| 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， |
