2分鐘英語課堂：歷史人物 Historical Figures

簡介

In this lesson, we will study how to talk to someone about historical figures.

本節(jié)課我們將學(xué)習(xí)怎樣和他人討論歷史人物。

Talking About Gandhi

討論甘地

Kate: Hey, John! What are you reading?

凱特：嘿，約翰!你在讀什么?

John: I’m reading a book on Gandhi.

約翰：我在看一本關(guān)于甘地的書。

Kate: Oh! Is it good ?

凱特：奧!好看嗎?

John: Yeah, it’s really good. Gandhi inspires me deeply. He led India to independence.

約翰：好看，這本書很好。我深受甘地的啟發(fā)。他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)印度獨(dú)立。

Kate: Well, that must’ve been hard.

凱特：那一定肯艱難。

John: It was hard. But do you know he didn’t use any force or weapons? He just believed in non-violent civil disobedience.

約翰：很艱難。但是你知道嗎?他們有使用任何軍隊(duì)和武器。他相信非暴力不合作的原則。

Kate: That’s inspiring. If only there were more people like him these days!

凱特：很受啟發(fā)，如果現(xiàn)在有更多像他一樣的人就好了。

Talking About Thomas Edison

談?wù)撏旭R斯愛迪生

Kate: Hey Chris, I need your help with something.

凱特：嘿，克麗絲，我需要你的幫助。

Chris: Sure! What is it?

克麗絲：沒問題，什么事?

Kate: We were having a Science class and my teacher asked me about Edison. I didn’t know anything about him so I got really embarrassed.

凱特：我們上科學(xué)課的時(shí)候老師問我關(guān)于愛迪生的問題，我對(duì)他一點(diǎn)都不了解，所以我尷尬死了。

Chris: That’s bad, Kate. He’s such a popular historical figure.

克麗絲：太糟糕了，凱特。他很受人們歡迎的歷史人物啊。

Kate: I’m not good in History. Who was he?

凱特：我歷史不好，他是誰啊?

Chris: Thomas Alva Edison. The guy invented electricity, Kate!

克麗絲：托馬斯·阿爾瓦·愛迪生，那個(gè)發(fā)明燈泡的人啊，凱特!

Kate: Oh, great! I’m even more embarrassed now.

凱特：太好了!我現(xiàn)在更尷尬了。

Talking About Abraham Lincoln

討論亞伯拉罕·林肯

Chris: Hey John! I heard you were reading a book about Gandhi.

克麗絲：嘿，約翰!聽說你在看一本關(guān)于甘地的書。

John: Yes, I was. But I want to read more about Abraham Lincoln now. Do you know anything about him?

約翰：是的，我看過。但是我現(xiàn)在想看一些關(guān)于亞伯拉罕·林肯的書，你知道他嗎?

Chris: Of course! He is my favorite president.在他被刺殺后

克麗絲：當(dāng)然，他是我最喜歡的總統(tǒng)了。

John: He’s everyone’s favorite president I guess. The whole country was in shock after his assassination.

約翰：我想他是每個(gè)人最愛的總統(tǒng)。在他被刺殺后全國都震驚了。

Chris: I can only imagine the commotion after the shock. What’s sad is that he was killed by an actor.

克麗絲：我能想象刺殺事件后的慌亂情景。他被一名演員殺害了，太傷心了。

John: I know. That’s really sad. John Wilkes Booth, right?

約翰：我知道，真是很難過。約翰溫克彭斯，是嗎?

Chris: That’s right. Hey, did you watch the latest movie about Lincoln?

克麗絲：是的。嘿，你看了最新的關(guān)于林肯的電影了嗎?

John: I did. It’s awesome. Daniel Day-Lewis is an inspiration for us actors.

約翰：我看了。非常棒。丹尼爾·戴-劉易斯是我們演員的靈感

Chris: He’s amazing. I’ll watch it this weekend.

克麗絲：他太棒了，我這周會(huì)看的。

Talking About Mother Teresa

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