英语翻译School children used to know the story of how Abraham li

英语翻译
School children used to know the story of how Abraham lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he'd overcharged a customer.It's the kind of story we think of as myth.But in the case of lincoln,the story in true...unlike the story of George Washington and the cherry tree.Washington's first biographer invented the tale of little George saying to his father,“I cannot tell a lie.I did it with my ax.”What is important in both stories,however,is that hon-esty was seen as an important part of the American character.

学校里的孩子们曾经知道亚伯拉罕.林肯是怎样为了归还多收顾客的那一便士而走了五公里的路.这是我们视之为神化的故事.但是,在于林肯,那却是一个真实的故事(LZ是不是把is 错打成in了)这与乔治.华盛顿与樱桃树的故事不同.华盛顿在他第一本自传中虚构了一个故事,故事中,小乔治对他父亲说:我不能撒谎,我是用我的斧头砍倒樱桃树的.(http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/6584450.html这是这个故事)在这两个故事里,最重要的是什么.这正是诚实,这一点正是曾被视为十分重要的美国人的性格.