HerbertHoover〔英语演讲〕.pptVIP

Herbert Hoover the 31st President of the United States Speaker:陶贤进 Teammates:杨宇焜 顾建业 Mining engineer Mining engineer Humanitarian Presidency 1929–1933 Presidency 1929–1933 Presidency 1929–1933 * * Mining engineer Humanitarian Presidency 1929–1933 Herbert Hoover 1 Hoover went to Australia in 1899 as an employee of Bewick, Moreing Co., a London-based mining company. 2 At the age of 23, he led a major program of expansion for the Sons of Gwalia gold mine at Gwalia, Western Australia, and brought in many Italian immigrants to cut costs and counter the union militancy of the Australian miners. 3 Hoover married his Stanford sweetheart, Lou Henry, in 1899. The Hoovers had two sons, Clark and Henry. They went to China, where Hoover worked for Bewick, Moreing Co. as Chinas leading engineer. 4 Hoover and his wife learned Mandarin Chinese while he worked in China and used it during his tenure at the White House when they wanted to foil eavesdroppers. 5 The Boxer Rebellion trapped the Hoovers in Tianjin in June 1900. For almost a month, the settlement was under heavy fire. 6 In 1908, he became an independent mining consultant, traveling worldwide until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. TEXT TEXT TEXT TEXT When World War I began in August 1914, Hoover helped organize the return of 120,000 Americans from Europe. For the next two years, Hoover worked 14-hour days from London, administering the distribution of over two and one-half million tons of food to nine million war victims. In an early form of shuttle diplomacy, he crossed the North Sea forty times to meet with German authorities and persuade them to allow food shipments, becoming an international hero. The Belgian city of Leuven named a prominent square Hooverplein after him. After the war, as a member of the Supreme Economic Council and head of the American Relief Administration, Hoover organized shipments of food for millions of starving people in Central Europe. He used a newly formed Quaker organization, the