林肯英语简介.ppt

《圣经》不是我的书，基督教不是我的信仰。我从来不可能同意基督教教条冗长繁杂的陈述。 ;亚伯拉罕·林肯，美国第16任总统。他领导了美国南北战争，颁布了《解放黑人奴隶宣言》，维护了美联邦统一，为美国在19世纪跃居世界头号工业强国开辟了道路，使美国进入经济发展的黄金时代，被称为“伟大的解放者”。内战结束后不久，林肯遇刺身亡。他是第一个遭到刺杀的美国总统。在美国在线于2005年举办的票选活动《最伟大的美国人》中，林肯被选为美国最伟大的人物第二位。;;Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War （美国南北战争） – preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. ;Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln almost studied himself. He became a country lawyer, a Whig Party（辉格党） leader, Illinois state （伊利诺斯州）legislator in the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives（美国众议院） in the 1840s. ;That’s all thank you