很难把他的注意力集中在一件事情上超过五分钟。 the following points: the background, the purpose, and the occasion. What was the background against which the speech was delivered? Domestically, Kennedy won the election with a narrow margin A measure, quantity, or degree of difference差数，差额：尺度、数量或程度上的不同a margin of 500 votes五百张选票的差额 , only 18,574 more popular votes 直接投票, 普选; 全体选民投票; electoral vote[美国英语](美国总统选举中)选举团的选票 than Republican candidate Richard Nixon. Besides, Kennedy was young and Catholic. So he needed to convince the country he was capable of leadership and could unite the country. Externally, in the space competition, the United States seemed to be lagging behind after the Soviet Union launched two sputniks (苏联)人造地球卫星 into orbit i