w关键词：teddy bear/玩具熊，Theodore Roosevelt/西奥多·罗斯福
w目录：Culture/文化	w话题： 公平竞争, 美国文化	w类型：记叙文
w难度级别： 初级	w词汇要求：1000-	w文章词数：240
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Roosevelt flatly refused. He thought it would be unfair and cruel.

How did the teddy bear got its name?

玩具熊的名字是怎么来的？

作者：Amy A. Anastasia [美]      来源：www.nysedregents.org

日期：2008-08-20                    责编：Emma

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Can you bear it? The famous teddy bear is more than 100 years old, and got its name from a United States president.

In 1902, President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt took a trip to the American South to help work out a land disagreement between Mississippi and Louisiana. While there, the president went hunting for bear.

Days passed with no luck for the president, but lots of good luck for the bears. Finally, his guides captured a bear and offered to let the president shoot it, so he wouldn’t have to go home empty-handed.

Roosevelt flatly refused. He thought it would be unfair and cruel.

When word of the president’s decision got out, a cartoonist for The Washington Star newspaper drew a picture of the bear and Roosevelt holding up his hand to say “No.”

The cartoon was seen all over the country, making the president, who was already popular, a hero.

Meanwhile, the owner of a small store in New York asked his wife to make a toy bear for sale. He displayed it in his window with a copy of the cartoon and a sign that said, “Teddy’s Bear.”

That bear, and many others like it, sold big, especially after President Roosevelt gave his official permission for his name to be used. Finally, the s was dropped and Teddy’s Bear became simply the teddy bear.

So the bear that you’ve slept with is really a part of our country’s history.

 

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Quiz/小测：

1. According to the article, what helped make Theodore Roosevelt a hero?

    A. He was a good cartoonist.  

    B. He refused to shoot a captured bear.   

    C. He worked out a land disagreement.  

    D. He was named after a bear.    

2. According to information in the article, teddy bears became popular toys    because _______.

    A. they were soft and cute

    B. they were made by hand  

    C. people liked the story of the president and the bear

    D. people thought they could save a bear by buying one

3. How is this article organized?

    A. A problem is presented, followed by a solution.

    B. A question is given, followed by an answer.

    C. Events are given in the order they happened.

    D. Events are presented in order of their importance.

 

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