Still, Red Adair finally did retire in nineteen ninety-four. At that time, he joked about where
he would end up when he died. He said he hoped to be in Heaven. But he said this about Hell: "I have made a deal with the devil. He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there—if I go there—so I won't put all the fires out."
Red Adair died in two thousand four. He was eighty-nine years old. At his funeral, many
family members and friends honored him by wearing red clothes. Many Americans remember Red Adair for his bravery. He lived his life on the edge of danger. He was known for his willingness to risk his own life to save others.
Task 8:
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【答案】
A.
1) She was born in New York City in 1884.
2) After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas of New York City. She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving social conditions.
3) She decided she would no longer play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.
4) Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in 1932. His new economic program was called the New Deal.
5) She was different from the wives of earlier presidents in that she was the first to become active in political and social issues.
6) She publicly resigned her membership to protest the action of the group.
7) She spent the last years of her life visiting foreign countries. She became America's unofficial ambassador. She called on Americans to help the people in developing countries.
B.
1) F
2) T
3) T
【原文】
Eleanor Roosevelt was the wife of America's thirty-second president, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt. She helped her husband in many ways during his long political life. She also became one of the most influential people in America. She fought for equal rights for all people -- workers, women, poor people, black people. And she sought peace among nations.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City in eighteen eighty-four. Eleanor's
family had great wealth and influence. When she was eight years old, her mother died. Two years later, her father died. It was Eleanor's grandmother who raised the Roosevelt children.
After she finished school, Eleanor began teaching children to read in one of the poorest areas
of New York City, called "Hell's Kitchen." She investigated factories where workers were said to be badly treated. She saw little children of four and five years old working until they dropped to the floor. She became involved with other women who shared the same ideas about improving
social conditions.
Franklin Roosevelt began visiting Eleanor. Franklin belonged to another part of the
Roosevelt family. Franklin and Eleanor were married in nineteen-oh-five. In the next eleven years, they had six children.
Franklin Roosevelt began his life in politics in New York. He was elected to be a state
legislator. Later, President Woodrow Wilson appointed him to be assistant secretary of the Navy. The Roosevelts moved to Washington in nineteen thirteen. It was there, after thirteen years of
marriage, that Eleanor Roosevelt went through one of the hardest periods of her life. She
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discovered that her husband had fallen in love with another woman. She wanted to end the
marriage. But her husband urged her to remain his wife.
She did. Yet her relationship with her husband changed. She decided she would no longer
play the part of a politician's wife. Instead, she began to build a life with interests of her own.
Eleanor Roosevelt learned about politics and became involved in issues and groups that
interested her. In nineteen twenty-two, she became part of the Women's Trade Union League. She also joined the debate about ways to stop war. In those years after World War One, she argued that America must be involved in the world to prevent another war. "Peace is the question of the hour," she once told a group of women. "Women must work for peace to keep from losing their loved ones."
The question of war and peace was forgotten as the United States entered a severe economic
depression in nineteen twenty-nine. Prices suddenly dropped on the New York stock market.
Banks lost their money. People lost their jobs.
Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in nineteen thirty-two. He promised to end the
Depression and put Americans back to work. Mrs. Roosevelt helped her husband by spreading information about his new economic program. It was called the New Deal. She traveled around the country giving speeches and visiting areas that needed economic aid.
Eleanor Roosevelt was different from the wives of earlier presidents. She was the first to