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The discovery of some old papers is shedding new light on the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. 
若干老舊文件的發現，讓人對美國總統亞伯拉罕‧林肯遇刺事件有了新的了解。

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Now Brian Todd has this report on the newly discovered notes of a doctor 
布萊恩‧陶德針對不久前發現的一份醫師筆記帶來以下這則報導，

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who literally had a front-row seat to one of America's darkest moments.
這位醫生確實近距離目擊了美國其中一個最黑暗的時刻。

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He was 23 years old, embarking on a promising career and attending a happening event in Washington. 
他當時二十三歲，正要展開前途光明的事業，並且到華盛頓參加了一場新潮的活動。

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Sitting at Ford's Theater for a production of the play Our American Cousin, Dr. Charles Leale also sat on the brink of history.
查爾斯‧里爾醫師坐在福特劇院裡觀賞《我們的美國表弟》這齣戲劇的演出，同時也是坐在歷史的緊要關頭。

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He hadn't been out of medical school for very long at all. And so I think this was very... this was certainly thrown in at the deep end.
他當時才剛從醫學院畢業不久，所以我認為這跟……可以說是被趕鴨子上架。

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Helena Papaioannou, a researcher with the group Papers of Abraham Lincoln, has just made an astounding discovery --
海倫娜‧巴派歐安諾是林肯文件計畫組織的一名研究人員，她剛獲得一項令人震驚的發現——

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a copy of Dr. Charles Leale's handwritten report 
查爾斯‧里爾醫師手寫報告的一份抄本，

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on what he went through as the first doctor to get to President Lincoln in the moments after he was shot. 
內容記述了他在林肯總統遭到槍擊之後的時刻，身為第一個趕到總統身邊的醫生所遭遇的經歷。

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She believes Leale may have written his report the very next day.
她認為里爾可能在隔天就寫下了這份報告。

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Dr. Leale was in an ideal position to try to help. 
里爾醫師的所在位置正適合提供協助。

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He writes that at the time of the shooting, he was sitting in that balcony area where those tourists are right about there, only about 40 feet away from Lincoln's box.
他寫道，槍擊發生之際，他坐在那邊的包廂區，也是遊客所在的位置，距離林肯的包廂只有四十英尺左右。

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The fatal shot was fired. Leale wrote, 
致命的那記槍彈擊發了。里爾寫道：

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"A man of low stature with black hair and eyes was seen leaping to the stage beneath." Dr. Leale rushed toward the stricken president.
「有人看到一個身材矮小、黑髮及黑眼的男子跳向底下的舞台。」里爾醫師隨即趕向中槍的總統。

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One of the most riveting parts of his report is what he encounters as soon as he gets into Lincoln's booth.
他的報告當中最引人入勝的一段內容，就是他一進入林肯的包廂所看見的狀況。

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When the door was opened and he saw Mary Lincoln, Leale wrote, 
包廂門打開之後，他看見瑪麗‧林肯，里爾寫道：

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"She exclaimed several times, 'Oh doctor, do what you can for him, do what you can!'"
「她高呼了好幾次：『噢，醫生，請你盡力救他，請你盡力！』」

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Leale wrote that he sent one man to get water, another to get brandy. 
里爾寫道，他叫一個人去取水，另一人去拿白蘭地。

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He first thought Lincoln had been stabbed, because he'd just seen John Wilkes Booth jump to the stage with a dagger in his hand. 
他原本以為林肯被刀刺傷，因為他看見約翰‧威克斯‧布斯手握短刀跳向舞台。

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Then he found where the bullet had entered Lincoln's head.
接著，他便發現了林肯頭上的中彈處。

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Leale said Lincoln's condition was such he knew he would never make it to the White House. 
里爾表示，林肯的情況非常危急，就他所知絕對不可能活著送抵白宮。

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The only alternative, take him across the street to the Peterson House.
唯一他選就是把他運到對街的皮特森宅。

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Then they finally bring Lincoln into this room in the Peterson House across the street. And Helena, what happens then?
他們終於把林肯抬進對街的皮特森宅的這個房間裡。海倫娜，接下來呢？

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They bring him in here and the bed, which is not this bed, but they bring him in here and the bed is too small for him. 
他們把他抬進這裡，那床，當時的床不是這一張，他們把他抬進來，當時的床對他而言太小了。

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He's, um, he's a very large guy. He was six-foot-four. 
呃，他是個身材很高大的男子，身高六呎四。

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And so, to make him more comfortable, instead of having him hanging off the bed, they laid him diagonally across the bed. And Leale actually writes about that.
所以，為了讓他舒服一點，他們沒有讓他的肢體懸垂於床外，而是讓他斜躺在床上。里爾確實寫下了這一點。

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At that moment, an account that strikes Papaioannou's emotional core.
在那一刻，有一段記述深深感動了巴派歐安諾。

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He talks about how the president's legs, his lower extremities, so from the knees down, were cold. 
他提到總統的腿，他下肢的末稍，從膝蓋以下一片冰冷。

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And they brought him hot water bottles and hot blankets. And I find that a very touching part.
他們為他送上了熱水瓶和熱毯子。我認為這部分非常感人。

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Leale wrote clinically of the president's deterioration. Then, "...at 7:20 a.m., he breathed his last." 
里爾寫下了臨床細節，記述總統情況惡化的狀況。然後：「……在上午七點二十分，他嚥下了最後一口氣。」

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It's in the very last line of his report that Dr. Leale seems to finally be absorbed in what just happened to his nation. 
里爾在報告的最後一行，才似乎終於意識到他的國家剛遭遇了什麼變故。

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He writes that immediately after Lincoln's death, quote, 
他寫道，在林肯死後即刻，

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"We all bowed and the Reverend Doctor Gurley supplicated to God on behalf of the bereaved family and our afflicted country."
「我們全都低下頭，葛利博士牧師代表喪家與我們這個苦難的國家向上帝祈求保佑。」