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1、RussellBaker§BorninVirginiain1925§Inchargeof"TheObserver"columnfortheNewYorkTimesfrom1962to1998.§WonhisfirstPulitzerPrizein1979fordistinguishedcommentaryasacolumnist§ReceivedhissecondPulitzerPrizein1983forhisautobiographyGrowingup§RegardedasoneofAmer

2、ica'sleadingwordsmithsandhumoristsBeackground:TheGreatDepressionOneofthemostcriticaleconomicperiodsintheUnitedStateshistorywastheGreatDepression.AmajorityoftheU.S.citizensdidnotknowmuchabouttheDepression.Theonlyinformationthattheyknewwaswhattheyreadf

3、romtextbooks.Manycitizensneverreallyhadtofacethehardshiplikeotherswereforcedtoface.GrowingUpbyRussellBakerisanautobiographyontheproblemsheandhisfamilyenduredduringthisera.CausesoftheGreatDepression:§Speculation(投机)inthe1920scausedmanypeopletobuystock

4、swithloanedmoney.Thestockmarketboomwasveryunsteady,becauseitwasbasedonborrowedmoneyandfalseoptimism.§PoliticiansbelievedthatbusinesswasthekeybusinessofAmerica.Thus,thegovernmenttooknoactionagainstunwiseinvesting.§StockMarketcrashonOctober24,1929(blac

5、kThursday)Miseryandpersonalsufferingswerewidespread.§Livingconditionschangedwhenmultiplefamiliescrowdedintosmallhousesorapartments.§Unemploymentratewasveryhigh.§Thousandswenthungry.§Childrensufferedlongtermeffectsfromapoordietandinadequatemedicalcare

6、.§Womencontinuedtodoingwomen’sworksuchasnursing,andeveniftheywereabletogetanindustryjobwhichseldomhiredwomen,theyusuallywerepaidlessthanmen.LanguageStudy:preside[pri'zaid]v.actaspresidentpresideovercompaniesandcorporationsvi.主持，担任会议主席tochair,runthesh

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