Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky in 1809.
亚伯拉罕·林肯于1809年出生在肯塔基州。
His mother died when he was ten years old.
他十岁的时候母亲就去世了。
Later, his family moved to Illinois and his father remarried.
后来，他们全家搬往伊利诺伊斯州，他的父亲再婚了。
The family was poor, so they had to struggle just to live.
他们家里一贫如洗，只能挣扎求生。
In Illinois, there were neither teachers nor schools.
在伊利诺伊斯州，既没有老师也没有学校。
But Lincoln's stepmother encouraged him to study.
但是林肯的继母鼓励他继续学习。
He learned to read and write while working on the farm.
他在农场工作的时候学会了读书写字。
At twenty-one, Lincoln left home.
21岁的时候，林肯离开了家。
He soon received a law license and became a lawyer.
很快他就获得了律师资格证，成为了一名律师。
People trusted him and began to call him "Honest Abe".
人们开始信任他，并称他为“诚实的艾贝”。
During the following years, he took a more active part in politics.
接下来的几年中，他更加积极地参与到政治中。
Soon he was not only a highly respected lawyer but also a well-known politician.
很快他就不光是一名备受尊敬的律师，还是一位出名的政治家。
He was elected the sixteenth president of the United States in 1861, and in the same year the civil war broke out.
1861年，他被选举为美国第16届总统，同年，内战爆发。
The civil war was between the southern states that wanted to leave the union and form their own country, and the northern states that wanted to keep all the states as one country.
内战双方是想要脱离联邦独立成国的南方诸州和想要团结统一的北方诸州。
The southern states wanted to keep the laws that allowed them to own slaves.
南方诸州希望能够保留允许他们拥有奴隶的法律。
Both the northern states and president Lincoln wanted to get rid of those laws.
北方诸州和林肯总统都想废除这些法律。
On April 9, 1865, the civil war ended and all slaves were set free.
1865年4月9日，内战结束，所有的奴隶都获得了解放。
Less than a week later, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was shot at the Ford theatre in Washington, DC.
此后不到一周，1865年4月14日，亚伯拉罕·林肯在华盛顿的福特剧院遭遇枪击。
He died the next day from his wounds.
次日便死于枪伤。
