漢考克的簽字
Hancock's Signature
Because he wrote his name so that it could be read easily, John Hancock has a place in the dictionary.
John Hancock was a wealthy man who helped the patriots in the American Revolution.He was president of the Continental Congress.He was also governor of Massa-chusettsand one of the first men to sign the Declaration of Independence.Yet he is remembered best for his large signature.
The story is told that when Hancock sat down to sign the Declaration of Independence, he said that he would write his signature large enough for John Bull to read without his glasses.（John Bull stands for England, as Uncle Sam stands for the United States.）Hancock's signature on the Declaration is four and three-quarters inches long――an inch longer than his usual signature.
Today John Hancock can be used to mean any person's signature.
漢考克的簽字
由于約翰?漢考克把他的名字寫得易于辨認，所以他在詞典中得以占據一個位置。
約翰?漢考克是一位富翁，在美國革命中曾幫助過愛國者。他是大陸會議的主席，也是馬薩諸塞州的州長，是首批在獨立宣言上簽名的人之一。然而，他主要還是因他那碩大的簽名而為人們所銘記。
傳說當漢考克坐下來在獨立宣言上簽名時，他說他要把名字寫得很大，以便讓“約翰牛”不戴眼鏡就看得清楚（約翰牛指英國，如同山姆大叔指美國一樣）。約翰?漢考克在獨立宣言上的簽名有4.75英寸長――比他通常的簽名長了1英寸。
今天，“約翰?漢考克”可以用來指任何人的簽名。
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