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一个小男孩几乎认为自己是世界上最不幸的孩子,因为患脊髓灰质炎而留下了瘸腿和参差不齐且突出的牙齿。他很少与同学们游戏或玩耍,老师叫他回答问题时,他也总是低着头一言不发。
在一个平常的春天,小男孩的父亲从邻居家讨了一些树苗,他想把它们栽在房前。他叫他的孩子们每人栽一棵。父亲对孩子们说,谁栽的树苗长得最好,就给谁买一件最喜欢的礼物。小男孩也想得到父亲的礼物。但看到兄妹们蹦蹦跳跳提水浇树的身影,不知怎么地,萌生出一种阴冷的想法:希望自己栽的那棵树早点死去。因此浇过一两次水后,再也没去搭理它。
几天后,小男孩再去看他种的那棵树时,惊奇地发现它不仅没有枯萎,而且还长出了几片新叶子,与兄妹们种的树相比,显得更嫩绿、更有生气。父亲兑现了他的`诺言,为小男孩买了一件他最喜欢的礼物,并对他说,从他栽的树来看,他长大后一定能成为一名出色的植物学家。
从那以后,小男孩慢慢变得乐观向上起来。
一天晚上,小男孩躺在床上睡不着,看着窗外那明亮皎洁的月光,忽然想起生物老师曾说过的话:植物一般都在晚上生长,何不去看看自己种的那颗小树。当他轻手轻脚来到院子里时,却看见父亲用勺子在向自己栽种的那棵树下泼洒着什么。顿时,一切他都明白了,原来父亲一直在偷偷地为自己栽种的那颗小树施肥!他返回房间,任凭泪水肆意地奔流......
几十年过去了,那瘸腿的小男孩虽然没有成为一名植物学家,但他却成为了美国总统,他的名字叫富兰克林·罗斯福。
爱是生命中最好的养料,哪怕只是一勺清水,也能使生命之树茁壮成长。也许那树是那样的平凡、不起眼;也许那树是如此的瘦小,甚至还有些枯萎,但只要有这养料的浇灌,它就能长得枝繁叶茂,甚至长成参天大树
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富兰克林·罗斯福生性好动，小学的时候他得了猩红热，被隔离在戈登学校的医院里，这让他很是苦恼，可他一点办法也没有。一天，红砖墙上的刮擦声把他吓了一跳，接着，他听到窗户被一只戴着手套的手轻轻敲了一下，随后便看到母亲萨拉?德拉诺?罗斯福正朝房间里凝望。
罗斯福很惊讶，母亲应该正在欧洲才对的啊!更让他惊讶的是，一向注重言行举止的母亲居然会冒着危险站在一架工人用的梯子上来探视自己——这样既可以看到他，又不违背不准探视的规定。
萨拉不做什么，只是每天都来看望罗斯福，来了，也就是陪他说话，或者读书给他听。
小罗斯福很感动，他更佩服的是，母亲在知道他生病后会果断地从欧洲赶回美国，并冒着危险爬到梯子上探视自己。多少年后，当罗斯福成为美国总统的时候，还似乎常常能够听到当年母亲隔着医院窗户给自己读书的声音……
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在儿子面前，我不是总统
罗斯福美国是历史上唯一连任四届的总统。他不仅治国有略，而且教子有方，4个儿子在二战时浴血战火，建立功绩，二战后又都跻身于美国政坛。
“对儿子，我不是总统，只是父亲。”罗斯福的这句话曾在美国人心灵中产生过不小的震撼,?更是他一贯遵循的教子原则。
他十分注重培养孩子们的独立人格，甚至在思想上也应该是独立的。当二战正愈加激烈时，二儿子埃利奥特问父亲他该怎么办。父亲说：“要我告诉你该怎么做，那你应该首先认清我是一个怎样的父亲。你们的事是你们自己的事，我从不干预。”不久埃利奥特离开了刚开起的公司，轻松地走进了陆军部的大门，在四兄弟中带头参了军。
罗斯福还极力反对孩子们以赖父母过寄生生活。他不给儿子们任何支助，让他们凭自己的能力去开辟事业，赚自己该赚的那分钱。在钱财的支配上，绝不让孩子放任自流。大儿子詹姆斯20岁时独自去欧洲旅行。临归前看到一匹好马，便用手中余款买下了这匹马，然后打电报给父亲，让他汇旅费来。父亲回一个电话：“你和你的马游泳回来吧!”碰了这个钉子，詹姆斯不得不卖掉马，买了票回家，从此他懂得不能随便无计划地乱花钱。?
而更让世人为之倾佩的是罗斯福身为总统，却总不庇荫孩子，让孩子们享有特权。二战打响后，他把四个儿子都送上了前线，并严正告诫他们：拿出良心来为美国而战!
the man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible".
凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说"不可能的"。
－bonapart napoleon（法国皇帝拿破仑）
our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity.
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒，而是机会之杯。
－richard nixon（美国总统尼克松）
genius only means hard-working all one's life.
天才只意味着终身不懈的努力。
－mendeleyev（俄国化学家门捷列耶夫）
you can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
从一个国家的广告可以看出这个国家的理想。
－norman douglas（英国作家道格拉斯）
the only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
－franklin roosevelt（美国总统罗斯福）
the man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
具有新想法的'人在其想法实现之前是个怪人。
－mark twain（美国作家马克.吐温）
the important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。
－johann wolfgang von goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）
a contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是人生在世最大的幸事。
－joseph addison（美国作家艾迪生）
if you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。
－benjamin franklin（美国总统富兰克林）
sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
－albert einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）
you have to believe in yourself. that's the secret of success.
