Title: Talking about Famous People
1Talking about Famous People
2Background Information
- Alan Greenspan
- the Federal Reserve Board
- the Depression
- Wall Street
3Identifying 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 .
4Now 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
5Why Is Biodiversity Important?
6Paris and Washington book 1 page 102
7Assignments
8 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.
9the 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.
10The 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.
11Unemployed men vying for jobs at the American
Legion Employment Bureau in Los Angeles during
the Great Depression
12During 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.
13Wall Street
- located in lower Manhattan, NY. It is the site of
stock exchanges and financial institutions