《现代大学英语 精读6（第二版）》教学课件Unit 7-(2003版).pptVIP

* Text Analysis It declined in popularity, and references to it acquired a condemnatory tone. (Para. 9) P: People began to reject Social Darwinism because it seemed to glorify brutal force. Therefore, when it was mentioned, it was usually the target of criticism. We passed on to the more amorphous denial of poverty associated with Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. They held that public assistance to the poor interfered with the effective operation of the economic system—that such assistance was inconsistent with the economic design that had come to serve most people very well. (Para. 9) What were Coolidge and Hoover’s views on poverty? They opposed public assistance to the poor because public assistance meant government intervention and they felt that such intervention would hinder or even damage the efficient working of the economic system. * Text Analysis Questions on Para. 10: What was the Roosevelt revolution? The Roosevelt revolution refers to the social welfare policies initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in the New Deal. In 1935, Congress passed the Social Security Act, which assigned specific responsibility to the government for providing assistance to the least fortunate people in the country. How did people feel when a number of social welfare measures were put into practice? People felt that the policy of ignoring the poor and refusing them assistance had been set aside. The government was making efforts to relieve the misery of the unfortunate. * Text Analysis Roosevelt and the presidents who followed him accepted a substantial measure of responsibility for the old through Social Security, for the unemployed through unemploy-ment insurance, for the unemployable and the handi-capped through direct relief, and for the sick through Medicare and Medicaid. (Para. 9) substantial measure of responsibility: 很大程度上负有责任 unemployment insurance: 失业保险 the unemployable and the handicapped: 无法就业者和残疾人 direct relief: 直接救济 Medicare: 老年医疗保健制 ? see Note 13 to the text Med