VOA标准英语2012--New Education Center Honors Abraham Lincoln
时间：2019-01-14 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(二月)
New Education Center Honors Abraham Lincoln
About 750,000 people visit Ford's Theater each year to see the box where President Lincoln was shot. Now they can go across the street to the house where he died and then to the center next door to it.
A 10 meter-high tower of 7,000 books on Abraham Lincoln shows his enduring appeal. Curator Tracey Avant says there are more books about Lincoln than any other American.
"He's just continued to be fascinating, and people throughout every generation seem to redefine who Abraham Lincoln is to them," said Avant.
The center has some artifacts, like a handle from the president’s casket and tassels 1 used to decorate it. Other exhibits are re-creations of the train that carried his coffin 2 and a barn where John Wilkes Booth, the president’s assassin, was shot and killed.
There are also interactive 3 exhibits, which impressed Charlie Doer. "I think it's pretty cool, pretty high tech for Abraham Lincoln," said Doer.
Tracey Avant says one reason the center was opened was to answer visitors' questions about the president.
"He's still very relevant to us today, so we want people to walk away having a better understanding of what it was about Abraham Lincoln that makes him relevant today and has made him such a popular president," added Avant.
The civil war began after 11 southern states, known as the Confederacy, split from the north over the rights of states, including slavery. In 1863, Lincoln announced that slavery would end. Two years later, the south surrendered and the United States was preserved.
Avant say even though President Lincoln was controversial, he was admired.
"It has a lot to do with his leadership style, his personality and the things that he championed," Avant noted 4. "The fact that he could relate to the common person because he had come from humble 5 roots himself."
The center also shows American presidents and world leaders who have quoted President Lincoln on topics like courage, equality and tolerance 6.
"His writing encompassed 7 really big ideas, championed important issues, but he wrote in an elegant but very simple style which was not really the tradition at the time," Avant added.
Visitor Wendy Taylor found the center remarkable 8. “I love the way that it encourages people... to think about some of the values that Lincoln stood for to make the world they live in a better place," said Taylor.
To make that point, the center has created a video of average Americans today quoting the principles President Lincoln stood for.
- Tassels and Trimmings, Pillows, Wall Hangings, Table Runners, Bell. 采购产品垂饰，枕头，壁挂，表亚军，钟。 来自互联网
- Cotton Fabrics, Embroidery and Embroiders, Silk, Silk Fabric, Pillows, Tassels and Trimmings. 采购产品棉花织物，刺绣品而且刺绣，丝，丝织物，枕头，流行和装饰品。 来自互联网
- When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
- The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。
- The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
- This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
- Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。
- Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
- Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
- The enemy encompassed the city. 敌人包围了城市。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have encompassed him with every protection. 我已经把他保护得严严实实。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。