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1、UNIT2-3LessonsfromJefferson ThomasJefferson,thethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates,maybelessfamousthanGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln,butmostpeoplerememberatlastonefactabouthim:hewrotetheDeclarationofIndependence. AlthoughJeffersonlivedmorethan200yearsago,thereismuchthatwelearnfr
2、omhimtoday.Manyofhisideasareespeciallyinterestingtomodernyouth.Herearesomeofthethingshesaidandwrote: Goandsee.Jeffersonbelievedthatafreemanobtainsknowledgefrommanysourcesbesidesbooksandthatpersonalinvestigationisimportant.Whenstillayoungman（省略了hewas）,hewasappointedtoacommitteeto
3、findoutwhethertheSouthBranchoftheJamesRiverwasdeepenoughtobeusedbylargeboats.Whiletheothermembersofthecommitteesatinthestatecapitol(州议会大厦)andstudiedpapersonthesubject,Jeffersongotintoacanoe（独木舟）andmadeon-the-spot-observations. Youcanlearnfromeveryone.BybirthandbyeducationJeffers
4、onbelongedtothehighestsocialclass.Yet,inadaywhenfewnoble（贵族）personseverspoketothoseofhumble（低下的）origins11/11（出身卑贱的人，下等人）excepttogiveanorder发号施令）,Jeffersonwentoutofhiswayto（gooutofone’swaytodosth.特地地，不怕麻烦地去做某事）talkwithgardeners(园丁。Garden花园),servants,andwaiters.Jeffersononcesaidtot
5、heFrenchnobleman,Lafayette,"Youmustgointothepeople'shomesasIhavedone,lookinto（深入调查）theircookingpotsandeattheirbread.Ifyouwillonlydothis,youmayfindoutwhypeoplearedissatisfiedandunderstandtherevolution（革命）thatisthreateningFrance." Judgefor（由……的观点来看）yourself.Jeffersonrefusedtoaccep
6、totherpeople'sopinionswithoutcarefulthought."Neitherbelievenorrejectanything,"hewrotetohisnephew（外甥）,"becauseanyotherpersonhasrejectedorbelievedit.（不要因为其他的任何人相信或拒绝了一些东西你就也去相信或拒绝）Heaven（上帝）hasgivenyouamindforjudgingtruthanderror(错误).Useit." Jeffersonfeltthatthepeople"maysafelybet
7、rustedtoheareverythingtrueandfalse,andtoformacorrectjudgment.Wereitlefttometodecidewhetherweshouldhaveagovernmentwithoutnewspapersornewspaperswithoutagovernment（倒装，假设句）,Ishouldnothesitate（迟疑，犹豫）amomenttopreferthelatter." Dowhatyoubelieve(主语)isright.Inafreecountrytherewillalwaysb
8、econflicting（相互矛盾的）ideas,andthisisasourc
