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1、Unit2LessonsfromJeffersonZhouEnlaiwasoneofthemajorleadersoftheChineseCommunistmovement.HewasthefirstpremierofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,aposthehelduntilhisdeathin1976.HewaseducatedinJapanandEuropeandachievedhighrankintheCommunistmovementatanearlyage.Hewa
2、swellknownasaskilledinternationalnegotiator.TheChineserevolutionaryleaderSunYat-senhadatremendousimpactonthedevelopmentofmodernChina.Sunwasthecatalyst（催化剂）intheoverthrow（推翻）ofManchurule.AsprimeministerofBritainduringWorldWarII,ChurchillrousedtheBritishto
3、standagainstNaziGermany.ThesightofChurchill,withhiscigarandtwofingersraisedina"Vforvictory"salute,inspiredBritonstorisetowhathecalled"theirfinesthour."NapoleonBonapartewasthegreatestmilitarygeniusofthe19thcentury.HeconqueredmostofWesternEuropeandEgyptfor
4、France,whileinstitutingreformsinthesenewterritoriesaimedatguaranteeingcivillibertiesandimprovingthequalityoflife.HecrownedhimselfemperorofFrancein1804andintroducedreformsintendedtounifytherevolution-fracturednation.ManyofNapoleon'sreformsarestillineffect
5、today.GeorgeWashington(1732-1799):Commander-in-ChiefoftheContinentalArmyduringtheAmericanRevolution,statesmanandfirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates,borninWestmorelandCounty,VirginiaonFebruary22,1732.AbrahamLincoln(1809-1865):the16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates
6、,bornonFebruary12,1809inabackwoodscabinthreemilessouthofHodgenville,Kentucky,preservedtheUnionduringtheCivilWarandbroughtabouttheemancipationoftheslaves.FranklinD.Roosevelt(1882-1945):the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates;electedfourtimes;institutedNewDealto
7、counterthegreatdepressionandledcountryduringWorldWarII.BillClinton(1946-):the42ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1993-1996)andthefirstpresidentbornafterWorldWarII,electedtoasecondtermin1996.MountRushmorefeatures60-foot(18 m)sculpturesoftheheadsoffourUnitedSta
8、tespresidents:GeorgeWashington(1732–1799),ThomasJefferson(1743–1826),TheodoreRoosevelt(1858–1919),andAbrahamLincoln(1809–1865).[2]Theentirememorialcovers1,278.45acres(5.17 km2)[3]andis5,725feet(1,745 m)abovesealevel.[4]Tho
