Nothing's Impossible

Roosevelt was conservative in his economic thinking. But he was a progressive in his opinion that government should be active in helping citizens. He had suffered polio and could not walk. But he seemed to enjoy his life and his work. Roosevelt's two main opponents were Out Smith and John Gardner. Smith had been the governor of New York before Roosevelt. Gardner, a Texan, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Together, they hoped to block Roosevelt's nomination. And they succeeded the first three times the delegates voted at the Democratic Convention in Chicago.

Roosevelt's chief political advisor, James Folly, worked hard to find Roosevelt the votes he needed at the convention. Finally, Folly found a solution.

He made a deal with supporters of John Gardner. Roosevelt would make Gardner the vice presidential nominee if Gardner's forces voted to make Roosevelt the presidential nominee. Gardner agreed. And on the next vote, the Democratic delegates nominated Franklin Roosevelt to be their presidential candidate. Out Smith was so angry about the deal that he left Chicago without congratulating Roosevelt.


to ko nghe ro nen cac ban tu danh dau trong am bang cah tra tu dien nhe
conservative: bao thu
progressvive: cap tien
in one's opinion: theo y kien cua ai
suffer :(v) chiu dung, chiu lo, chiu that bai
polio: (v) bi dau kho, (n) benh bai liet
enjoy : V) thuong thuc, huong quyen, thich
speaker:(n) dien gia, chu tich ( chi dung cho ha nghi vien)
house of representative: ha nghi vien
senate: thuong nghi vien
hope: hi vong
ray of hope: tia hi vong
hope against hope: hi vong hao huyen
thre's life, there's hope: con nuoc con tat
block: can tro
convention: dai hoi
chief political advisor: co van truong chinh tri
to deal with: thoa thuan ( nghia tot), moc ngoac(nghia xau- trong bai)
nominate: de cu
deligate: dai bieu
force: luc luong
congratulate sb on sth: chuc mung ai vao cai ji