27 Different Results
When Abraham Linclon was a lawyer, he knew an officer of forty-four at a meeting. And several years later he became the president of the United States, he still remembered his old friend.
In 1860 the Civil War broke out between the Southern and Northern States. The officer went to the front. Once he was seriously wounded. Dying, he told his soldier to tell the president to take care of his son. Lincoln was sad at the bad news and allowed the young man to be a soldier.
The young man wasn't so brave as his father. Once he nearly left the front which was in great need of soldiers. Having heard this, Lincoln became angry. He told to promote many of the soldiers to be officers except the young man.
The young man's mother was unhappy when she knew about it. She went to see the President and said, “My grandfather fought at Lexington, my father fought at New
Orleans, and my husband was killed at Monterey. What haven't you promoted my son for?”
“I guess, madam,” Lincoln said quietly. “Your family have done enough for our country. It's time to give some-body else a chance.”
不同的结果
当亚伯拉翰·林肯做律师时，在一个会议上认识了一位44岁的官员。多年后，林肯成为美国总统，但他仍不忘老友。
1860年，南北战争爆发了。这位官员去了前线。一次他不幸身负重伤。临死前托一位兵转告林肯照顾他的儿子。林肯得知消息后十分悲伤，并让他的儿子当了兵。
那个年轻人不像他父亲一样勇敢。一次他差点在前线急需用人时临阵脱逃。林肯听说以后十分生气。他下令提拔除了那个年轻人以外的许多士兵。
当那位年轻人的母亲得知消息后十分不高兴。她去见林肯并说：“我祖父为莱克顿而战，我父亲在新奥尔良战斗，我丈夫在蒙特利被害。你为什么不提升我儿子？”
“我想，夫人，”林肯平静地说，“您的家庭已经为我们国家做了足够多的贡献。是该给别人机会的时候了。”
参考译文
词汇：
Lawyer 律师 break out 爆发
Wounded 受伤的 allow 容许
Promote 升级，提升
I．听全文录音，判断正(T)误(F)
1 ．The problem of air pollution caused by the car hasn’t been realized
by people．
2 ．To build a clean car is easy but it costs much．
3 ．Steams cars and electric cars have been in use now．
4 ．The problem of air pollution is less important than that of unemployment.
II．听录音，补全下列段落
One way to get rid of the 1 air is to build a car that does not 2 ，That’s what several of the large car factories have been 3 to do. But to build a 4 car is easier said than done. 5 in this field has been slow.
Another way is to take the place of the car 6 by something else．Inventors are now working on 7 cars as well as 8 cars．Many makers believe that it will take 9 to develop a practical 10 that pleases man．
答案：
I．1 ．F 2．T 3．F 4.F
II ．I.1860 2.front 3.Dying 4.allowed 5.soldier
6. brave 7.need 8.angry 9.promote 10.except
