A: What are you watching?

B: A video about a famous president.

A: Who's that?

B: It's Abraham Lincoln. He was a great president of U.S.A, you know.

A: What did he do? Why was he so great?

B: Well, I can tell you about President Lincoln. He was a great leader. He was strongly against slavery and wanted to build a free state for all people. In 1860, he became President of the United States . Soon the American Civil War broke out. Under his leadership, the north won the war which lasted four years.

A: Could he do that? Did he free all the slaves?

B: Yes, All the slaves were set free.

A: I think he loved the people and the people loved him.

B: Right! But Lincoln was killed by his enemies soon after he became President for the second time. The whole country was very sad at the news of his death.

A: Oh, what a pity!

B: Abraham Lincoln is now considered as one of the greatest of all American presidents and will be remembered forever.

A: What are you doing?

B: I'm reading a book named whoop （呐喊） .

A: Whoop? It sounds interesting. Who is the writer?

B: It's Lu Xun. He was a famous writer and a revolutionary of old China .

A: a writer and a revolutionary? How did he do that?

B: Well, when China was not established, people in China were very poor. They were baited （欺负） by government and some wealthy. Lu Xun wrote articles to arouse （唤醒） and encourage people to revolt the pressure.

A: Did he affect all the people?

B: Many of them. There were many progressive （进步的） youth following him. And he tried his best to help the youth and the poor.

A: I think he loved the people and the people loved him.

B: Yes, when he was dead, even Mao Zedong personally （亲自地） gave inscription （题词） for Lu Xun grave.

A: Really? Shall we go and visit it this Saturday?

B: All right.

A: This weekend we will have a reading reporting meeting. What will you introduce?

B: En, I have learned something about Sun YatSen. Maybe I can introduce him to you.

A: Sun YatSen? I only know he was a great leader. Tell me more about him. 

B: Well. He was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader often referred to as the “father of modern China”. He was the first provisional（临时的） president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912. He later co-founded（成立） the Kuomintang (KMT) where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered in both mainland China and in Taiwan.

A: Oh, that sounds interesting. I’m sure everyone will be interested in it. 

B: Really? Then I will introduce this at the weekend.

A: Have you ever seen watched the movie Forrest Gump?

B: No, Who’s the Gump?

A: Don’t you know? Forrest Gump is a very famous movie.

B: What’s it about?

A: It’s a story about Forrest. He was born to be stupid than other children, but his mother had confidence on him, and told him never give up. Finally, he did many things as the normal, and even better.

B: That’s sound very interesting. Tell me more about him. 

A: when Forrest is a little boy, about six years old ,his momma fights to get him into public school, and as he meets for the first time the love of his life. Jenny. He meets her on the way to school, sitting next to her on the bus, and they strike up a friendship immediately. 

B: And then?

A: As Forrest grew up and went through school, college, the army, a Vietnam tour, became a ping pong celebrity, a shrimp boat captain, and eventually one of the richest men out there. He even got to meet the President three times.

B: He’s really a marvelous man.

A: Yes, he gave the young a model. That is we can never give up, and persist in what we wanted.

B: I’ll watch the movie when I’m free.

A: Uh, it’s deserved（值得的）.

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