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Unit 4
Unit 4
Breaking boundaries
The Words That Changed A Nation
1. On a grey afternoon on 19 November 1863, a tall, thin man mounted a platform in a field in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and began to speak.
1863年11月19日，一个天空灰蒙蒙的下午，宾夕法尼亚州葛底斯堡的一块空地上，一个高大瘦削的男子登上了讲台，开始演说。
mount v. to go up something 走上，登上
e.g. He was the first to mount the city wall.
2. It was what the soldiers had died for.
那也是已故的将士为之献出生命的原因。
die for: to give up one’s life in the name of sth one strongly
believes in
为……献出生命，为……而死
e.g. The soldiers died for their country.
They were ready to die for their country.
die out 灭绝；不复存在
die from / of 死于
die off 一个个死掉，绝种，枯死
die down 逐渐变弱，逐渐平息，逐渐暗淡
die away (指声音、光、风等)逐渐减弱，逐渐模糊，
逐渐消失
【语境应用】用die短语的适当形式填空。
1) It is reported that more and more people _______________ cancer in recent years.
2) The pigs in the village ________ because of the disease.
3) At last the sound of the motorcar ___________ in the distance.
4) After the cheering ____________, Professor Smith began his speech.
5) Elephants will ________ if people are allowed to shoot as many as they wish.
have died from / of
died off
died away
died down
die out
3. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
87年前，我们的先辈在这个大陆上创立了一个新的国家。它孕育于自由之中，献身于人人生而平等的理想。
bring forth: to cause sth to happen or be seen or known
使产生，使出现
e.g. Maddie brought forth a new line of clothes.
Her letter to the paper brought forth a flood of supportive
comments.
bring up 养育; 抚养; 提出(话题); 呕吐
bring about 引起; 产生; 导致; 带来
bring in 带进来; 引进; 赚得
bring out 使显现; 阐明; 出版; 生产
bring back 归还; 使……回想起
bring down 使降低, 减少; 打垮, 击败
bring on 引起, 使发生
【语境应用】用适当的词填空。
1) I know it happened, but I cannot bring it ______ to my mind.
2) She brought _____ her children to be considerate of others.
3) With one shot he brought ______ the tiger.
4) Our teacher will bring a new book _____ next month.
back
up
down
out
dedicated to: to spend your time and effort doing something
把……奉献给……
【注意】to是介词，后跟名词、代词或动词-ing形式
e.g. The Green Party is dedicated to protecting the environment.
He dedicated himself to academic work.
4. Now we are engaged in great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived, and dedicated, can long endure.
当下我们正深陷于一场大规模的内战之中，它考验着这个国家，或者任何一个生于自由、对上述理想深信不疑的国家，能否长久生存下去。
testing…是非谓语动词短语作定语，相当于定语从句which tests…
conceived和dedicated是形容词作定语，修饰nation，相当于定语从句which is so conceived and so dedicated…
engaged in: to take part in a particular activity, especially something that takes a lot of time or effort
从事，参加
e.g. He is currently engaged in a dispute with his former
business partner.
5. We have come to dedicate a portion of it as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
我们来到这里，是为了把这里的一部分土地献给那些为了国家存续而献出自己生命的人。
第一个that实为so that引导目的状语从句，即“为了这个国家能够生存下去”；第二个that为代词，that nation指上文提到的a new nation。
6. But in a large sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hollow this ground.
但是，从更广泛意义上来说，我们不能献出 —— 不能圣化 —— 不能神化这块土地。
in a large sense 从更广泛的意义上来说
e.g. In a large sense, success is the ability to achieve your dreams and goals in each important area of your life, rather than only in education and work.
句中重复用了三次we can not，这种修辞法称为首语重复(anaphora)，旨在加深听众的印象，抒发强烈的情感，常用于演讲稿和诗歌等文学作品中。
e.g. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
— Charles Dickens
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up…
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia …
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
7. ... that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain...
……我们在此立志宣誓，不能让逝者白白失去生命……
in vain: without success 白白地；徒劳，无结果
e.g. All the police’s efforts to find him were in vain.
【语境应用】语法填空。
Jeff searched _________ vain for Rosie in the next four days. (2019 全国卷Ⅱ)
in