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1、BTLEWPart TwoPart TwoENTERLesson 13 In My Day BTLEWI. Author II. The Great DepressionIII.Guy Fawkes DayBackground InformationBackground InformationLesson 13 In My Day BTLEWRussell BakerBorn in Virginia in 1925In charge of “The Observer“ column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998.Won his first P
2、ulitzer Prize in 1979 for distinguished commentary as a columnistReceived his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography Growing upRegarded as one of Americas leading wordsmiths and humorists I. I.Author Author To be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWRussell Bakers main wo
3、rksGrowing upRussell Bakers book of American HumorFear and Loathing in George W. Bushs WashingtonPoor Russell Almanac(The text is extracted from the first chapter of Growing Up.) I. I.Author Author To be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWRussell Bakers memoir Growing up This book t
4、races his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal, never looked back. These were depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her family to Baltimore. Bakers mother was determined her children would succeed, and her unf
5、ailing faith in the talents of her young son was not misplaced. He did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships make the man. I. I.Author Author To be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWPopularit
6、y of the bookreviews from the book reviewers and readersThis is a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong as funny and touching as Mark Twains.Mary Lee Settle of the Los Angeles Times Book ReviewThis is an iconic and magical piece of literature, a story of courage and love, of the bonds of family in s
7、pite of tension and disagreement.One readerGrowing Up is carefully crafted by this experienced writer.The many characters come to vivid life with all their virtues and foibles, and Bakers narrative flows smoothly from beginning to end.One readerI. I.Author Author To be continued on the next pageLess
8、on 13 In My Day BTLEWQuotations of the author The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist. In an age when the fashion is to be in love with yourself, confessing to be in love with somebody else is an admission of unfaithfulness to ones beloved. An educat
9、ed person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendaciousjust dead wrong. I. I.Author Author The end of Author. Can you find out humor in the quotations? Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWOne of the most critica
10、l economic periods in the United States history was the Great Depression. A majority of the U.S. citizens did not know much about the Depression. The only information that they knew was what they read from textbooks. Many citizens never really had to face the hardship like others were forced to face
11、. Growing Up by Russell Baker is an autobiography on the problems he and his family endured during this era. II.II.The Great DepressionThe Great DepressionTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWCauses of the Great Depression: Speculation in the 1920s caused many people to buy stoc
12、ks with loaned money. The stock market boom was very unsteady, because it was based on borrowed money and false optimism. Politicians believed that business was the key business of America. Thus, the government took no action against unwise investing. Stock Market crash on October 24, 1929 (black Th
13、ursday) II.II.The Great DepressionThe Great DepressionTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWMisery and personal sufferings were widespread.Living conditions changed when multiple families crowded into small houses or apartments. Unemployment rate was very high. Thousands went hun
14、gry. Children suffered long term effects from a poor diet and inadequate medical care. Women continued to doing womens work such as nursing, and even if they were able to get an industry job which seldom hired women, they usually were paid less than men. II.II.The Great DepressionThe Great Depressio
15、nTo be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWPictures of The Great Depression II.II.The Great DepressionThe Great Depressionfamily leaving South Dakota for the west To be continued on the next page.Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWII.II.The Great DepressionThe Great DepressionPictures of The G
16、reat DepressionTo be continued on the next page.migrant family living in the tent Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWII.II.The Great DepressionThe Great Depressionmother of seven children!To be continued on the next page.Pictures of The Great Depression Lesson 13 In My Day BTLEWII.II.The Great DepressionThe Great Depressionpeople who were unemployed and looking for a job
