本期节目话题背景

最近，有同学问了这样一道题“Describe a popular/well-known person in your country”。我们的朋友Daniel来自美国，他介绍了他们国家的一位总统，那就是在任期间主导废除了美国黑人奴隶制的亚伯拉罕·林肯。他认为林肯是美国最伟大的领导人之一，这是为什么呢?咱们一起来听听他怎么说吧!

在描述这个话题时，除了要介绍清楚这个人是谁，做过哪些事情，为什么会出名，还需要分享你自己对这个人的看法哦~

1雅思口语Part 2 话题

Describe a popular/well-known person in your country

You should say:

Who this person is

What he/she has done

Why he/she is popular

And explain how you feel about this person

2雅思口语Part 2 话题参考文本

There are many famous people in the US and one of them, if not the most famous, is Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States, also known as Honest Abe.

When Lincoln first took office in 1861, the United States was not truly united. The nation had been arguing for more than a hundred years about slavery and each state’s right to allow it. When he became president, Lincoln allowed slavery to continue in southern states but he outlawed its spread to other states. Southern leaders didn’t agree with this plan and decided to secede, or withdraw, from the nation.

Therefore, the civil war broke out and continued for the next four years. In 1863, Lincoln gave his famous Emancipation Proclamation speech which ended slavery in the US forever. When the war was nearly over, Lincoln was re-elected in 1864 but less than a week after people celebrated the end the Civil War, he became the first president to be assassinated.

I thought Lincoln was one of the greatest leaders the US has ever had. He was charismatic, honest and moral. He held the country together through the civil war, made many tough decisions and also brought an end to slavery. And this is why everyone in the US knows who Abe Lincoln is.

Words & expressions in this episode

1.outlaw v. 宣布…不合法;使…成为非法;

2.secede v. 脱离;退出(组织等)

3.withdraw v. 撤退;(使)撤回;退出

4.break out (战争)爆发;越狱;逃跑

5.assassinate v. 暗杀;(尤为政治目的)行刺