Fireside Chat
富蘭克林·羅斯福 / Franklin Roosevelt
富蘭克林·羅斯福（1882—1945），美國第三十一、三十二任總統，美國曆史上唯一蟬聯四屆(第四屆未任滿)的總統。羅斯福在20世紀的經濟大蕭條和第二次世界大戰中扮演了重要的角色，被學者評為是美國最偉大的三位總統之一。
Ace in the Hole
Understand these new words before you read this article.
1. expansion n. 擴大，擴張，擴展，膨脹
2. philosophy n. 哲學；人生哲學，人生觀
3. emphatically adv. 強調地；斷然地；明顯地
4. arsenal n. 兵工廠，軍火庫
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.