GettysburgaddressAbrahamLincolnThinking•What’sthebackgroundoftheGettysburgaddress?•WhydidLincolndeliverthespeechatGettysburg?TheAmericancivilwarTheWarofGettysburgThebackgroundofthewarofGettysburg•ThismostfamousandmostimportantCivilWarBattleoccurredoverthreehotsummerdays,July1toJuly3,1863,aroundthesmallmarkettownofGettysburg,Pennsylvania.•ItisconsideredtheturningpointintheAmericanCivilWarbecauseitendedtheConfederates‘secondandlastmajorinvasionoftheNorth,destroyedtheiroffensivestrategy,andforcedthemtofightadefensivewar.ThewarofGettysburgAppreciation•Fourscoreandsevenyearsagoourfathersbroughtforthonthiscontinent,anewnation,conceivedinlibertyanddedicatedtothepropositionthatallmenarecreatedequal.•八十七年钱,我们的先辈在这个大路上创建了一个新的国家。她孕育于自由之中,奉行人人生而平等的信条。•Bringforth生产,产生•Conceive孕育,想出•Dedicate奉献Appreciation•Wecannotdedicate-wecannotconsecrate–wecannothallow-thisground.Thebravemenlivinganddead,whostruggledhere,haveconsecratedit,faraboveourpoorpowertoaddordetract.•我们是不能奉献,不能圣化,也不能神化这片土地的,因为那些曾经在这里战斗过的人们,活着的和死去的人们,已经圣化了这片土地,他们所做的远非我们的微薄之力所能抑扬。•Consecrate奉献•Hallow视为神圣•Detract毁损,贬低Appreciation•Weherehighlyresolvethatthesedeadshallnothavediedinvain–thatthisnation,underthegod,shallhaveanewbirthoffreedom–andthatgovernmentofthepeople,bythepeople,forthepeople,shallnotperishfromtheearth.•我们在此下定最大的决心,以不让死者白白牺牲;让这个国家在上帝的保佑下获得自由的新生;让这个民有,民治,民享的政府与世长存。•Resolve决心,解决•Perish消亡TheaddressdeliveredbyLincoln•It’soneofthebest-knownspeechesinAmericanhistory•Thisaddressexpressedstrongsenseofnationalprideandpraisedthosepeoplewhosacrificedthemselvesinthiswar.Meanwhile,itmainlydeliveredtheaimofunifyingthenationinabouttwominutes.•OnNovember19,PresidentLincolnwenttothebattlefieldtodedicateitasamilitarycemetery.•PresidentLincoln’sspeechhonoredtheyoungmenwhohaddiedonthatbloodybattlefield.Healsotoldtheworldwhytheterriblewarwasbeingfoughtandwhyitwassoimportant.Thankyou!!