林肯驰名世界的葛底斯堡讲话是英语演说史上的珍品,它开创了英语新一代的演讲之风。随着时间的推移,这篇讲话越加放出眩目的光彩。关于这篇讲话一直有着种种神奇的传说。一种流传至今的说法是:这篇讲话是林肯在一个信封背面随意草草写成;另一种说法是:这一讲话是林肯在华盛顿去一家照相馆的路上构思出的;还有一种说法是:“讲话”是他乘火车去葛底斯堡的途中在一张卡片纸上草拟成的;又有说法是:“讲话”是他在集会的前一天晚上突击而成的;更有甚者,有人说“讲话”是林肯在听集会主要演讲人埃弗雷特演说的同时临时写成 Lincoln’s world-famous Gettysburg speech is a treasury in the history of English speech, it created a new generation of English speech style. As time passed, the speech more dazzling brilliance. There have been many magical legends about this speech. One of the most widely held accounts of this is that this speech was made at random by Lincoln on the back of an envelope. Another way of saying it was: This speech was conceived on the way to a photo studio in Washington by Lincoln; another is: “Speech” was drafted on a piece of card paper on his way to Gettysburg by train; another argument was that “speech” was his assault the night before the rally; moreover, Some people say that “speech” was written while Lincoln was listening to the main speaker of the rally Everett.