句型赏析9

2018-12-01 本文已影响0人彭奕泽

last time we outlined how the Civil War finally got started.
上次我们描述了南北战争后来是怎么开始的
I want to talk today about the (political management)政治管理 of the war on both sides, the north under Abraham Lincoln, and the south under Jefferson Davis
an important task for both presidents was to justify for their citizens just why the war was necessary.
对两个总统来说，一个重要的任务是告诉他们的公民，为什么战争是必要的。
Lincoln gave his first major speech in which he presented the north reasons for the war, it was, he said, to preserve democracy
林肯发表了他的第一次重要演讲，在演讲中他陈述了北方发动战争的原因，是为了保护民主主义
Lincoln suggested认为 that this war was a noble高尚的 crusade改革运动 that would determine the future of democracy throughout遍及 the world
for him the issue was whether or not this government of the people, by the people could maintain its integrity.
对他来说问题是，这个属于人民、由人民治理的政府能不能维持它的完整性
survive the domestic foes
at the time
he was hopeful that the war wouldn’t last long and the slave owners would be put down forever
it would be harder than any the Americans美国人 had thought before or since
Lincoln rallied northerners to a deep commitment to the cause, they (came to)开始 perceive the war as a kind of democratic crusade against southern society