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编辑点评： 考生在新GRE写作中要格外重视思维逻辑与论据论证，平时注意积累素材，多收集一些新GRE写作论据论证例子。下面是天道小编为大家搜集的关于华盛顿的名人素材，希望能够帮助大家更好地备考新GRE写作，获得新GRE写作高分。 First U.S. president. Born February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father, a prosperous planter and iron foundry owner, died when he was 11, and Washington moved in with his elder half-brother Lawrence, who owned the plantation Mount Vernon. In 1748 Washington did some surveying for Lord Fairfax, a relative of Lawrence by marriage, meanwhile reading widely in Mt Vernon s library. In 1751, he accompanied the ailing Lawrence to Barbados; on his death the next year, Washington was left guardian of Lawrence s daughter at Mt Vernon, which Washington would inherit in 1761 after her death. Having studied military science on his own, in 1753 Washington began several years service with the Virginia militia in the French and Indian Wars, taking command of all Virginia forces in 1755 and participating in several dangerous actions. Commissioned as aide-de-camp by General Edward Braddock in 1755, he barely escaped with his life in the battle that took Braddock s life. He resigned his commission in 1758, following his election to the Virginia House of Burgesses . In 1759, Washington married the wealthy widow Martha Custis, thus securing his fortune and social position. They had no children together but raised her two children, and later her two grandchildren. After a period of living the sociable life of a gentleman farmer, however, Washington risked it all by casting his lot with those rebelling against British rule, although his original motives probably had less to do with high principles and more to do with his personal annoyance with British commercial policies. | 
