时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:美国精神


英语课
Explanation:   
  When Franklin D. Roosevelt became president of the United States, he said, “the only thing we have to fear (or be afraid of) is fear itself." This phrase became very well known and gave inspiration 1 (or hope) to millions of Americans who were living in very difficult times. Roosevelt became president in 1933 during the Great Depression, which was a period of time when the U.S. economy was doing very poorly.  
 
  President Roosevelt did many things to help Americans during the Great Depression. He had a plan called the New Deal that helped the unemployed 2 (or people who couldn’t find jobs), made the banking 3 system better, and helped to strengthen the economy. 
 
  Then, just when the Great Depression was ending and the U.S. economy was getting better, World War II began and President Roosevelt had many new challenges (or things that are difficult to do). He started rationing 4, letting people have only small amounts of things that were also needed by the army. He also worked to expand (or make bigger) the manufacturing industry (or the part of the economy that makes things) in the United States. He approved the law that created a minimum wage, which is the smallest amount of money that a person can be paid for each hour of work. 
 
  President Roosevelt served (or worked as president) for 12 years, from 1933 to 1945. He was the only U.S. President who has served more than two terms (or two four-year periods). After his presidency 5, the 22nd Amendment 6 (or change to the law) to the U.S. Constitution was made, so that no president could serve more than two terms. 
 
  He was a very strong president, yet his body was weak (or not strong). President Roosevelt was almost paralyzed 7 (or unable to move) in the lower part of his body. He used a wheelchair, which is a special chair on wheels, but he almost never let people see him using it. 
 
问题:

Who was President during the Great Depression and World War II?  
Answer:   
 (Franklin) Roosevelt 


1 inspiration
n.灵感,鼓励者,吸气
  • These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
  • What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞!
2 unemployed
adj.失业的,没有工作的;未动用的,闲置的
  • There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
  • The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。
3 banking
n.银行业,银行学,金融业
  • John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
  • He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
4 rationing
n.定量供应
  • Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel. 战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。
  • Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago. 那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制。
5 presidency
n.总统(校长,总经理)的职位(任期)
  • Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
  • Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
6 amendment
n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
  • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
  • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
7 paralyzed
adj.瘫痪的
  • He is paralyzed as the result of a would-be assassin's bullet years ago. 几年前有人对他行刺未遂,但子弹使他瘫痪了。
  • But the very imminence of the emergency paralyzed his invention. Good! 常言说得好,急中生智,可汤姆这回却束手无策,对,就这么办。
学英语单词
abnormal operation
adenophyllous
administrative authority
auricular lappet
avocados
basihyal cartilage
Bloody Caesar
bottom cable
bring down the persimmon
bromo-ll-oxoprogesterone
bunkbed
Burroughs
Cheongsando
class sporozoas
coma carcinomatosum
commemorative column
corrosion evaluation
Cotoneaster melanocarpus
cut out key
diamond core drill
diamond-shape
digital platform
diphenyl diketone
dual character of investment
dynamic allocator
family oxyuridaes
Frenchman L.
fully loaded
fustily
germinabilities
graphic art
grey glass filter
hawaiians
helgrammite
hydrodynamic force
Ibwaga
index fossil
infection success rate
java 2 platform enterprise edition product provider
judicial immunity
junt
leaketh
Leys Castle
longleaf pine oil
Lucullus
Makarios III
Medazepol
microcaps
mini-framework
mrnd
multi-variants
needs
Neolithically
niggled
nonvampires
nuclei terminales
offgo
ox (pl. oxen)
Pacapausa
parts caddy
phosphoric bromide
pickers-up
polzeaths
posthatchlings
pottical
pycnidiospores
radioactive fission gas
rageless
Raharney
rear brake van
register of pending actions
retransmission receiver
Royal Command
salted food
schottky diode field effect transistor logic
scribbly gum
seedlings
Selkirk Mountains
sensibon
sine-squared testing
sorptional capacity
sots
stegnogramma cyrtomioides(c.ch.)cheng.
storm maximization
superior alloy steel
swinging out
Süderdorf
tacket
Tirol, Bundesland
tricherie
unconditional stability criterion
unexploded cartridge
urethral apoplexy
Uttar Hārina
vernier time signal
Vinh Loi
vocalizer
vogl
warytre
went off with
workgroup switch
write addressing