Top 10 Rags to Riches Success Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCEu-WWgB7s 2:58 We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reasons. We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were. And we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it, it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in our last election. And we didn't... we didn't scare so easy. We were able to be all these things, and to do all these things, because we were informed. By great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mVwu_iJTU8 0:14 she was the trailblazer who inspired young girls everywhere to reach for the stars. サリー・ライド は多くの若い女性に大志を抱かせた草分け的な存在だ。
Sally Ride Death: First Female Astronaut in Space Dies of Pancreatic Cancer at 61
参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2012/09/blog-post_15.html 聖人君子のような生き方をするを英語でなんと言うか？
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2015/11/blog-post_2.html ホームランを狙うを英語でなんと言うか？
練習問題解答
a-5224 aims for the stars
