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1、BR_mainTheAmericanDreamImmigrantsTheGreatDepressionMortgageWarm-upQuestionsBR_1TheAmericanDreamBR_1_popAmericanDreamisthebeliefthateveryoneintheUnitedStateshasthechancetoachievesuccessandprosperity.Forordinarypeople,itmeansahappyfamily,anidealjob,andanicehouse.Forminoritiesandimmigran
2、ts,italsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.BR_2ImmigrantsIntroductionFirstImmigrantsBR_2_1.1IntroductionListentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.BR_2_1.2Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”—,allAmericanshaveancestorswhowereimmigrants.TheUnitedStateshasthehomeofimmigrantsfromalloverth
3、eworld.SomeimmigrantscometotheUnitedStatesaplacetopracticetheirreligionfreely,whileothersseekpoliticalorprotection.Stillothersarriveinhopesofbuildingabetterlifeforandtheirfamilies.Indians______become_______insearchof__________economic________themselves__________BR_2_2FirstImmigrantsBR
4、_2_2_popThefirstimmigrantstoAmericacamealmostfromwesternEurope.Duringthefirstdecadesofthe17thcentury,settlersfromEnglandcolonizedVirginiaandNewEngland.ImmigrationtoNewEnglandbeganin1620whenEnglishPuritansestablishedPlymouthColonyinpresent-dayMassachusetts.ThevaluesofthesePuritansettle
5、rsstronglyinfluencedthecultureoftheAmericancoloniesandlateroftheUnitedStates.BR_3TheGreatDepressionBR_3_popTheGreatDepressionisconsideredthemostsevereeconomiccrisisintheindustrializedworld.ItbeganwhenAmericanstockmarketfellonFriday,Oct.24,1929,andcontinuedthefollowingTuesday,knownasBl
6、ackTuesday,withagreaterfall.TheDepressionstruckmanyothercountriesaswell,particularlyGermany,Japan,andBritain.Intheearly1930smillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs,andmillionsofbusinessesandbanksfailed.PresidentFranklinD.Roosevelt’sNewDealpoliciesimprovedthesituation,buttheGreatDepressiondidnot
7、cometoanenduntilWorldWarIIwhenindustrialproductionforthewarincreased.BR_4MortgageMortgageHowtoGetaMortgageBR_4_1MortgageMortgageisanagreementtohavemoneylent,especiallytobuyahouseorland,withthehouseorlandbelongingtothelenderuntilthemoneyisrepaid.Itenablesapersontobuyahousewithouthaving
8、enoug
