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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(投機)inthe1920scausedmanypeopletobuystock
4、swithloanedmoney.Thestockmarketboomwasveryunsteady,becauseitwasbasedonborrowedmoneyandfalseoptimism.§PoliticiansbelievedthatbusinesswasthekeybusinessofAmerica.Thus,thegovernmenttooknoactionagainstunwiseinvesting.§StockMarketcrashonOctober24,1929(blac
5、kThursday)Miseryandpersonalsufferingswerewidespread.§Livingconditionschangedwhenmultiplefamiliescrowdedintosmallhousesorapartments.§Unemploymentratewasveryhigh.§Thousandswenthungry.§Childrensufferedlongtermeffectsfromapoordietandinadequatemedicalcare
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8、eived2.judgeorregard;lookupon;judgeTheracistconceivessuchpeopletobeinferior3.becomepregnant;undergoconceptionShecannotconceiveMydaughterwasconceivedinChristmasDayvt.懷孕；構(gòu)思；以為；持有design,holdvi.懷孕；設(shè)想；考慮allow,thinkof,thinkaboutinconceivable[,ink?n'si:v?bl
