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Lincoln and Kennedy: Similar DestiniesJohn F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln lived in different times and had very different family and educational backgrounds. Kennedy lived in the 20th century; Lincoln lived in the 19th century. Kennedy was born in 1917, whereas Lincoln was born more than a hundred years earlier, in 1809. As for their family backgrounds, Kennedy came from a rich family, but Lincoln’s family was not wealthy. Because Kennedy came from a wealthy family, he was able to attend expensive private schools. He graduated from Harvard University. Lincoln, on the other hand, had only one year of formal schooling. In spite of his lack of formal schooling, he became a well-known lawyer. He taught himself law by reading law books. Lincoln was, in other words, a self-educated man.In spite of these differences in Kennedy and Lincoln’s backgrounds, some interesting similarities between the 2 men are evident. In fact, books have been written about the strange coincidences in the lives of these 2 men. For example, take their political careers. Lincoln began his political career as a congressman. Similarly, Kennedy also began his political career as a congressman. Lincoln was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1847, and Kennedy was elected to the House in 1947. They went to Congress just 100 years apart. Another interesting coincidence is that each man was elected president of the United States in a year ending with the number 60. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, and Kennedy was elected in 1960; furthermore, both men were president during years of civil unrest in the country. Lincoln was president during the American Civil War. During Kennedy’s term of office, civil unrest took the form of civil rights demonstrations.Another striking similarity between the 2 men was that, as you probably know, neither president lived to complete his tern in office. Lincoln and Kennedy were both assassinated while in office. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, after only 1,000 days in office. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 a few days after the end of the American Civil War. It’s rather curious to note that both presidents were shot while they were sitting next to their wives.These are only a few examples of the uncanny, or unusual similarities in the destinies of these 2 Americans – men who had a tremendous impact on the social and political life in the United States and the imagination of the American people.
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洪岗，男，1962年11月出生。教授、硕士生导师。浙江省高校中青年学科带头人。浙江省哲学社会科学“十五”规划学科组（语言学）成员。现任浙江师范大学外国语言文学研究所所长、外国语学院院长。1982年浙江师范大学外国语学院（原浙江师范学院外语系）毕业后留校任教。1988年考入上海外国语学院英语系，攻读英语语言文学，1990年提前获得文学硕士学位。1995年10月获“中英友好奖学金”项目资助，赴英国Lancaster大学语言学与现代英语系作访问学者，师从于著名语言学家Geoffrey Leech 和 Jenny Thomas 教授，主攻跨文化语用学，1996年10月按时回国。1999年9月考入上海外国语大学英语学院攻读英语语用学方向博士学位，师从何兆熊教授。1991年晋升为讲师，1995年11月破格晋升为副教授，2001年11月晋升为教授。先后承担“过渡语的语用学研究”等浙江省教委科研项目多项。在Lancaster Papers in Linguistics、《外语教学与研究》、《外国语》、《现代外语》等刊物上发表论文20余篇。参编、主编《新编语用学概要》、《新编英语语言学教程》、《高级英语听说教程》等专著、教材、教参等10多部。目前研究兴趣主要有跨文化语用学和英语教学。主要社会兼职有浙江省外文学会副会长、浙江省大学外语教学研究会副会长等。浙江师范大学公共外语和专业外语是都归外国语学院管理的。
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