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第 40 课:总统首个百日-1

The tradition of marking the first one hundred days of a new president began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 庆祝新任总统首个百日的传统是从富兰克林罗斯福开始的。

He was sworn-in as president seventy-six years ago during the Great Depression -- the worst economic crisis in the country's history. 76 年前,在美国历史上最严重的经济危机—“大萧条”时期他宣誓就任总统。

In his first one hundred days in office, President Roosevelt worked with Congress to pass a series of measures . 在罗斯福就职首个百天,罗斯福与国会合作通过了一系列的法案。

They were designed to re-build trust in the American economy, and help the unemployed and those in danger of losing their homes and farms. 这些法案是旨在重建美国经济的信心,并且帮助失业人员和有失去家园和田地的危险的人们。

Since then, the first three months of a presidency have been compared to Roosevelt's. 从那起,总统任期的前三个月就一直被用来与罗斯福的百日相比,