TIME July 05, 2009
81. The Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt (F.D.R.)
B. Getting It Right By PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

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My grandfather was a dirt farmer with only a sixth-grade education. During the Depression, he eked out a living selling blocks of ice. But in those days, even though he was poor, he knew someone special: from listening to the fireside chats on the radio, he knew Franklin Roosevelt. And he believed that Roosevelt knew what his life was like and cared about it too.
I grew up listening to my grandfather's tales of what it was like to live through the Depression and the war and what Roosevelt meant to him. When I was President, in another time of change and uncertainty, I often looked at the portrait of F.D.R. in the Roosevelt Room and remembered my grandfather's stories.
Besides having a deep personal connection to ordinary citizens, Roosevelt got the big things right. When he came into office during the Depression, he saw that the ills of the country could not be addressed without more aggressive involvement by the government. He ran for President as a fiscal conservative, promising to balance the budget. But unlike his predecessor, he quickly realized that, with prices collapsing and unemployment exploding, only the Federal Government could step into the breach and restart the economy.

A. 어휘
dirt 먼지, 불결함. the Depression 1930년대의 세계경제대공황.
eke out 생계를 겨우 이어나가다. uncertainty 불안정. portrait 초상화.
connection 관련.
Roosevelt got the big things right. 루즈벨트는 큰 懸案(현안)들을 바르게 고쳤다.
came into office 취임하다. address 고치다, 청원하다, 연설하다.
aggressive involvement 공격적 참여. run for President 대통령에 출마하다.
fiscal 財政(재정)의. conservative 보수주의자. budget 예산. predecessor 전임자.
collapse 붕괴하다. explode 폭발하다. the Federal Government 연방정부.
breach 터지기, 파손. step into the breach 難局(난국)을 타개하다.

B. 구문
- what his life was like
[할아버지가 어떻게 생활하고 있는 가를(할아버지의 실제생활을)]

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Roosevelt also knew that in a highly dynamic time like his or the one we're in now you have to do a lot more than one thing at a time. I was often criticized, just as President Obama is now, for trying to do too many things at once. Roosevelt understood that in a complex and perilous situation, you have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, and he was masterful in doing a variety of difficult things simultaneously.
He was able to do that because he surrounded himself with brilliant people who knew more about particular subjects than he did. He enjoyed the arguments they had with one another and with him as they searched for the right policies. Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said Roosevelt had a second-class intellect but a first-class temperament. That temperament allowed him to inspire those around him to give their best. He made public service fun again.
It didn't hurt, of course, that Roosevelt was also a political genius. He knew how to pass legislation in Congress. He knew how to talk to the American people, the way he talked to my grandfather. While he was busy rebuilding the economy, he saw that war was coming in Europe and that he needed to prepare our country, help the British, and support and encourage Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

A. 어휘
complex 복잡한. perilous 위험한, 모험적인. a variety of 다양한.
masterful 老鍊(노련)한. simultaneously 동시에. brilliant people 뛰어난 人才(인재)들.
particular subjects 특정 과제. second-class 2등급. intellect 知力(지력).
temperament 성질, 기질. inspire 激勵(격려)하다, 고무하다. legislation 법률.
Congress 국회. the British 영국인들. prime minister 首相(수상).

B. 구문
- He made public service fun again.
[그는 공직업무를 재미있는 것으로 만들었다.]