葛底斯堡演说词被公认为最优美的英语演说词之一,然而当林肯发表这一演说的时候,人们的反应从冷漠到失望,不一而足;有些听众甚至认为他有点信口开河。虽然葛底斯堡战役后南北战争又持续了两年,但这场大血战标志了战争的转折点———南方受到了致命伤。转天,在密西西比河边的威克斯堡,北方又获大胜,这决定了南部联邦的命运,保障了合众国事 Gettysburg speech was recognized as one of the most beautiful English speech, but when Lincoln made this speech, people’s reactions from indifference to disappointment, one by one; some listeners even think he had a little talk. Although the Battle of Gettysburg lasted for another two years after the Civil War, the bloody war marks a turning point in the war --- the South was mortally wounded. Another day, Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, won another big victory in the north, which decided the fate of the southern union and guaranteed the United States