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全新版大学英语（第二版）综合教程...

BeforeReadingTheAmericanDream

AmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnited

Stateshasthechancetoachievesuccessandprosperity.For

ordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andanice

house.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,italsoincludesfreedom

andequalrights.

BeforeReadingImmigrants

I.Introduction

Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissing

words.

Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—Indians,allAmericans

haveancestorswhowereimmigrants.TheUnitedStateshas

becomethehomeofimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.Some

immigrantscometotheUnitedStatesinsearchofaplaceto

practicetheirreligionfreely,whileothersseekpoliticalor

economicprotection.Stillothersarriveinhopesofbuildinga

betterlifeforthemselvesandtheirfamilies.

II.FirstImmigrants

ThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwestern

Europe.Duringthefirstdecadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfrom

EnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.Immigrationto

NewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestablished

PlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.Thevaluesof

thesePuritansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureofthe

AmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.

BeforeReadingTheGreatDepression

TheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevere

economiccrisisintheindustrializedworld.Itbeganwhen

AmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,and

continuedthefollowingTuesday,knownasBlackTuesday,witha

greaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,

particularlyGermany,Japan,andBritain.Intheearly1930s

millionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsofbusinessesand

banksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.Roosevelt’sNewDealpolicies

improvedthes