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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson,Zhou Enlai was one of the major leaders of the,Chinese Communist movement,. He was,the first premier,of the,Peoples Republic of China, a post he held until his death in 1976. He was educated in Japan and Europe and achieved high rank in the Communist movement at an early age. He was well known as a skilled,international negotiator.,The Chinese,revolutionary leader,Sun Yat-sen,had a tremendous impact on,the,development of modern China.,Sun was the catalyst,（催化剂）,in the overthrow,（推翻）,of,Manchu rule.,As prime minister of Britain during World War II, Churchill roused the British to stand against Nazi Germany. The sight of Churchill, with his cigar and two fingers raised in a V for victory salute, inspired Britons to rise to what he called their finest hour.,Napoleon Bonaparte was the greatest military genius of the 19th century. He conquered most of Western Europe and Egypt for France, while instituting reforms in these new territories aimed at guaranteeing civil liberties and improving the quality of life. He crowned himself emperor of France in 1804 and introduced reforms intended to unify the revolution-fractured nation. Many of Napoleons reforms are still in effect today.,George Washington (1732-1799): Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, statesman and first President of the United States, born in Westmoreland County, Virginia on February 22, 1732.,Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865): the 16th President of the United States, born on February 12, 1809 in a backwoods cabin three miles south of Hodgenville, Kentucky, preserved the Union during the Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.,Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945): the 32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the great depression and led country during World War II.,Bill Clinton (1946-): the 42nd President of the United States (1993-1996) and the first president born after World War II, elected to a second term in 1996.,Mount Rushmore features 60-foot (18m) sculptures of the heads of four,United States presidents,:,George Washington,(17321799),Thomas Jefferson,(17431826),Theodore Roosevelt,(18581919), and,Abraham Lincoln,(18091865).,2,The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17km,2,),3,and is 5,725 feet (1,745m) above sea level.,4,Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is best remembered as a great President and as the author of the,Declaration of Independence,. He also won lasting fame as a,diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party.,Jeffersons interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia Capitol, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tried to encourage their advancement in the United States.,Democratic Party VS Republican Party,Declaration of Independence,In April 1775, colonists in Massachusetts took up arms against British troops. The American Revolution had begun. The following year, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia asked Jefferson to write a document declaring Americas independence from Britain.,The Continental Congress approved Jeffersons work with few changes. The,Declaration of Independence,was adopted on July 4, 1776. The bonds that tied the colonies to Britain were broken.,Jefferson wanted the reasons for Americas independence stated clearly so the world would understand. He wrote all men are created equal, with rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Governments are created to secure peoples rights. The people could change a government that no longer protected their rights.,
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