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Part one Lead-in Spot Dictation Listen to the song and supply the missing words. L isten and Discuss listen to the news and discuss the following questions. HOME INDEXPREVS NEXT

Free by Sarah Brightman And do you still touch her like you do _ And when you sleep with her, do you sometimes think of me _ I had to be free Had to be free It‘s all that I wanted I wanted to see Wanted to be ______________________ I had to be free Had to be free _ I wanted to see ， Wanted to be ， Free Not if you love her the way that I see From feelings that haunted Kiss her all over in the way I kissed with you Alone if I needed HOME INDEXPREVS NEXT

And then in the evening light, when the bars of freedom fall _ How in the darkness steals some of the choices from my hand _ I had to be free Had to be free ; I wanted to see Wanted to be Alone if I needed; I had to be free Had to be free ________________________ I wanted to see Wanted to be Free; I had to be free, Had to be free, It's all that I wanted … I watch the two of you in the shadows on the wall Then will I begin to understand From feelings that haunted It's all that I wanted HOME INDEXPREVS NEXT

Listen and Discussion: 1. What is Lincoln’s striking characteristic that makes him great? 2.What kind of dilemma was Lincoln in when he took his office as the 16th president of the USA? 3.What happened to him in 1835? He is so vulnerable, so open, so funny. He is so alive." He struggled to hold the Union together, meanwhile felt the moral obligation to emancipate the slaves. He became severely depressed, for he had broken his engagement with Mary Todd Lincoln and knew he had hurt her by doing so; His best friend Joshua Speed was leaving Illinois to go back to Kentucky, his most intimate friend; And his political career was on a downward slide. So his friends were worried that he would suicide. Script HOME INDEXPREVS NEXT

"If my name ever goes into history, it will be for this act." Last weekend, President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd came to life as actors Liam Neeson and Holly Hunter read excerpts from the Lincoln's letters and telegrams. "Honorable A. Lincoln, president of the United States. We've reached New York in safety, hope you are well. Please send me by mail today and check for 50 dollars. Ted says, 'Are the goats well?' " "Mrs. A. Lincoln, the check will go to you. Tell Ted the goats and farther are very well, especially the goats." He had a sense of humor, obviously. One thing Doris Kearns Goodwin learnt about the 16th president, while researching The Truth Behind Lincoln HOME INDEXPREVS NEXT