Lincoln's Cottage: a Country House for the President
打开即加餐：点几句尝尝即可，不必一次读完。
原文来自 VOA Learning English（美国之音慢速英语）。VOA 原创文本通常属于公有领域；转载时请注明来源 learningenglish.voanews.com。第三方通讯社素材（如 AP/Reuters）可能受版权保护，本站仅收录可全文抓取的 VOA 原创文章。 查看原文
本篇已尝过 0 / 32 句 · 不必读完
English
中文
About five kilometers from the White House in Washington, D.C., stands an historic building closely linked to one of America’s most famous presidents: Abraham Lincoln.
距离华盛顿特区白宫约五公里，矗立着一座历史建筑，与美国最著名的总统之一亚伯拉罕·林肯密切相关。
The building, known as President Lincoln's Cottage, is where Lincoln spent about one-fourth of his time while in office. And he made some very important decisions while there.
这座建筑被称为林肯总统小屋，是林肯在任期间大约四分之一时间度过的地方。 他在那里做出了一些非常重要的决定。
Summertime can get very hot in Washington, D.C. So, President Lincoln used a country house to escape the worst of the heat. Each morning and evening, Lincoln rode between the two houses on horseback, unguarded.
华盛顿特区的夏季会非常炎热。 因此，林肯总统利用乡间别墅来躲避最炎热的天气。 每天早上和晚上，林肯都骑着马在两栋房子之间穿梭，无人看守。
The trip took about thirty minutes.
行程大约持续了三十分钟。
The large house he rode to was on the grounds of the Soldiers’ Home. The house stood on much higher ground than the White House, so the wind kept it cooler. It was also quiet -- a place to think.
他骑马去的那栋大房子位于士兵之家的院子里。 这座房子的地势比白宫高得多，所以风使房子保持凉爽。 这里也很安静——一个可以思考的地方。
Lincoln spent much of his time there writing. That work included early versions of what would become one of the most important documents in American history: The Emancipation Proclamation.
林肯大部分时间都在那里写作。 这项工作包括后来成为美国历史上最重要文件之一的早期版本：《解放黑奴宣言》。
The Emancipation Proclamation came during the Civil War in the United States. The proclamation declared people held as slaves in the rebellious states were free.
《解放奴隶宣言》是在美国内战期间颁布的。 该公告宣布，在叛乱州被当作奴隶的人们获得了自由。
The Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865. Troops remained at the Soldiers' Home to protect President Lincoln during the war. At first, Lincoln did not welcome the soldiers. He did not think he needed their protection. But he began to enjoy talking to them. In fact, much of what historians know about the president's time at the house is from stories told by those soldiers.
内战从 1861 年持续到 1865 年。 战争期间，军队留在士兵之家保护林肯总统。 起初，林肯并不欢迎这些士兵。 他不认为自己需要他们的保护。 但他开始喜欢和他们交谈。 事实上，历史学家对总统在白宫的大部分了解都是来自那些士兵讲述的故事。
One night in 1864, President Lincoln survived a murder attempt. He was alone and on horseback near the country house when someone shot at him. His tall hat flew off his head. Soldiers found the hat and saw that a bullet had torn through it. The president was not injured in the attack.
1864 年的一个晚上，林肯总统在一场谋杀未遂事件中幸存。 当有人向他开枪时，他独自一人骑在乡间别墅附近。 他的高帽子从头上飞了下来。 士兵们找到了帽子，发现一颗子弹已经将帽子打穿了。 总统在袭击中没有受伤。
After that, the War Department increased protection for Lincoln. But it was not enough to save his life.
此后，陆军部加大了对林肯的保护力度。 但这还不足以挽救他的生命。
Records show that he visited his country house for the last time on April 13, 1865. The next day, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and supporter of the defeated Confederacy, shot President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
记录显示，他最后一次参观他的乡间别墅是在 1865 年 4 月 13 日。 第二天，战败的南部邦联的演员兼支持者约翰·威尔克斯·布斯在华盛顿的福特剧院枪杀了林肯总统。
President Lincoln’s Cottage opened to the public in 2008.
林肯总统别墅于 2008 年向公众开放。
Nancy Steinbach wrote this story for VOA Learning English. John Russell adapted it.
南希·斯坦巴赫为美国之音英语学习平台撰写了这个故事。 约翰·罗素对其进行了改编。