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F.D.R. had another quality important in a President: the self-confidence to abandon a policy that wasn't working. He believed in experimentation, but he didn't deny the evidence when an experiment proved unsuccessful. In any highly dynamic time, with new and complex challenges, the President needs an appetite for experimentation and the determination to keep what works and scrap what doesn't.
When I was President, F.D.R.'s portrait hung near that of the 26th President, his cousin Theodore Roosevelt. They should have been together. Teddy Roosevelt was the first President to come to grips with the challenges presented by America's transition from a rural to an urban society from an agricultural to an industrial economy from a fairly stable and homogeneous nation to a more dynamic, diverse one of new immigrants from a nation of modest influence to a global power.
His successes in limiting the abuses and spreading the benefits of industrial capitalism were admirable but incomplete. Then came World War I and the conservative reactions of the '20s.
The Depression gave F.D.R. the chance to use the power of government to complete the work his cousin had begun: to build a great middle class, help the poor work their way into it and give Americans a modicum of security in old age. His leadership during World War II and the plans he made for the U.N. and a permanent leadership role for the U.S. on the world stage cemented his legacy as one of our greatest Presidents. I thought of both Roosevelts when I told Americans that we needed a new social contract for the 21st century, one that would keep us moving toward a "more perfect union" in a highly interdependent, complex, ever changing world.
,That is the challenge President Obama has inherited. I believe he will succeed in his efforts at economic recovery, health-care reform and taking big steps on climate change. Along the way, I hope he will be inspired by F.D.R.'s concern for all Americans, his relentless optimism, his penchant for experimentation, his relish for spirited debate among brilliant advisers and his unshakable faith in the promise of America.

A. 어휘
quality 자질. self-confidence 自信(자신). abandon 포기하다.
experimentation 실험 작업, 실험. evidence 증거. complex 복잡한.
appetite 식욕, 욕구. scrap 폐기하다. portrait 초상화. grip 파악, 단단히 붙잡기.
come to grips with 파악하다. present 일으키다, 제공하다, 드러내다.
transition 變遷(변천). rural 시골의. urban 도시의. agricultural 농업의.
industrial 공업의, 산업의. fairly 매우. stable 안정된.
homogeneous 同質的(동질적)인. diverse 다양한. immigrant 移民(이민).
modest 소규모의, 겸손한. influence 세력, 영향력. global power 세계적인 강국.
abuse 弊害(폐해), 악용, 남용, 악습. benefit 이익, 이득, 은혜.
admirable 감탄할만한, 훌륭한.
conservative reactions of the '20s 1920년대의 보수적인 반응.
The Depression 1930년대의 세계경제대공황. middle class 中産層(중산층).
modicum 소량, 소액. permanent 영구적인. legacy 遺産(유산).
both Roosevelts →Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt
social contract 사회계약. “more perfect union” 더 완벽한 연방.
inherit 상속하다. health-care reform 의료개혁. relentless 嚴酷(엄혹)한, 무자비한.
optimism 낙관주의. penchant 강한 경향, 취미. relish 의욕, 흥미, 嗜好(기호), 맛.
spirited debate 활발한 토론. adviser 보좌관, 相談役(상담역).
unshakable faith 搖之不動(요지부동)의 신념.

B. 구문
- the President needs an appetite . . . and scrap what doesn't.
[대통령은 정책실험에 대한 욕구와 그 실험이 효력이 있는 것은 유지하고 효력이 없는 것은 폐기할 수 있는 결단력을 가져야 한다.]
- They should have been together.
[그들의 초상화는 나란히 함께 붙어 있어야 했다.]
- help the poor work their way into it
cf. help는 사역동사
[빈곤층이 중산층에 진입하도록 도와주다]