News Item 005-林肯遇刺 150 周年的纪念活动
150 years ago on this wind-swept spot near Lake Michigan in Chicago, the coffin( 棺 木 )holding the remains of assassinated(被刺杀的)President Abraham Lincoln began a somber(肃穆的)return to his hometown of Springfield.
150年前，在芝加哥密歇根湖附近的这个狂风肆虐的地方，被暗杀的亚伯拉罕·林肯总统的遗体的灵柩开始了阴郁的返回他的家乡斯普林菲尔德的旅程。
Dan Weinberg, of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, says a concerted effort was made to remain faithful to the past while planning the 150th anniversary commemoration(纪念).
芝加哥亚伯拉罕·林肯书店的丹·温伯格说，在计划150周年纪念活动时，各方一致努力保持对过去的忠诚。
The replicated(复制的)coffin and hearse(灵车)that traveled through Springfield’s downtown streets drew thousands of onlookers young and old, many who dressed in ornately(华丽地)designed period military uniforms and costumes, like Diane and Charles Sanders. Sanders says the massive turnout for this event 150 years later is a testamen(t lasting legacy as “The Great Emancipator(救星)” who ended slavery in the United States.
仿造的灵柩和灵车穿过斯普林菲尔德市中心的街道，吸引了成千上万的老少观众，许多人穿着华丽的设计的时代军服和服装，就像黛安娜和查尔斯·桑德斯一样。桑德斯说，150年后的今天，大批民众参加了这一活动，这是他作为结束美国奴隶制的“伟大解放者”的不朽遗产的证明。
