高中英语人教版高一上04

[00:04.78]Lesson 49
[00:08.15]2 Dialogue Two friends are talking about a new movie.
[00:14.81]What's on at the cinema this week?
[00:18.57]"Fight for Freedom".
[00:21.81]What's it about?
[00:24.74]It's about a time when there were black slaves² in North America.
[00:30.51]It's about their fight for freedom.
[00:34.59]That sounds interesting.That was a hundred years ago,wasn't it?
[00:40.44]No,more,about 130 years ago.
[00:46.11]Most of the slave¹ owners were rich farmers who lived in the south.
[00:51.96]They wanted to keep their slaves.
[00:55.72]How do you know so much about it? Have you seen the movie?
[01:01.47]No,I haven't.I read about it in the newspaper.
[01:07.34]It's also about the man who wanted to end slavery³--Abraham Lincoln.
[01:13.82]Lesson 50   Reading⁴
[01:21.08]Read this passage to find answers to these questions:
[01:26.54]1.What was Lincoln's greatest work?
[01:31.30]2.Why was he killed?
[01:35.56]ABRAHAM LINCOLN
[01:38.90]  Abraham Lincoln,the son of a poor family,
[01:43.86]was born in Kentucky,USA,on February 12th,1809.
[01:51.31]As a child he used⁵ to work hard
[01:55.38]and help his father on the small farm where they lived.
[01:59.43]His mother,who loved him very much,died in 1818.
[02:05.99]Happily for him,his father's second sife was kind to him too.
[02:12.05]When she saw that Abraham liked reading,
[02:16.20]she did all she could to help him.
[02:20.17]But the family was so poor that the boy could not get many books.
[02:26.02]he spent very little time at school,
[02:30.49]perhaps no more than a year in all.
[02:34.44]  As a young man he worked in a store and later  in a post office.
[02:40.39]He studied law in his spare time and became a lawyer.
[02:45.36]This was a time when there were still slaves in the USA.
[02:50.50]Lincoln became very interested in politics⁶.
[02:55.05]He was a gainst slavery.
[02:58.49]In all his political⁷ life,he worked hard
[03:02.86]to build a free state for all the people.
[03:07.22]  In 1860,Abraham Lincoln became President⁸ of the United⁹ States.
[03:13.99]Then he worked still harder for the freedom of the slaves.
[03:18.84]But the Southern states wanted to set up a country of their own,
[03:23.99]where they would be free to keep black slaves.
[03:28.54]Lincoln said that it was not right for the South to break away from the Union¹⁰.
[03:34.78]Fighting broke out between the two.
[03:38.62]This was the American Civil¹¹ War,which lasted four years.
[03:44.68]In the end the North won.
[03:48.52]Northern and Sothern states joined up again as one country and the slaves were set free.
[03:56.46]In 1864,Lincoln became President of the United States for the second time.
[04:03.59]But he had many enemies--slave owners in the South
[04:09.26]and rich people in big cities who had grown rich on the work of slaves.
[04:15.82]They hated Lincoln because he fought for the freedom of all people.
[04:21.88]On April 14th,1865 Lincoln was shot¹² at a theatre in Washington,D.C.
[04:30.71]He died early the next morning.
[04:34.23]The whole country was very sad at the news of his death;
[04:39.59]the people had considered him to be a great leader,
[04:43.95]and a wise,kind and honest man.
[04:49.38]Today,Abraham Lincoln is considerewd as one of the greatest of all American presidents¹³.
[04:57.53]Lesson 52   1 Dialogue
[05:06.60]The year is 1860.Tom Grade (T.G) who writes for a newspaper,
[05:15.98]is asking Abraham Lincoln (A.L) some questions.
[05:21.83]People are calling for the freedom of all slaves.
[05:26.69]What is your answer to that?
[05:29.93]I will give you an honest answer.
[05:34.00]I am fighting for an end to slavery and for the freedom of all slaves.
[05:41.45]What about the famers in the South?
[05:45.21]They will have a lot of difficulties¹⁴ if the slaves are set free.
[05:50.28]Who will pick the cotton?
[05:53.44]I agree that the farmers might have some problems.
[05:58.40]But the freedom of all people in the world is more important than that.
[06:04.46]I know that you have made a lot of enemies

[06:08.72]Some white people will lose money if you are successful.
[06:13.89]Are you afraid of your enemies?
[06:17.23]No.I will not stop my fight against slavery until all slaves are free.
[06:24.99]There will be an end to slavery.
[06:28.83]Slaves will have their freedom

1 slave   

n.奴隶，附件，卑鄙的人；vi.拼命工作

参考例句：

• Don't be a slave to custom.不要做风俗习惯的奴隶。
• Why should I slave away all my life!我为什么要辛辛苦苦地干一辈子呀！

2 slaves   

n.奴隶( slave的名词复数 )；苦工；完全受（某事物）控制的人；完全依赖（某事物）的人v.奴隶般地工作，做苦工( slave的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Slaves were not emancipated until 1863 in the United States. 美国奴隶直到1863年才获得自由。
• fashionistas who are slaves to the latest trends 被潮流牵着鼻子走的赶时髦者

3 slavery   

n.奴隶的身分，奴隶状态，奴隶制度

参考例句：

• The Americans abolished slavery in 1863.美国于1863年废除奴隶制度。
• He is in a state of virtual slavery.他实际上处于一种被奴役的状态。

4 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

5 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

6 politics   

n.政治，政治学；政纲，政见，策略

参考例句：

• They seldom talk on politics in those days.那时人们很少谈论政治。
• The two brothers differed about politics.这兄弟俩政见不同。

7 political   

adj.政治上的，政党的，政略性的，政治的

参考例句：

• He was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons.因为政治原因他被迫离开自己的祖国。
• In ideas those two political parties are worlds apart.那两个政党在思想上有巨大分歧。

8 president   

n.总统；总裁；校长；院长；会(社)长；主席

参考例句：

• They selected him to be president.他们选举他为总裁。
• The president's speech lacked sincerity.校长的演讲缺乏诚意。

9 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

10 union   

n.联合，合并，结合，联盟，协会

参考例句：

• The President gave his speech on the state of the Union.总统发表了国情咨文演讲。
• Even the union leaders hoped that the strike would die quietly. 甚至连工会领袖们都希望罢工会无声无息地结束。

11 civil   

adj.公民的，市民的；国内的，民间的；文职的；有礼貌的，文明的

参考例句：

• It was a civil case.这是一起民事案件。
• He made a very civil bow to me.他对我彬彬有礼地鞠了一躬。

12 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

13 presidents   

n.总统；（大学）校长( president的名词复数 )；会长；[P-]总统；银行行长

参考例句：

• Several presidents attended the funeral. 好几位总统参加了葬礼。
• The Roosevelt family produced two presidents: Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt. 罗斯福家族出过两个总统：西奥多·罗斯福和弗兰克林·罗斯福。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14 difficulties   

n.困难( difficulty的名词复数 )；难度；难事；麻烦

参考例句：

• I am acutely aware of the difficulties we face. 我十分清楚我们面临的困难。
• the difficulties of English syntax 英语句法的难点