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第二册 2.1 April Days四月的日子 Days(1) of witchery, subtly sweet,When every hill and tree finds heart,?When winter and spring like lovers meet? In the mist of noon and part --In the April days.?Nights; when the wood frogs faintly peep Once -- twice -- and then are still,?And the woodpeckers martial voices sweep?Like bugle notes from, hill to hill,--Through the pulseless haze.?Days when the soil is warm with rain,?And through the wood the shy wind steals,?Rich with the pine and the poplar smell,?And the joyous earth like: a dancer reels--Through, April days! 迷人的日子，发出飘逸的幽香．每座山和每株树都焕发出生机，冬天和春天象情人一样在正午的雾霭中相聚又分离--在这四月的日子里。夜晚，树蛙在轻轻地叫，一下--两下--接着一片寂静，啄木鸟威武的嗓音象军号声越过重重山峦--穿过无声无息的雾气。在那些日子里，雨水浸润的土地发出暖气，羞怯的风悄悄地穿过树林，满载着松树和白杨的清香，还有欢乐的大地，象舞蹈家一样翩翩起舞--- 在这整个四月的日子里! ---哈姆林·加兰 2.2. Letter to Mrs.Bixby Executive Mansion,Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. Yours, very sincerely and respectfully, A. Lincoln 尊敬的夫人， 在一份麻省陆军副官长的通告里，我获知你就是那位有五位儿子光荣战死在战场上的母亲。我认识到无论我用什么语言试图减轻因如此惨重的损失而带给你的哀痛都是苍白无力的。但我还是抑制不住地向你表示我的慰问，希望你会感受到你的儿子们奋身拯救的共和国对你的感激。我恳求我们的天父来排解你的悲恸，使你只怀有对逝去亲人的美好回忆和理所当然的庄严自豪感，因为你的如此高昂的牺牲是献在自由的祭坛上的。 2.3 An Important Aspect of College Life大学生活的一个重要方面 It is perfectly possible to organize the life of our colleges in such a way that students and teachers alike will take part in it; in such