1、Abraham LincolnOne of the greatest U.S.president.Page 2Abraham Lincolin (february 12 ,1809-April 15,1865) was the 16th President of the United States,serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.He successfully led his country through its greatest constitutional, military and moral

2、crisisthe American Civil War.Preserving the Union while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. He is a politician, thinker , he is also the first republicans American President , he and George Washington, Franklin Roosevelt , are recognized as the three of the greatest A

3、mericas President.Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin near Hodgenville, Kentucky. He had very little formal schooling and was mostly self-educated. He eventually became a lawyer and a Republican politician; he earned the nickname Honest Abe.February 12th, 1809, Lincoln was born in a poor family

4、which makes living by farming on Kentucky Harding county, just like the most farmers in the United States .His farther was very hard to do the farm to support the family, so he used to be the shoemaker(鞋匠), woodcutters(樵夫) and carpenters(木匠), etc. In his own words, his childhood is a poor concise(簡潔

5、的) the chronicle(年代史). When he was a child, he helped his family move wood ,carry water and do much farm work, etc. His parents are the immigrants(移民) of British who make living by farming and hunting. In 1816, Lincoln family moved to Indiana southwest, for people who depend on farming. When he was

6、9 years old, unluckily , his mother diedsalesclerk(售貨員) and a carpentry(木工). When he was 18 years old, Lincoln was employed by a ship owner . It was a chance that makes him sail to the New Orleans. Before 25 years old, Lincoln had no profession that make him around for a living.A year later, his fat

7、her got married with a widow woman(寡婦) . The stepmother was kind and industrious(勤快的), she treated the children like her own children. Lincoln loved the stepmother very much and his family lived in peace and happiness.Because of the poor family and low degree of education , little Lincoln used to be

8、 the worker on Ohio river(俄亥俄河), he also did a planter in a garden, a living. Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln and his son TadAfter deftly opposing the expansion of slavery in the United States in his campaign debates and speeches, Lincoln secured the Republican nomination

9、 and was elected president in 1860.Six weeks after becoming President, the Civil War began. In this war, the Northern states (which stayed in the Union) fought the Southern states (called the Confederacy). The Civil War lasted from 1861 until 1865Lincoln was re-elected President in 1864. The Gettysb

10、urg AddressGettysburg, PennsylvaniaNovember 19, 1863Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon 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, o

11、r 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 nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do th

12、is.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 we say here, but it can never

13、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 dead we take increased devotion

14、to - that cause for which they 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, and for the people, shall not perish

15、from the earth.(By Abraham Lincoln)（簡介：這是林肯1863年11月19日在葛底斯堡陣亡將士公墓落成儀式上發(fā)表的演說，是公認(rèn)的英語演講的最高典范。）Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed at Fords Theatre while watching a play with his wife in 1865. Communist revolutionary teachers Marx very highly evaluation Lincoln said: he is a success will not be deterred by difficulties, not be confused by the people, he tirelessly towards his great goal, and never make a move, he steadily for