Homeless, U.S.A 英美报刊选读教材.pptVIP

* Homeless, U.S.A Background 1. War on Poverty: It is the campaign of legislation and social services, aimed at reducing or eliminating poverty in the United States, begun under President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Johnson, 36th president. Succeeding to presidency after Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. President Lyndon Johnson(1908-1973) met with prominent black leaders on Jan. 18, 1964, to discuss his war on poverty, an initiative in which the U.S. government introduced several new anti-poverty programs. A number of U.S. government agencies use poverty statistics to decide how much to spend on welfare program and transfers of money, goods, and services to help the poor. 2. Who is homeless? Members of intact families comprise an estimated 25% of all people who are homeless. Single women comprise 30%, single men 40%. 20% of homeless people are seniors, while 10% are under 18. A disproportionate number of homeless people are people of color. (Refer to Table) Department of Housing and Urban Development: 住房和城市发展部 according to physical features ? used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation Caucasian. noun Caucasia: region SE Europe between the Black Caspian seas, divided by Caucasus Mountains asylum :1 收容所,救济院: 2 避难所, 庇护权 a lunatic asylum精神病院; an orphan asylum孤儿院 evict 逐出, 驱逐 condo 公寓 clog: to fill beyond capacity lose out: to suffer loss; to be unsuccessful Keep the roofs over their heads: 使他们有房屋住 cushion: a. to mitigate the effects of b. to protect against force or shock扶助,保护 brain trust: a group of official or unofficial advisers concerned especially with planning and strategy godparent: a sponsor at baptism pool :联营, 联合投资; 集合基金 benign:和蔼可亲,慈祥的 bow out: stop ambivalent: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action 难句解释 1.Some people were uprooted after the War on Poverty was fought to a draw: Fight to a draw: game or