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The homes Lincoln lived in have all been lovingly restored.
林肯曾经居住过的房屋全被作了精心维护
There are literally hundreds of statues of him peppered across the nation
毫无夸张的是 还有几百座关于他的雕像星罗棋布于全国
and his hometown of Springfield Illinois
而他的家乡 伊利诺伊州的普林菲尔德
has become the centre of a national Lincoln tourist industry.
已然成为了一座全国性林肯旅游业的中心
Lincoln is a church, he's a religion.
林肯就是一座教堂 他就是一门宗教
Lincoln is a million-dollar industry,a 100 million dollars industry,
林肯 是一项价值百万美元的产业 甚至可以是价值亿万的产业
and you get thousands of people all over this country who make their living pushing the Lincoln message.
而你可以想象 有成千上万的来自全国各地人们的收入来源 都是仰仗林肯而获
May I present to you the president of the United States, Mr Abraham Lincoln.
现在由我向你介绍我们美国的伟大总统 亚伯拉罕·林肯先生
Good afternoon, everyone. Oh, please, be seated.
各位下午好 噢 请坐在座位上
There is a Lincoln industry in this country, no question about it,
毫无疑问 这这个国家有个叫做林肯的产业
and there are large numbers of people who make their living impersonating Lincoln.
而在这个国家又有很多民众的收入来源 都是通过模仿林肯而来的
She said, "Well, thank you, honest Abe, for your response."
她说 好吧 谢谢你 诚实的孩子 谢谢你的回答
I think second only to Elvis impersonators, probably.
我认为 很可能 这是仅次于对猫王的模仿
There aren't too many American presidents you could make a living dressing up as
其实没多少美国总统可以让人拿来模仿并赚点钱
but they go to events, they go to schools, they open shopping malls.
但假总统们只是出入活动 学校 剪彩 购物中心
Lincoln is the only American president memorialised at Disneyland,
林肯却是美国唯一一位 被迪斯尼乐园纪念的总统
so Lincoln is certainly part of our popular culture in a way that very few other presidents are.
因此林肯确实是属于我们流行文化中的一个部分 而几乎没有其他总统可以媲美他的影响
