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1、BR_mainTheAmericanDreamImmigrantsTheGreatDepressionMortgageWarm-upQuestionsBR_1TheAmericanDreamBR_1_popAmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechancetoachievesuccessandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andanicehouse.Formi
2、noritiesandimmigrants,italsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.BR_2ImmigrantsIntroductionFirstImmigrantsBR_2_1.1IntroductionListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.BR_2_1.2Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—,allAmericanshaveancestorswhowereimmigrants.TheUnitedSta
3、teshasthehomeofimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.SomeimmigrantscometotheUnitedStatesaplacetopracticetheirreligionfreely,whileothersseekpoliticalorprotection.Stillothersarriveinhopesofbuildingabetterlifeforandtheirfamilies.Indians______become_______insearchof__________ec
4、onomic________themselves__________BR_2_2FirstImmigrantsBR_2_2_popThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirstdecadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.ImmigrationtoNewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestab
5、lishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.ThevaluesofthesePuritansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureoftheAmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.BR_3TheGreatDepressionBR_3_popTheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisintheindustrializedworld.I
6、tbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,andcontinuedthefollowingTuesday,knownasBlackTuesday,withagreaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,particularlyGermany,Japan,andBritain.Intheearly1930smillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsofbusi
7、nessesandbanksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.Roosevelt’sNewDealpoliciesimprovedthesituation,buttheGreatDepressiondidnotcometoanenduntilWorldWarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarincreased.BR_4MortgageMortgageHowtoGetaMortgageBR_4_1MortgageMortgageisanagreementtohavemoney
8、lent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,withthehouseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesapersontobuyahousewithouthavingenoug
