研究生英语多维教材第三章课件.ppt

Unit3 An American Love Affair Brock Yates the Great Depression (1.1.) = a period of low general economic activity marked by rising levels of unemployment and weak demands for goods and service , which lasted from October 29, 1929 until the late 1930s. Many people were unemployed during the Great Depression. It was the longest and deepest of the setbacks that have scarred the American economy. It was caused by a stock market crash, but roots of the decline lay in a fundamental imbalance in the economic structure. ... The Internet Guide to Stutz cars history and models. The Cars That Made Good In A Day (1913-1935). Virgil Max Exner, sr. (1909-1973). Project Revival Cars (1963-1965). The Pre-Stutz-Cars (1963-1968): 1965 Bugatti 1965 Mercer-Cobra 1966 Duesenberg. Stutz Is Back (1968-1995): James D. ODonnell. ... Inflation often fuels fears that a depression will follow. Nothing could end Mary’s depression but time. “ Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great achievement of our time and great hope of every time, now depends on us… We will not falter and we will not fail”---- George W. Bush If the fight against terrorism is protracted, globalization will become slower and costlier. Even us the war heats up, many corporate bosses, especially in the U.S., warn against excessive gloom. Despite early shipment bootlenecks for parts and supplies, manufactures such as Ford Motor Co. insist the hiccups haven’t seriously disrupted their business. And leading multinationals vow that fears of travel and violence won’t make them retreat from foreign markets. This hasn’t changed the way I feel about the need to globalize. 2.upward and mobile citizens (1.2) = people who try to rise from a lower to a higher economic or social class 3. adjustment e.g. We made a few minor adjustment to the plan. e.g. He adjusted himself to the heat of the country. adjust; adapt; accommodate = make changes for yielding or compromising e.g. The Union has made every effort to