外國人最想和你聊的名人話題：富蘭克林·德拉諾·羅斯福

　About Roosevelt　關于羅斯福
     Franklin Delano Roosevelt also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American president elected to more than two terms, he forged a durable coalition that realigned American politics for decades. FDR defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover in November 1932, at the depths of the Great Depression. FDR's combination of optimism and activism contributed to reviving the national spirit. Working closely with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in leading the Allies against Germany and Japan in World War II, he died just as victory was in sight.
     As World War II loomed after 1938, with the Japanese invasion of China and the aggressions of Nazi Germany, FDR gave strong diplomatic and financial support to China and Britain, while remaining officially neutral. His goal was to make America the "Arsenal of Democracy" which would supply munitions to the Allies. In March 1941, Roosevelt, with Congressional approval, provided Lend-Lease aid to the countries fighting against Nazi Germany with Britain. He secured a nearunanimous declaration of war against Japan after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, calling it a "date which will live in infamy". He supervised the mobilization of the US economy to support the Allied war effort. Unemployment dropped to 2%, relief programs largely ended, and the industrial economy grew rapidly to new heights as millions of people moved to new jobs in war centers, and 16 million men and 300,000 women were drafted or volunteered for military service.
     Roosevelt dominated the American political scene, not only during the twelve years of his presidency, but for decades afterward. He orchestrated the realignment of voters that created the Fifth Party System. FDR's New Deal Coalition united labor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans and rural white Southerners. Roosevelt's diplomatic impact also resonated on the world stage long after his death, with the United Nations and Bretton Woods as examples of his administration's wide-ranging impact. Roosevelt is consistently rated by scholars as one of the greatest US Presidents.
     羅斯福一直被視為美國歷史上最偉大的總統(tǒng)之一，是20世紀美國最受民眾期望和受愛戴的總統(tǒng)，也是美國歷史上唯一連任4屆總統(tǒng)的人，任職長達12年。他是身殘志堅的代表人，也受到世界人民的尊敬。
     第二次世界大戰(zhàn)初，美國采取不介入政策，但對希特勒采取強硬手段，以"租借法"支持同盟國。1941年底，美國參戰(zhàn)。羅斯福代表美國兩次參加盟國"三巨頭"會議。美國著名記者約翰遜在羅斯福傳記中寫道："他推翻的先例比任何人都多，他砸爛的古老結構比任何人都多，他對美國整個面貌的改變比任何人都要迅猛而激烈。然而正是他最深切地相信，美國這座建筑物從整個來說，是相當美好的。"羅斯福是20世紀最受愛戴和最令人憎恨的美國總統(tǒng)。他受人愛戴的是因為，雖然他出身貴族，但他相信平凡人的價值，并且為維護百姓的權利而戰(zhàn)；他受人愛戴的另一個原因是，他有著懾人的魅力。他愉快地工作，對未來充滿信心。他帶領美國走出經(jīng)濟困境，改變了美國人的生活方式。然后為了捍衛(wèi)民主政體，幫助世界實現(xiàn)了安全。歷史學家和政治學家們一致認為，羅斯福、華盛頓和林肯是美國最偉大的三位總統(tǒng)。