Fireside Chat
富兰克林·罗斯福 / Franklin Roosevelt
富兰克林·罗斯福（1882—1945），美国第三十一、三十二任总统，美国历史上唯一蝉联四届(第四届未任满)的总统。罗斯福在20世纪的经济大萧条和第二次世界大战中扮演了重要的角色，被学者评为是美国最伟大的三位总统之一。
Ace in the Hole
Understand these new words before you read this article.
1. expansion n. 扩大，扩张，扩展，膨胀
2. philosophy n. 哲学；人生哲学，人生观
3. emphatically adv. 强调地；断然地；明显地
4. arsenal n. 兵工厂，军火库
My friend，
This is not a fireside chat on war. It is a talk on national security； because the nub of the whole urpose of your president is to keep you now， and your children later， and your grandchildren much later， out of a last-ditch war for the preservation of American independence and all of the things that American independence means to you and to me and to ours.
Tonight， in the presence of a world crisis， my mind goes back eight years to a night in the midst of a domestic crisis. It was a time when the wheels of American industry were grinding to a full stop， when the whole banking system of our country had ceased to function.
I well remembered that while I sat in my study in the White House， preparing to talk with the people of the United States， I had before my eyes the picture of all those Americans with whom I was talking. I saw the workmen in the mills， the mines， the factories； the girl behind the counter； the small shopkeeper； the farmer doing his Spring plowing； the widows and the old men wondering about their life’s savings.
I tried to convey to the great mass of American people what the banking crisis to them in their daily lives.
Tonight I want to do the same thing， with the same people， in this new crisis， which faces America.