全新版大学英语(第二版)综合教程 第1册 Unit 4 Tony Trivisonno’s Amer.pdfVIP

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BeforeReadingTheAmericanDream

AmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechancetoachieve

successandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andanice

house.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,italsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.

BeforeReadingImmigrants

I.Introduction

Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.

Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—Indians,allAmericanshaveancestorswhowere

immigrants.TheUnitedStateshasbecomethehomeofimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.

lifeforthemselvesandtheirfamilies.

II.FirstImmigrants

ThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirstdecades

ofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.Immigrationto

NewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestablishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-day

Massachusetts.ThevaluesofthesePuritansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureofthe

AmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.

BeforeReadingTheGreatDepression

TheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisintheindustrialized

world.ItbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,andcontinuedthe

followingTuesday,knownasBlackTuesday,withagreaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyother

Dealpoliciesimprovedthesituation,buttheGreatDepressiondidnotcometoanenduntil

WorldWarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarincreased.

BeforeReadingMortgage

I.Mortgage

Mortgageisanagreementtohavemoneylent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,withthe

houseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesapersontobuya

housewithouthavingenoughmoneytopayforitcompletely.Iftheborrowerfailstorepaythe

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loan,thelendermayforcethesaleofthehousetorecovertheamountoftheloan.

II.HowtoGetaMortgage

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