Great Speeches:跟美国总统学英语 (西方经典英文读物)

内容简介

《Great Speeches:跟美国总统学英语》内容简介:From George Washington to Barack Obama, Presidents have used inaugural addresses to articulate their hopes and dreams for a nation.Collectively, these addresses chronicle the course of this country from its earliest days to the present.

Inaugural addresses have taken various tones, themes and forms. Some have been reflective and instructive, while others have sought to challenge and inspire. Washington’s second inaugural address on March 4, 1793 required only 135 words and is the shortest ever given. The longest on record—8495 words—was delivered in a snowstorm March 4, 1841 by William Henry Harrison.

Invoking a spirit of both history and patriotism, inaugural addresses have served to reaffirm the liberties and freedoms that mark our remarkable system of government. Many memorable and inspiring passages have originated from these addresses.

This collection includes the great inaugural addresses of 38 presidents of the United States. It is our hope that this volume will serve as an important and valuable reference for historians, scholars and English learners.

目录

01 George Washington (1789-1797)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
02 John Adams (1797-1801)
Inaugural Address
03 Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
04 James Madison (1809-1817)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
05 James Monroe (1817-1825)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
06 John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Inaugural Address
07 Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
08 Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Inaugural Address
09 William Henry Harrison (1841)
Inaugural Address
10 James Knox Polk (1845-1849)
Inaugural Address
11 Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Inaugural Address
12 Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
Inaugural Address
13 James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Inaugural Address
14 Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
15 Ulysses S.Grant (1869-1877)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
16 Rutherford B.Hayes (1877-1881)
Inaugural Address
17 James A.Garfield (1881)
Inaugural Address
18 Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Inaugural Address
19 Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
20 William McKinley (1897-1901)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
21 Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Inaugural Address
22 William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Inaugural Address
23 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
24 Warren G.Harding (1921-1923)
Inaugural Address
25 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Inaugural Address
26 Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Inaugural Address
27 Franklin D.Roosevelt (1933-1945)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
Third Inaugural Address
Fourth Inaugural Address
28 Harry S.Truman (1945-1953)
Inaugural Address
29 Dwight D.Eisenhower (1953-1961)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
30 John F.Kennedy (1961-1963)
Inaugural Address
31 Lyndon Baines Johnson (1963-1969)
Inaugural Address
32 Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
33 Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Inaugural Address
34 Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
35 George Bush (1989-1993)
Inaugural Address
36 Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
37 George W.Bush (2001-2009)
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
38 Barack Obama (2009- )
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address