你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。
－charles chaplin（美国演员卓别林）
if you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground.
如果你怀疑自己，那么你的立足点确实不稳固了。
－ibsen（挪威剧作家易卜生）
ideal is the beacon. without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction ,there is no life.
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有。
－leo tolstory（俄国作家托尔斯泰）
don't part with your illusions, when they are gone you may still exist, but you
have ceased to live.
不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后，你还可以生存，但是你虽生犹死。
－mark twain（马克。吐温）
do not, for one repulse, give up the purpose that you resolved to effect.
不要只因一次失败，就放弃你原来决心想要达到的目的。
－willian shakespeare（莎士比亚）
a contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
知足是在世最大的幸事。
－joseph addison（美国作家艾迪生）
if you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
要想知道钱的价值，就想办法去借钱试试。
－benjamin franklin（美国总统富兰克林）
if you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as your reference, prudence as your brother and hope as your sentry.
如果你希望成功，当以恒心为良友，以
－thomas edison（美国发明家爱迪生）
sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。
－albert einstein（美国科学家爱因斯坦）
you have to believe in yourself. that's the secret of success.
你必须相信自己，这是成功的关键。
－charles chaplin（美国演员卓别林）
the important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it.
人生重要的事情是确定一个伟大的目标，并决心实现它。
－johann wolfgang von goethe（德国诗人、剧作家歌德）
Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the greatest US Presidents. 罗斯福一直被学者评为最伟大的美国总统之一。
下面是罗斯福
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better .No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes . He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new ; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them .
人经过努力可以改变世界，这种努力可以使人类达到新的、更美好的境界。没有人仅凭闭目、 不看社会现实就能割断自己与社会的联系。他必须敏感，随时准备接受新鲜事物;他必须有 勇气与能力去面对新的事实，解决新问题。
They have no vision, and when there is no vision, the people perish.
他们没有眼光，而没有眼光的人是要灭亡的。
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money, it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill
of creative efforts.
幸福并不仅仅取决于拥有多少钱财，而在于成功的喜悦和创造活动所带来的心灵震颤。
Small wonder that confidence languishes, for it thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of our obligation, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance.
难怪信心在减弱。信心，只有靠诚实、荣誉感、神圣的责任心、忠心维护和无私的作为才能生长。而没有这些，就不可能有信心。
Restoration calls, however, not for changes in ethics alone. This nation is asking for action, and action now.
单纯坐而论道是完全于事无补的，我们必须行动起来，而且必须迅速行动起来。
There are many ways in which it can be helped, but it can never be helped by merely talking about it. We must act, we must act quickly.
许多事情都有助于任务完成，但这些决不包括空谈。我们必须行动，立即行动。
This, I propose to offer, we are going to larger purposes, bind upon us, bind upon us all, as a
sacred obligation with a unity of duty, hitherto evoked only in times of armed strife.
我倡议，为了更伟大的目标，我们所有的人，因一致的职责紧紧团结起来。这是神圣的义务，我们将发扬以往仅见于国家战乱时期的患难与共的精神。
We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity; with the clear consciousness of seeking old and precious moral values; with the clean satisfaction that comes from the stern performance of duty by old and young alike. We aim at the assurance of a rounded, a permanent national life.
让我们正视面前的严峻岁月，怀着全国给我们带来的热情和勇气，怀着寻求传统的、珍贵的道德观念的明确意识，怀着老老少少都能通过格尽职守而得到的问心无愧的满足。我们的目标是要保证国民生活的圆满和长治久安。
【拓展阅读】
About Roosevelt 罗斯福的简介
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945; ) was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he was often referred to by his initials, FDR. Roosevelt won his first of four presidential elections in 1932, while the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression. FDR's combination of optimism and economic activism is often credited with keeping the country's economic crisis from developing into a political crisis. He led the United States through most of World War II, and died in office of a cerebral hemorrhage shortly before the war ended.
Early political career 早期政治生涯
State Senator 州参议员 (19910年) Assistant Secretary of the Navy 海军助理国务卿(1913年) Campaign for Vice-President 参加副总统的竞选活动(1920年) Governor of New York, 1929– 1932 1929年至1932年纽约州 长 1932 presidential election and he is the only one in U.S. history, the president his fourth consecutive term 1932年总统 选举,而且他是美国历史上唯一一 位连任四届的总统
Roosevelt was famous for his contribution during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war II.
Economic crisis
In 1929, the U.S. economic crisis broke out. A quarter of the workforce was unemployed. Two million were homeless. Due to the lack of employment, organized crime and outlaws were on the rise, such as John Dillinger . Roosevelt became president after the implementation of the New Deal.
Roosevelt's policies
The New Deal 新政
Relief 救济
Recovery 复兴
Reform 改革
Win the trust of the people
Finally, he succeeded in saving the U.S. economy, and to further strengthen the control of the state of the economy.
World war II
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor , destroying or damaging 16 warships, including most of the fleet's battleships , and killing almost 3000 American military personnel and civilians. Antiwar sentiment in the United States evaporated overnight and the country united behind Roosevelt.
The next day, Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. This marks the United States directly involved in World War II and it changed the pattern of World War II. Although he suffered from paralytic disease(麻痹性疾病), since then he is a synonym of responsibility and strong.
A great man
Roosevelt gave his country and the world prosperity(繁荣) and stability(安定). In the April 12, 1945, Roosevelt died of illness. Roosevelt‘s death was met with shoc
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