Four Freedoms

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 By Franklin Roosevelt

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship (崇拜) God in his own way—everywhere in the world.

The third is freedom from want, which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments (武器) to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.

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This nation has placed its fate in the hands，heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy (至高無上) of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose.

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1. We can infer that this passage is taken from a (an) _______ by Franklin Roosevelt.

A. novel　 　 B. textbook　　　 C. report　　　 D. speech

2. The purpose of the author writing this passage is to ________.

A. encourage people to build a new world based on four human freedoms

B. make himself president of the USA

C. make himself well-known for four human freedoms

D. want the world understand the USA and help them build a strong country

3. In Franklin Roosevelt’s view, freedom means ________.

A. a world founded upon four essential human rights

B. every nation being a peaceful home for its people

C. no nation committing physical aggression against other neighbors

D. human rights being the most important everywhere