Unit Five: BiographyUnit Five: BiographyLincoln in History

Abraham LincolnPresidential Number: 16th

Years he was President: 1861-1865State Represented: IllinoisParty Affiliation: Republican Fact(s): He had to struggle for a living. Lincoln's mom died when he was 9. He loved to read.

PersonalBirthday: February 12, 1809How old would he be this year? 195School(s) attended: Did not attend college, but read at home. Wife: Mary LincolnOccupation(s) before he was President: Store clerk, rail-splitter, lawyerOther way(s) he served: CongressmanHeight: 6 feet 4 inches=1.93 meter, tallest presidentFavorite Foods: Fruit salad, cheese, crackersHobbies or Sports: Walking, wrestlingPets: Horse

Life in AmericaHow would he have traveled? Horse and carriage, trainHow would he have communicated with his friends? Letter, telegramU.S. Population when term began: 31,443,321

George W. Bush and his biography Family Married to : First Lady Laura Bush Daughters: Twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara. College: Yale University, bachelor's degree, history Graduate School: Harvard University, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Career and Public Service: Owner, oil and gas business Partner, Texas Rangers Baseball Team Governor of Texas President of the United States  

Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln and his son

Fords– the theatre

Funeral Procession

Life is measured by thought Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.and action, not by time.

1. The annals and historians in their analysis of historical figures (common sense): a mixture of ingredients.

2. President Lincoln is rare to the annals and historians : no dispute and his success in politics and warfare.

3. His status in history:

3.1 His loyalty to government by consent.

3.2 His skills in reconciling oppositions and winning their respect.

3.3 Lincoln’s humility about his own capabilities.

Your comment towards Abraham Lincoln

1. Lincoln was a strong-willed politicians.

2. Lincoln is a leader of many merits.3. Lincoln made great contribution to

America.

Vocabulary AnalysisVocabulary AnalysisIngredientEndeavorExecutionPonderComplementaryRestorePropositionContradictionConstitution

SubtlyFractionSustainReconcileApprenticeshipDepressionCasualtyConfineObscure

Vocabulary AnalysisVocabulary AnalysisRivalryRavageSeek—soughtSympatheticDivineDiscernDisputeSlaveryreconstruction

Balance outTo the fullEbb and flowAt riskReflect on

AssignmentAssignmentSection BII Vocabulary studyA. complete the following sentences by choosing

the right word …B. Choose the appropriate word for each sentence,

using the proper form.C. preposition and adverbs.

AssignmentAssignment

Section C Grammar reviewII Sentence correctionSection D TranslationI translate the following into Chinese.II Translate the following into English.

Part II. Post-Text Exercises to Part II. Post-Text Exercises to Unit 5 (Lincoln in History)Unit 5 (Lincoln in History)

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I Comprehension questions

1.He means that one could find few truly good statesmen or politicians in history recorded in annals of the past( indicating there were few truly good statesmen or politicians in history, most of them have merits and flaws.

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2. Historians are used to analyzing a mixture of ingredients, good and bad intentions, success and failure, high endeavors threatened by flaws in execution, and carefully balance out their flaws and merits.

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3. Lincoln is rare in providing much for history to ponder and reflect on but little to dispute with except in the shortcomings in the execution of his policies.

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4. He sought power, without pretending otherwise, and exercised it to the full. He achieved great success through four years of bitter politics and bloody warfare.

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5. Lincoln gave credit for success to others and accepted the responsibility for his own failures. Unlike other politicians, he never became corrupted by power.

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6. He subtly and ruthlessly worked the levers of parties and politicians to achieve a balance between competing groups and ideas, and reconciled oppositions and commanded their respect.

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6. He subtly and ruthlessly worked the levers of parties and politicians to achieve a balance between competing groups and ideas, and reconciled oppositions and commanded their respect.

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7. He strove for the great aim of restoring a nation dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal” and died with the noblest part of the great task achieved—the end of slavery.

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8. He was held in the very near religious veneration that grew rapidly in the dark days of reconstruction.

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III. Word links

• Contain: include2. Ambition: aim, purpose3. Dispute: argument, conflict,

contradiction4. Faith: loyalty, divine purpose,

confession, sincerity, persuasion

5. Opposition: competing groups, enemies, rivalries, critics, rebel leaders, the dark forces

6. It: power7. Persist: agree with, sustained8. Depart…: diverge9. Modesty: humility

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IV Understanding long sentences

1.His ambition was tied to great principles. The principles are to restore the nation and to ensure its unity. He wanted to clear the union of the great contradiction which had lain at the heart of its constitution. The two things that oppose each other are personal gain and high principles.

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IV Understanding long sentences

2. Lincoln was good at persuading and reconciling. He was able to achieve a balance between competing parties and politicians.

Those competing groups’ interests were likely to destroy the precarious patriotism which was vital to the army.

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II vocabulary study

A.1.confined 2. depression

3. corrupting 4. mixture

5. to the full 6. endeavor

7. evolved 8. at risk

9. insight into 10. account

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II vocabulary study

B. 1.exercises 2. practice

3. threatened 4. threat

5. war 6. warfare

7. restore 8. recover

9. reflect 10. deflect

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II vocabulary study

C. Preposition and adverbs 1. in 2. of 3. in

4. for 5. so 6. into 7. up 8. in

9. from 10. to

Section C Grammar review

II sentence correction

1.deflected—reflected 2. by –on

3. Effected—affected 4. Which—what

5. for—in 6. full—fully 7.on—out of 8. Ambition—

ambitious 9. For—with 10. who

—that

Section D TranslationI. 目前我们正在进行一场伟大的国

内战争，我们的国家或任何一个有着同样理想与目标的国家能否长久存在，这场战争就是一次考验。我们在这场战争的一个伟大的战场上相聚。我们来到这里，将这战场上的一小块土地奉献给那些为国家生存而英勇捐躯的人们，作为他们最后的安息之地。我们这样做是完全适当的，完全应该的。

Section D TranslationI. 然而，从更深一层的意义上讲，

我们没有能力奉献这块土地，没有能力使这块土地变得神圣。因为曾在这里进行过斗争的那些或者的和已经死去的勇士们，已经使这块土地变的如此圣洁，我们微薄的力量已经不能再对它有所改变了。我们今天在这里说的话，世人不会注意，也不会长久记住，但这些英雄的业绩，人们将永志不忘。

Section D

Translation

II. His working day started in his

office before breakfast and was

followed by reading papers, signing

documents and seeing ministers.

After a light lunch, he might ride, or drive with his wife, perhaps visiting s soldiers’ hospital or a camp.

Section D

Translation

II. After supper he might return for another three hours in his office or walk alone without a guard with a long grey shawl round his shoulders, to see what telegrams were coming in to the War Department, returning home around midnight.