8 Long, Tall Lincoln（3.1）

Long, Tall LINCOLN

又高又长林肯

Abraham Lincoln said it himself: He was not a pretty man. He was long and tall. His ears stuck out. His clothes were usually wrinkled, and his pants were too short. Lincoln didn't look like a president. He didn't always act like a president, either. But that didn't matter. Lincoln acted the right way for the country.

亚伯拉罕·林肯自己说过：他不是个漂亮的男人。 他又高又长。他的耳朵伸出来了。 他的衣服总是皱巴巴的，裤子也太短了。 林肯看起来不像一个总统。 他也不总是表现得像个总统。 但这并不重要。林肯为国家做了正确的事。

Most presidents were born rich. Lincoln was born in a log cabin. His family was poor, and he didn't get to school often. There weren't any schools nearby.

大多数总统出身富裕。 林肯出生在一个小木屋里。 他的家庭很穷，他不经常上学。 附近没有学校。

Instead, Lincoln chopped wood and planted crops. But he loved reading on his own. "I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh— anything but work," he said.

相反，林肯砍柴和种植庄稼。 但他喜欢独自阅读。 他说：“我宁愿读书、讲故事、讲笑话、聊天、大笑——除了工作，什么都愿意。”

A speaker came to town when Lincoln was a boy. After the man's speech, Lincoln hopped onto a stump and pretended to be the speaker.

林肯小的时候，镇上来了一位演说家。 听完那个人的演讲，林肯跳上树桩假装自己是演讲者。