All the states were united again. The Union was saved. But the damages of war had to be mended. The country must be led back to peace.

　　President Lincoln looked old. His face was lined with worry.

　　One evening Mrs. Lincoln wanted to cheer up the President. She asked him to take her to the theater. The President and Mrs. Lincoln sat in a box. Halfway through the play a shot was fired. President Lincoln was killed. An actor named John Wilkes Booth had shot the President. Booth was a queer, half crazy person, who had been upset by the war.

　　People all over the country, North and South, were shocked by the terrible news. The whole country had lost its great leader.

　　The train that carried President Lincoln back home to Springfield was draped in black. Crowds of people stood by the railroad tracks in every city and town. Some waited all night on lonesome country roads to see the train go by. Many of the people wept.

　　The train moved slowly. Its mournful whistle blew across the prairie where young Abe Lincoln had lived. Abraham Lincoln was buried in Springfield, Illinois, where he lived the happiest years with his family.

　　In Washington , D. C., the Lincoln Memorial helps Americans remember their great President. There is a beautiful statue to Lincoln . His face looks down on the thousands of people who come there. It makes each one feel the deep kindness and understanding that Abraham Lincoln showed to all people while he lived.

　　閱讀自測

　　Ⅰ. Multiple choices: choose the correct meaning of the underlined words:

　　His face is lined with worry.

　　A. telephone connection

　　B. long narrow mark, either straight or curved

　　C. wrinkles

　　D. rope , thread

　　Ⅱ. According to the passage , which statement is false?

　　A. The Civil War began in 1861. B. President Lincoln made the slaves in the South free after the war. C. The Lincoln Memorial was built to remember the great President Abraham Lincoln. D. After Civil War all the states turned to be one state. Ⅲ.

　　Question :

　　In this passage, it mainly tells about the death of Lincoln. But it also gives us some information of the great deeds he had done . Try to say something about Lincoln.

　　參考答案

　　Ⅰ. C Ⅱ. D Ⅲ. Abraham Lincoln was the 16 th president of America . He had led the American Civil War and made the slaves in the South free . In this way all the states were united together as a whole country. Lincoln was president. He was very kind to his people. When he died, people all over the country felt very sad. They lost their respectable president. It was really a great loss to them.

　　參考譯文

　　緬懷林肯總統

　　美 國內戰持續了四年并于1865 年結束。林肯總統簽發了解放南方奴隸的命令, 不久, 美國不再有奴隸制。

　　所有的州再次聯合起來, 聯邦得救了。但是, 戰爭帶來的創傷需要醫治, 國家必須被引 回和平年代。

　　林肯總統看來老了, 臉上滿是憂急之紋。 一天晚上, 林肯夫人想讓總統高興一些, 就讓他帶自己去看戲。林肯總統和夫人在一 個包廂里入座。演出進行到一半, 有人開槍了。總統遇刺。一位叫約翰· 威爾克斯· 布思 的演員射中了總統先生。布思行為古怪, 有點瘋瘋癲癲, 對內戰非常失望。

　　全國——— 南方的和北方的人民都被這個噩耗震驚了! 美國人民失去了他們偉大的領袖。 護送林肯總統靈柩回他家鄉斯普林菲爾德的列車裹成了黑色。在各個大城小鎮的鐵 路邊上, 人群佇立著; 在孤寂的鄉村路邊, 一些人徹夜等候目送火車開過, 許多人都哭了。 火車緩緩而行, 汽笛的哀鳴聲在那片大草原上回蕩, 那兒是青年亞比· 林肯曾經生活 過的地方。亞伯拉罕· 林肯葬在伊利諾斯州的斯普林菲爾德。在那里, 他曾與家人度過了 最幸福的時光。

　　在華盛頓, 林肯紀念堂讓美國人記住了他們偉大的總統。那里有一尊完美的林肯雕 像, 他臉朝下地看著成千上萬前來瞻仰的人。這個動作讓每個人都感受到一種林肯總統在世 時對他的人民的深切關懷與理解。