Introduction now once again solved the problem with a compromise. However,the fear many had of the expansion of slavery into the new western lands grew.The slavery issue became more bitter when Mrs. Stowe published her book"Uncle Tom's Cabin"in 1852. which exerted a great influence on people. Abraham Lincoln,who had long regarded slavery as an evil, was elected President of the United States in 1860. 导
now once again solved the problem with a compromise. However, the fear many had of the expansion of slavery into the new western lands grew. The slavery issue became more bitter when Mrs. Stowe published her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852, which exerted a great influence on people. Abraham Lincoln, who had long regarded slavery as an evil, was elected President of the United States in 1860. Introduction 导言
Introduction In response,South Carolina seceded from the Union and a few other southern states followed its example. Feb.8,1861,they formed the Confederate States of America.On March.4,1861,in his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the secession.His speech closed with a plea for restoration of the bonds of Union But the south turned deaf ears to it,and on April 12,guns fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston,South Carolina.The Civil War thus started. (The end of the introduction) 导言
In response, South Carolina seceded from the Union and a few other southern states followed its example. Feb.8, 1861, they formed the Confederate States of America. On March.4, 1861, in his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the secession. His speech closed with a plea for restoration of the bonds of Union. But the south turned deaf ears to it, and on April 12, guns fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War thus started. (The end of the introduction) Introduction 导言
Text TEXT One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861,a soldier lay in a clump of laurel,by the side of a road in western Virginia.He lay at full length upon his stomach,(2)his feet resting upon the toes,his head upon the left forearm.His extended 3 right hand loosely grasped his rifle
Text 课 文 TEXT One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of (1) laurel, by the side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full length upon his stomach, (2) his feet resting upon the toes, his head upon the left forearm. His extended(3) right hand loosely grasped his rifle
Text But for a slight rhythmic movement of the cartridge box at the back of his belt he might have been thought to be dead.(4 He was asleep at his post of duty.(5 If detected he would be dead shortly afterward, death being the just and legal penalty for his crime.(6) The clump of laurel in which the criminal lay was in the angle of a road which went zigzagging downward through the forest.(7
Text 课 文 But for a slight rhythmic movement of the cartridge box at the back of his belt he might have been thought to be dead. (4) He was asleep at his post of duty. (5) If detected he would be dead shortly afterward, death being the just and legal penalty for his crime. (6) The clump of laurel in which the criminal lay was in the angle of a road which went zigzagging downward through the forest. (7)
Text At a second angle in the road was a large flat rock,jutting out northward,overlooking the deep valley from which the road ascended.(8 The rock capped a high cliff (9 a stone dropped from its outer edge would have fallen sheer (10)downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines.The angle where the soldier lay was on the same cliff.Had he been awake, it might well have made him giddy to look below.(1
At a second angle in the road was a large flat rock, jutting out northward, overlooking the deep valley from which the road ascended.(8) The rock capped a high cliff; (9) a stone dropped from its outer edge would have fallen sheer (10) downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines. The angle where the soldier lay was on the same cliff. Had he been awake, it might well have made him giddy to look below. (11) Text 课 文