美国历届总统简介：第3任总统托马斯杰斐逊(中英+mp3+字幕)

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[00:00.00]Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States.  托马斯・杰斐逊是美国第三任总统。
[00:04.63]He was born in 1743 in Virginia and died on July 4, 1826.  1743年，他出生在美国弗吉尼亚州，并于1826年7月4日逝世。
[00:11.00]He was the third of ten children and grew up on his father's 5,000-acre plantation.  杰斐逊有十个兄弟姐妹，他排行第三，且从小成长在父亲经营的5000亩种植园中。
[00:17.66]He studied law at college.  在大学里，他学的是法律。
[00:19.91]Jefferson is frequently listed as one of the USA's greatest Presidents.  人们常将杰斐逊列入美国最伟大总统的行列。
[00:25.54]He was also one of its most powerful advocates of personal freedom and envisioned a great "Empire of Liberty". 杰斐逊强烈支持人身自由，他还设想过一个伟大的“自由帝国”。
[00:35.10]Jefferson became a lawyer in 1767 and had a great love of books.  1767年，杰斐逊成了律师，并非常热爱书籍。
[00:40.76]He was a very eloquent correspondent using the written word, but was no public speaker.  他是位雄辩的记者，能熟练地使用书面语，但他不是演说家。
[00:47.40]At the age of 33, Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence.  在杰斐逊33岁时，他起草了《独立宣言》。
[00:52.54]In the following years, he labored to make its words a reality in Virginia.  在接下来的几年里，他到弗吉尼亚践行《独立宣言》。
[00:58.17]Most notably, he wrote a bill establishing religious freedom, which became law in 1786. 更难能可贵的是，他建立了一项宗教自由法案。该法案于1786年成为美国法律。
[01:05.88]Jefferson succeeded Benjamin Franklin as minister to France in 1785.  1785年,继本杰明・富兰克林之后，杰斐逊担任了驻法外交部长。
[01:12.27]His sympathy for the French Revolution led him into conflict with the party of the Federalists.  他同情法国大革命，这使他陷入了与联邦党人的冲突。
[01:18.61]He gradually assumed leadership of the Republicans and became Vice President in 1796.  后来，他逐渐成为了共和党人的领袖，并于1796年被推选为美国副总统。
[01:25.92]In 1801, he became America's third President and served from 1801 to 1809.  1801年，他被选为美国第三任总统，任期自1801年至1809年。
[01:33.44]He advocated tax cuts and presided over the abolition of the slave trade in 1807. 杰斐逊支持减税，并于1807年主持废除奴隶贸易。
[01:40.18]While in Office, Jefferson purchased the vast Louisiana Territory from France in 1803 and authorized expeditions to explore the new west.  在杰斐逊任职期间，也就是1803年，杰斐逊从法国买下了路易斯安那的大片土地，并允许考察队在这探索。
[01:51.44]He also established the University of Virginia and the US Military Academy at West Point.  他还成立了美国弗吉尼亚大学和西点军校。
[01:58.70]He is remembered by the Jefferson Memorial in Washington  为纪念杰斐逊，人们在华盛顿成立了杰斐逊纪念馆；
[02:01.40]and as one of the four sculpted presidents on the Mount Rushmore Memorial.  将他的模样刻成雕像，摆放在拉什莫尔纪念馆中――拉什莫尔纪念馆中摆着四位总统的雕像，杰斐逊便是其中之一；
[02:07.34]He also appears on US postage stamps. 并将他的肖像影印在美国邮票上。

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美国历届总统简介：第3任总统 托马斯杰斐逊(中英+mp3+字幕)

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