Talking about Famous People

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Talking about Famous People

• Book 2 Page 114

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Background Information

• Alan Greenspan
• the Federal Reserve Board
• the Depression
• Wall Street

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Identifying the Organization

• Process the description of a process usually
  follows a time order and is signaled by words and
  phrases like then/ later/ next/ after that.
• Causal Analysis in a causal analysis,
  expressions like because/ there are reasons
  for/ as a result are often used.
• Comparison in a comparison expressions such as
  for one thing,for another thing/unlike/contrary
  to.. appear more .

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Now you are going to hear three short passages
and tell what organization they focus on .
Passage Way of Organization
1 a. Causal Analysis
2 b. Comparison
3 C. Process
C
B
A
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Why Is Biodiversity Important?

• Book 2 Page 149

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Paris and Washington book 1 page 102
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Assignments
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Alan Greenspan

• Dr. Greenspan was born on March 6, 1926, in New
  York City. The cautious chief of the Federal
  Reserve Board, was a child through the
  Depression, became President Gerald Fords top
  economic adviser during the economic woes of the
  mid-1970s. He has been designated Chairman of FRB
  by Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush.
  He is the second most powerful man in America, is
  responsible for balancing the U.S. economy
  between boom and bust.

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the Federal Reserve Board

• A committee of seven governors appointed by the
  American President to supervise the Federal
  Reserve System, which is best known to the public
  for its influence on the interest rates by
  raising or cutting the amount of money available
  at any one time in the American financial system.
  Alan Greenspan is Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  Board.

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The Great Depression

• The Great Depression was an economic slump in
  North America, Europe, and other industrialized
  areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted
  until about 1939. It was the longest and most
  severe depression ever experienced by the
  industrialized Western world. As for President
  Roosevelt, the U.S.A was about to enter a new era
  of economic and political change.

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Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American
Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles during
the Great Depression
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During the Great Depression, unemployment was
high. Many employers tried to get as much work as
possible from their employees for the lowest
possible wage. Workers were upset with the
speedup of assembly lines, working conditions and
the lack of job security.
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Wall Street

• located in lower Manhattan, NY. It is the site of
  stock exchanges and financial institutions