Unit8 In My Day
Russell Baker
Russell Baker
Born in Virginia in 1925（弗吉尼亚州）A columnist专栏作家 for the New     York  TimesWon a Pulitzer Prize (in1979)普利策奖        (The present text is from 1982  )
文化背景
The Great Depression(大萧条)was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade precedingWorld WarII.(1929~1933)  It was the longest,most widespread and deepest depression of the 20th century.