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1、为了适应公司新战略的发展，保障停车场安保新项目的正常、顺利开展，特制定安保从业人员的业务技能及个人素质的培训计划美国总统演讲名篇赏析问答题重点准备以下题目(用英语答题)，期末考试中的第六大题EssayWriting从以下的题目中出一个：1.P85QuestionsforDiscussion12.P98QuestionsforDiscussion33.P116QuestionsforDiscussion14.P172QuestionsforDiscussion15.P215QuestionsforDiscussion26.P253QuestionsforDiscussion3期末考试中的第五大题
2、名词解释题出自以下的PartI中，第一大题文化知识题主要出自以下的PartI和PartII中。请尤其注意划线部分。PartOne：CultureLinksforTestPapersPartV(名词解释题)1.TheAmericanCivilWarTheAmericanCivilWaristheonlycivilwarinAmericanhistory.ItwasamilitaryconflictbetweentheUnitedStatesofAmerica(theUnion)andtheConfederateStatesofAmerica(thewhenthelastConfederatear
3、mysurrendered.Thecommander-in-chiefoftheUnionwasGeneral格兰特将军）defeatedtheConfederacyatlastafter4yearsofhardstruggle.Thewartookmorethan600,000lives,destroyedpropertyvaluedat$5billion,broughtfreedomto4millionblackslaves,andopenedwoundsthathavenotyetcompletelyhealedmorethan140yearslater.TheAmericanCivil
4、Warhashadafar-reachinginfluenceontheUnitedStates.ThankstotheWar,theUnionwassavedandtheslaverysystemcametoanend,whichhaspavedthewayforthedevelopmentofAmericascapitalism.AndatthesametimeithastaughttheAmericanpeopleaofthetwosidesoftheWar,theAmericanpeoplehavecometorealizethat,civilwarintheUS.2.Thegover
5、ningconceptof“governmentofthepeople,bythepeopleandforthepeople”InhisGettysburgaddress,Lincolnsetforthhisgoverningconceptinabriefandclearmanner,whichisacorrectunderstandingandaccuratedefinitionoftherelationshipbetweengovernmentandpeople.Andthisisactuallythegoverningconceptabidedbyalltheadministration
6、sintheUS,thatis,governmentmustbeagovernmentofthepeople,bythepeopleandforthepeople.Thisconceptisbriefandconcisebutwithprofoundconnotationsandof:referstoaffiliation,statingthatgovernmentisaffiliatedtopeople,nottheopposite.bythepeople(orrepresentativeselectedbythem).Governmentofficialsare,sotospeak,ele
7、ctedbythepeopletoimplementtheexecutivepoweronbehalfthepeople.opposite.ifagovernmentisreally“agovernmentofthepeopleandforthepeople”,theonlycriterionistoseeifitisgoverned“bythepeople”,whetherthegovernmentpowerisimplementedbyrepresentatives“really”electedbythepeople.3.Lend-LeaseAct.TheoutbreakoftheSeco
8、ndWorldWarmadeAmericagraduallythreatenedbytheinvasionandexpansionofNaziGermany.Americadecidedtoprovidemoresupplytostruggling,cash-strappedBritainsoastomaintainthesecurityanddefenseofAmerica,expanditssphereofinfluenceandmeanwhileguaranteetheleadingpositionofAmericaintheworldaftertheworldwar.OnDecembe
9、r17th,1940,PresidentRooseveltdeliveredaspeech,inwhichhementionedthatAmericacouldlendmunitions.OnMarch11th,1941Lend-LeaseActformallywentintoeffect.suchasUnitedKingdomandtheSovietUnion,FranceandChina,etc.UnitedKingdomwasthenationwhichgotthefirstandmostsupply.TheprogramterminatedwhenWorldWarIIcametoane
10、nd.4.NewYorkTimesCo.v.SullivanWhentheNewYorkTimespublishedanadvertisementonMar.29,1960thataccusedAlabamaofficialsofwillfullyabusingcivilrightsactivists,MontgomerypolicecommissionerLesterSullivanfiledsuitfordefamation.Alabamacourts,citingfactualerrorsinthead,orderedtheTimestopayhalfamilliondollarsind
11、amages.Later,theTimesappealedtotheSupremeCourt.Thejustices,recognizingthatAlabamasapplicationoflibellawthreatenedboththenationsfreepressandequalrightsforAfricanAmericans,unanimouslysidedwiththeTimes.TheCourtheldthatapublicofficialsuingfordefamationmustprovethatthestatementinquestionwasmadewithactual
12、malice”thatis,recklessdisregardforthetruth.Theactualmalicestandardrequiresthattheplaintiffinadefamationorlibelcaseprovethatthepublisherofthestatementinquestionknewthatthestatementwasfalseoractedinrecklessdisregardofitstruthorfalsity.Becauseoftheextremelyhighburdenofproofontheplaintiff,andthedifficul
13、tyinprovingessentiallywhatisinsideapersonshead,suchcaseswhentheyinvolvepublicfiguresrarelyprevail.5.ReaganAssassinationAttemptandtheAmericanLegalSystemTheReaganassassinationattemptoccurredonMonday,March30,1981,just69daysintothepresidencyofRonaldReagan.Luckilyherecoveredsoon,becomingthefirstservingPr
14、esidenttosurviveafterbeingshotinanassassinationattempt.Themurdererwas26yearsold,namedJohnHinckley.HeassassinatedthepresidentonlyforthepurposeofwinningactressJudiForsterslove.EvenintheUS,thenot-guiltyverdictcausedalotofcontroversy.Althoughthecasereflects法独立）andsupremacyoflegalproceduresintheUnitedSta
15、tesstillgot6.WhyisAmericasostrongAsweallknow,Americaisthemostpowerfulcountryintheworld,withitsadvancedtechnology,strongeconomyandsophisticatedweapons.thinkers(suchasMontesquieu孟德斯鸠,Rousseau卢梭,Voltaire伏尔泰Andtheycherishthesevaluesverymuch.guaranteesthatthebasicrightsandvalues,namely,life,liberty,equal
16、ity,pursuitofhappiness,etc.arenotviolated.ItistheguaranteeofthesebasicrightsandvaluesthathasstimulatedAmericanpeoplesenergyandcreativity,andhavehelpedAmericaachieveitsgloriesanddreams.7.Achievementisdear,honestyisdearerAmericansaretaughtfromanearlyagethat“peoplemustbehonest”.Thecitizensstrictlysuperviseandimplement“honestbehavior”.Peoplehavetopayaheavypr
