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1、Page8英译汉GrantandLee:AStudyinContrastsWhenUlyssesS.GrantandRobertE.LeemetintheparlorofamodesthouseatAppomattoxCourtHouse,Virginia,onApril9,1865,toworkoutthetermsforthesurrenderofLee’sArmyofNorthernVirginia,agreatchapterinAmericanlifecametoaclose,andagreatnewchapterbegan.Thesemenwerebringingth
2、eCivilWartoitsvirtualfinish.Tobesure,otherarmieshadyettosurrender,andforafewdaysthefugitiveConfederategovernmentwouldstruggledesperatelyandvainly,tryingtofindsomewaytogoonlivingnowthatitschiefsupportwasgone.ButineffectitwasalloverwhenGrantandLeesignedthepapers.Andthelittleroomwheretheywroteo
3、utthetermswasthesceneofoneofthepoignant,dramaticcontrastsinAmericanhistory.Theyweretwostrongmen,theseoddlydifferentgenerals,andtheyrepresentedthestrengthsoftwoconflictingcurrentsthat,throughthem,hadcomeintofinalcollision.BackofRobertE.Leewasthenotionthattheoldaristocraticconceptmightsomehows
4、urviveandbedominantinAmericanlife.LeewastidewaterVirginia,andinhisbackgroundwerefamily,culture,andtradition…theageofchivalrytransplantedtoaNewWorldwhichwasmakingitsownlegendsanditsownmyths.HeembodiedawayoflifethathadcomedownthroughtheageofknighthoodandtheEnglishcountrysquire.Americawasalandt
5、hatwasbeginningalloveragain,dedicatedtonothingmuchmorecomplicatedthantheratherhazybeliefthatallmenhadequalrightsandshouldhaveanequalchanceintheworld.InsuchalandLeestoodforthefeelingthatitwassomehowofadvantagetohumansocietytohaveapronouncedinequalityinthesocialstructure.Thereshouldbealeisurec
6、lass,backedbyownershipofland;inturn,societyitselfshouldbekeyedtothelandasthechiefsourceofwealthandinfluence.Itwouldbringforth(accordingtothisideal)aclassofmenwithastrongsenseofobligationtothecommunity;menwholivednottogainadvantageforthemselves,buttomeetPage8thesolemnobligationswhichhadbeenla
7、idonthembytheveryfactthattheywereprivileged.Fromthemthecountrywouldgetitsleadership;tothemitcouldlookforthehighervalues—ofthought,ofconduct,ofpersonaldeportment—togiveitstrengthandvirtue.Leeembodiedthenoblestelementsofthisaristocraticideal.Throughh
