1、 By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to Aprils breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world.The foe long since in silence slept;Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;And Time the ruined bridge has sweptDown the dark stream which seaward c

2、reeps.敵人早已(zoy)在幽寂中安睡，勝利者也在幽寂中沉埋。湮滅的時光里橋已傾頹，隨深暗的河水歸向大海。河上那座簡陋(jinlu)的木橋旁， 旗幟曾翻卷著四月的風。農夫們在這里換上戎裝，打響了聲震全球的一槍。第1頁/共11頁第一頁，共12頁。 On this green bank, by this soft stream,We set to-day a votive stone;That memory may their deed redeem,When, like our sires, our sons are gone.Spirit, that made those spirits

3、dare,To die, and leave their children free,Bid Time and Nature gently spareThe shaft we raise to them and thee今日的岸邊寧靜而翠綠(cul)，我們在碑石里寄托追思，愿榮光能在記憶中永駐，當子孫和先祖一樣消逝。靈啊，是你賜他們勇敢，為后代的自由慷慨赴死，別讓碑石(bi sh)在歲月里凋殘：它屬于他們，也屬于你。第2頁/共11頁第二頁，共12頁。Background Concord Hymn is an 1837 poem by American writer Ralph Waldo Em

4、erson. It was written for a memorial to the Battle of Concord during the American Revolution第3頁/共11頁第三頁，共12頁。 Emerson had been traveling through Europe; upon his return to the United States in 1833 he first lived in Newton, Massachusetts before moving to Concord in October 1834 .The home stands less

5、 than a hundred paces from the spot where the battle took place. Shortly before his marriage to Lydia Jackson in 1835, Emerson purchased a home on the Cambridge and Concord Turnpike which he named Bush. He quickly became one of the leading citizens in Concord and gave a public lecture to commemorate

6、 the 200th anniversary of the towns founding on September 12, 1835. 第4頁/共11頁第四頁，共12頁。 The “Concord Hymn” was written at the request of the Battle Monument Committee. As part of Concords Independence Day celebration on July 4, 1837. Its original title was Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord M

7、onument, April 19, 1836.第5頁/共11頁第五頁，共12頁。Analysis In the poem, Emerson elevates the event above mere local history and instead sets Concord as the center of the American nation. However , as scholar Lawrence Buell notes, Emersons poem removes the specific details of the battle and presents a more ge

8、neral spirit of revolution and freedom. That spirit, Emerson hopes, will outlive those who fought in the battle.第6頁/共11頁第六頁，共12頁。Shot heard round the world The Shot heard round the world has come to represent several historical incidents. The line referred to the beginning of the American Revolution

9、ary War. Later, in Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, the phrase became synonymous with the shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and plunged Europe into World War I. Since then, the phrase has also been used to allude to the importance of single actions in sporting and other cultural and s

10、ocial events 第7頁/共11頁第七頁，共12頁。 Emersons poem became the most-remembered aspect of the dedication of the monument; it was widely republished in newspaper accounts of the day. In particular, Emersons line about the shot heard round the world has become known in popular memory. Influence第8頁/共11頁第八頁，共12

11、頁。 In United States, the poem has been included in the textbook until the 1930 s. Although Emerson is known of essays and speeches, generations of United States students initially is through the understanding of this poem to Emerson 第9頁/共11頁第九頁，共12頁。第10頁/共11頁第十頁，共12頁。感謝您的欣賞(xnshng)！第11頁/共11頁第十一頁，共12頁。NoImage內容(nirng)總結By the rude bridge that ar