75.What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
75.亚伯拉罕·林肯做过的一件重要的事情是什么?
Answer: Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) Saved (or preserved) the Union Led the United States during the Civil War
答案:解放奴隶(奴隶解放宣言) 解救了(或统一了)美国 在内战期间领导美国
Explanation: Being the president of the United States is always a difficult and dangerous job,
解释:美国总统永远是一项艰难而危险的工作,
but it is especially so (or even more so) when there is a civil war and two or more parts of one country are fighting against each other.
但是当一个国家爆发内战,有两方或多方势力互相战斗的时候,总统的工作更是艰难和危险。
This was the experience of Abraham Lincoln, who was the 16th president of the United States.
这就是美国第16任总统亚伯拉罕·林肯的经历。
Abraham Lincoln believed that slavery (or the practice of owning other people and making them work without paying them) was wrong
亚伯拉罕·林肯认为奴隶制(或拥有其他人,让他们无偿工作)是错误的,
and he worked hard to make slavery illegal (or against the law) in the United States.
而且他努力使美国的奴隶制变成非法的(或违法的)。
This was one of the biggest reasons that the United States had its Civil War.
这就是美国爆发内战的根本原因。
The northern and southern states fought bitterly (or in a very serious and negative way) against each other
美国北方和南方的州进行了激烈的(非常严重和有害的)战争,
and it seemed like the United States could not be united anymore (or with all the states working together in one country).
似乎美国不会再统一起来了(所有的州都属于一个国家)。
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