20051201VOA 英语.doc

THE MAKING OF A NATION - President Cleveland Uses Federal Troops to Stop Railroad Strike ? 配套节目资料下载 下载常见问题解答 节目资料名称 下载位置 MP3 声音下载 (3.55 M) 中国电信·南京 PDF 广播稿下载 (23 K) 中国电信·南京 Real 声音下载 (2.35 M) 中国电信·南京 下载提示：请用右键点下载链接，在弹出菜单上选“目标另存为...”。 LRC 歌词下载请用左键点击。仅限实名、高级会员使用。 当前词典：Dreye 译典通英汉词典（百度版） ?? 窗体底端 你知道吗？通过“词典功能设置”可以开启双击自动查词功能。 Written by Frank Beardsley (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a program in Special English by the Voice of America. (MUSIC) Im Maurice Joyce. Today,Frank Oliver and I continue the story of American President Grover Cleveland. VOICE TWO: Grover Cleveland began his second presidency in eighteen ninety-three. His two terms were separated by the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. Cleveland took office again just as the United States was entering an economic depression. Businesses failed. Banks closed their doors. Workers lost their jobs. And farmers lost their farms. President Cleveland believed the depression was caused by the governments money policy. At that time, both gold and silver were used to support the value of the American dollar. In Europe, however, only gold was used. American investors and bankers were afraid their money would drop in value because of the use of silver. They began exchanging their money for gold. President Cleveland wanted to return to the gold standard, too. To do this, he had to urge Congress to kill a law which forced the government to buy silver. Before Congress began its debate, the president discovered a cancer in his mouth. The cancer needed to be removed immediately. But the operation had to be kept secret. News that the presidents life was in danger could have an effect on the debate. It could Make the nations economic crisis worse. VOICE ONE: So, the operation was done on a private boat in New York harbor. Doctors removed some of President Clevelands teeth and much of his upper left jaw. Then they removed the cancer. The operation took only a half hour. After a few weeks, doctors made C