冰岛队长亲笔信 BBC初级口语:传奇总统的亲笔信A Letter from a Legend

BBC初级口语:传奇总统的亲笔信A Letter from a Legend  

Background:美国前总统林肯多年前写给一名男孩的书信以6万美元的高价（41万人民币）在美国售出。当这名八岁男孩告诉同学他见到了总统时，不仅没人相信而且他还受到众人的一阵讥讽。,【文本】,Abraham Lincoln was facing the biggest crisis in American history. The Southern states had seceded from the Union and civil war was imminent.,But shortly after his inauguration in 1861 he still found time to write to a distressed eight year-old boy. Gee Patton had met the newly-nominated candidate the year before with his journalist father but he faced howls of disbelief when he told his classmates.,A teacher wrote to the White House and back came the terse four-line reply confirming the meeting.,Abraham Lincoln set the ideal for the presidency that all his successors have aspired to. The brief letter feeds the legend of the man and the austere gentility for which he was renowned.

,【口语突破】,crisis
危机,seceded
推出/脱离,the Union
联邦政府,civil war
内战,imminent
即将爆发的,inauguration
就职仪式,distressed
压抑的,newly-nominated candidate
新任命的候选人,howls of disbelief
一阵讥讽,terse
简短的,set the ideal
创立了一种理想,successors
继任,aspired to
渴望/追求,austere
严格的/严厉的,gentility
绅士气派/优雅,renowned
著名的,,（版权所有,转载请注明出处）,想一想再看,n. 就职典礼，落成典礼，开幕仪式,想一想再看,adj. 严峻的，严格的，简朴的，禁欲的，苦行的,想一想再看,adj. 逼近的，即将发生的,想一想再看,n. 不相信，怀疑,想一想再看,n. 候选人，求职者,想一想再看,n. 传说，传奇,想一想再看,adj. 有名的，有声誉的,想一想再看,adj. 简洁的，简明的,