Gettysburg Adress

1、Unit 15Gettysburg Addresses （葛底斯堡演讲）-黄黄 霞霞n. particular of the town，street , house , etc.，where a person may be found or to which his letter may be sent 地址 我在肇庆端州迎宾路肇庆学院。我在肇庆端州迎宾路肇庆学院。b.speech or talk 演说，致辞v.a. write an address 写地址b. say sth in speech or writing 发表演说address dres If the parcel is add

2、ressed to you, your name and address have been written on it. 如果这个包裹是寄给你的，你的名字和地如果这个包裹是寄给你的，你的名字和地址就写在这了。址就写在这了。 make/give/deliver an address 发表演说发表演说 address oneself to sth 致力于某事致力于某事Gettysburg a town of Pennsylvania ,U.S.A. the site of a major Union(联邦) victory in the Civil War the turning point o

3、f the American Civil WarOn the same occasion , why were there two addresses? Abraham Lincoln? Edward Everett?Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 became the president in 1861 delivered Gettysburg address in 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation (解放黑奴宣言) in 1863 was killed in 1865Lincolns Gettysburg Addr

4、ess Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can

5、long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. fourscore and seven years ago a score -

6、twentydecade couple score dozen Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conc

7、eived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. bring forth

8、 引起，产生引起，产生 She brought forth one daughter only . 这则好消息带来一片欢呼。The good news brought forth a cheer. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a

9、great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It i

10、s altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. be engaged in 参与；忙于参与；忙于We were fighting a very important war inside our own country. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men

11、are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave the

12、ir lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. testing whether that nation,or any nation so conceived and so dedicated , can long endure.so - in this way if any nation which was formed with the idea of liberty and devoted to the principle that all m

13、en are created equal can continue to exist for a long time. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that n

14、ation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we

15、 should do this. those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. That？ A conjunction？ A determiner？that nation - the U.S.A. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are c

16、reated equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their l

17、ives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. altogether-entirely fitting-suitable proper-correct It is entirely suitable and correct for us to do this.But ,in a larger sense, we can not dedic

18、ate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. consecrate k

19、nskret v. to make sth. sacred 使神圣化a consecrated ground 圣地consecrate a church 将教堂神圣化hallow hl使神圣But ,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to a

20、dd or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. for above our poor power to add or detractdetract dtrkt v. make less the value of 减损，贬低detract from 减损，贬低detract from sb.s merit 贬低某人的功绩那没有贬低他的功绩。That does not detract from his

21、merit.这远远超出了我们微薄的力量所能左右的范畴。 But ,in a larger sense, we can not dedicate - we can not consecrate - we can not hallow - this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what w

22、e say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored de

23、ad we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for th

24、e people, shall not perish from the earth.更确切地说，是我们这些还活着的人应该在这里致力于在这儿战斗过的人们已经有所促进的这个宏伟的未竟事业。 It is for us ,the living , rather , to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinis

25、hed work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.they here gave the last full measure of devotion they gave their u