Canada’s History加國歷史
Between the Wars
There was growing demand for the government to create a social safety net with minimum wages, a standard work week and programs such as unemployment insurance. The Bank of Canada, a central bank to manage the money supply and bring stability to the financial system, was created in 1934. Immigration dropped and many refugees were turned away, including Jews trying to flee Nazi Germany in 1939.
Phil Edwards was a Canadian track and field champion. Born in British Guiana, he won bronze medals for Canada in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Olympics, then graduated from McGill University Medical School. He served as a captain in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, and, as a Montreal doctor, became an expert in tropical diseases.
growing = increasing 越來越大
demand 要求
social safety net 社會保護網
minimum wages 最低工資
standard 標準
unemployment insurance 失業保險
stability from the word stable 穩定
financial system 財政金融系統
immigration = people coming to live
permanently in a foreign couuntry 移民
drop = decrease
refugee = someone who has been
forced to leave their country because of
war, persecution, etc. 難民
turn away = reject 拒之門外
flee = run away from 逃離
track and field 田徑運動
champion 優勝者；冠軍
bronze medal 銅牌（比賽勝出的第
三名）
Olympics 奧運
graduate（通常指大學）畢業
serve = perform a job or duty in the
army 服軍役
captain 隊長
expert = a person who has special skills
or knowledge in some subject 專家
tropical disease 熱帶病
兩次大戰之間
越來越多人要求政府創立社會保護網，例如最低工資，每周標準工時和失業保險金等。1934年，加拿大中央銀行成立，以確保加國財務系統穩定和管理貨幣供應。這時期移民減少，難民（包括1939年想逃離納粹德國的猶太人）也不獲接納。
菲爾愛德華茲(Phil Edwards)是一位生於英屬圭亞那的獲獎田徑好手，他為加國贏得1928，1932和1936年的奧運會銅牌。其後，他在麥基爾大學醫學院畢業。於第二次世界大戰時任加軍隊長。戰後返回滿地可，成為熱帶病學專家。
