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[主题教材互译] Unit 5 China and the World
中国和世界
Topic 3 Now it is a symbol of England.
现在它是英国的一个标志。
Section C
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809. His mother died when he was ten years old. Later his family moved to Illinois and his father remarried. The family was poor, so they had to struggle just to live. In Illinois there
were neither teachers nor schools, but Lincoln’s stepmother encouraged him to study. He learned to read and write
while working on the farm.
亚伯拉罕·林肯1809年出生在肯塔基州。当他九岁时他的母亲去逝了。后来他家搬到了伊利诺伊州并且它的
父亲再婚。家里很穷,所以他们必须为了生存而奋斗。在伊利诺伊州,既没有老师,也没有学校,但是林
肯的继母鼓励他学习。在工厂工作时他学会了读书和写字。
At twenty-one, Lincoln left home. He soon received a law license and
became a lawyer. People trusted him and
began to call him , “Honest Abe”.
21岁时,林肯离开了家。他很快获得了一个法律执照并成为一个
律师。人们信任他并开始称他为“诚实的亚伯”。
During the following years, he took a more active part in politics. Soon he was not only a highly respected lawyer
but also a well-known politician. He was elected the sixteenth president of the United