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《吕书英汉双语阅读理解》 Abraham Lincoln s Second Inaugural Address 亚伯拉罕·林肯的第二次就职演说 Lincoln s Second Inaugural Address March 4 , 1865 林肯的第二次就职演说3 月4 日，1865 Fellow countrymen : At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office , 同胞们：在这第二次宣誓就职的时候， there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first . Then a statement , 与最初相比，扩大演讲的机会更少了。然后是一份声明， somewhat in detail , of a course to be pursued , seemed fitting and proper . Now , at the 有些细节，当然，这是一条需要追求的道路，看起来很合适。现在四年期满时， expiration of four years , during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on 在这场仍然吸引全国注意力和精力的伟大竞赛的每一点和每一个阶段，都不断有公开的宣言被提 出， every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation , little that is new could be presented . The progress of our arms , upon 几乎没有什么新东西可以展示。我们武器的进步，其他一切主要取决于此， which all else chiefly depends , is as well known to the public as to myself ; and it is , I trust , 公众和我自己都知道；事实上，我相信， reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all . With high hope for the future , no prediction in 对所有人都相当满意和令人鼓舞。对未来充满希望，没有关于它的预测是冒险的。 regard to it is ventured . On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago , all thoughts were anxiously directed 在四年前与此相对应的场合，所有的想法都急切地指向即将到来的内战。 to an impending civil war . All dreaded it - - all sought to avert it . While the inaugural address 所有人都害怕它——所有人都试图避免它。在这里发表就职演说时， was being delivered from this place , devoted altogether to saving the Union without war , 致力于不战而救联邦， insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war - - seeking to dissolve the 叛乱分子在这座城市试图在没有战争的情况下摧毁它——试图解散联邦， Union , and divide effects , by negotiation . Both parties deprecated war ; but one of them would 并划分影响，通过协商。两党都反对战争；但其中一人宁愿发动战争，也不愿让国家生存； make war rather than let the nation survive ; and the other would accept war rather than let it 另一方宁愿接受战争，也不愿让战争灭亡。 perish . And the wa