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1、UNIT2-3LessonsfromJeffersonThomasJefferson,thethirdPresidentoftheUnitedStates,maybelessfamousthanGeorgeWashingtonandAbrahamLincoln,butmostpeoplerememberatlastonefactabouthim:hewrotetheDeclarationofIndependence.AlthoughJeffersonlivedmorethan200yearsagozthereismuchthatwelearnfrom

2、himtoday.Manyofhisideasareespeciallyinterestingtomodernyouth・Herearesomeofthethingshesaidandwrote:Goandsee.Jeffersonbelievedthatafreemanobtainsknowledgefrommanysourcesbesidesbooksandthatpersonalinvestigationisimportant.Whenstillayoungman（省Bl各了hewas）,hewasIWh/VWXZWVWWW>Z^VWXZWW>

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4、servations.Youcanleamfromeveryone・BybirthandbyeducationJeffersonbelongedtothehighestsociaIclass・Yetadaywhenfewnoble（贵族）personseverspoketothoseofhumble（低下的）origins（出身卑贱的人，下等人）excepttogiveanorder发号施令），^>r»xWWrXZWWr'ZWW'ZX/VW>ZX/WW*/W/WW^/WW>ZX/WZ'■Jeffersonwentoutofhiswayto（go

5、outofone'swaytodosth•特土也地，不怕麻烦地去做某事）taikwithgardeners（园丁。Garden花园）'servants,andwaiters・JeffersononcesaidtotheFrenchnobleman,Lafayette,"Youmustgointothepeople'shomesasIhavedone,lookinto（深入调查）theircookingpotsandeattheirbread.Ifyouwillonlydothis,youmayfindQUtwhypeoplearedissatisfi

6、edandunderstandtherevolution（革命）thatisthreateningFranee."Judgejor（jtL：二二•的观点来看2yourself.Jeffersonrefusedtoacceptotherpeople*sopinionswithoutcarefulthought.HNeitherbelievenorrejectanything/hewrotetohisnephew（夕卜甥）/becauseanyQth©Lpg0QiL.h@sj：giec“tgd“QJLbg.[ew@d」t：.（不要因为其他的任何人相信或拒

7、绝了一些东西你就也去相信或拒绝）Heaven（上帝）hasgivenyouamindforjudgingtruthanderror作昔误）.Useit."Jeffersonfeltthatthepeople"maysafelybetrustedtoheareverythingtrueandfalse,andtoformacorrectiudgment.Wereitlefttometodecidewhetherweshouldhaveagovernmentwithoutnewspapersornewspaperswithoutagovernment（侄

8、ij装，假设句）,Ishouldnothesitate（迟疑，犹豫）amomentJ;opreferthel