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1、BR_mainTheAmericanDreamImmigrantsTheGreatDepressionMortgageWarm-upQuestionsBR_1TheAmericanDreamBR_1_popAmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechancetoachievesuccessandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andani
2、cehouse.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,italsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.BR_2ImmigrantsIntroductionFirstImmigrantsBR_2_1.1IntroductionListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.BR_2_1.2Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—,allAmericanshaveancestorswhow
3、ereimmigrants.TheUnitedStateshasthehomeofimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.SomeimmigrantscometotheUnitedStatesaplacetopracticetheirreligionfreely,whileothersseekpoliticalorprotection.Stillothersarriveinhopesofbuildingabetterlifeforandtheirfamilies.Indians__
4、____become_______insearchof__________economic________themselves__________BR_2_2FirstImmigrantsBR_2_2_popThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirstdecadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.Immigr
5、ationtoNewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestablishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.ThevaluesofthesePuritansettlersstronglyinfluencedthecultureoftheAmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.BR_3TheGreatDepressionBR_3_popTheGreatDepression
6、isconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisintheindustrializedworld.ItbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,andcontinuedthefollowingTuesday,knownasBlackTuesday,withagreaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,particularlyGermany,J
7、apan,andBritain.Intheearly1930smillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsofbusinessesandbanksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.Roosevelt’sNewDealpoliciesimprovedthesituation,buttheGreatDepressiondidnotcometoanenduntilWorldWarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarin
8、creased.BR_4MortgageMortgageHowtoGetaMortgageBR_4_1MortgageMortgageisanagreementtohavemoneylent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,withthehouseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesapersontobuyahousewithouthavingenoug
