[originaltext] Today I’d like to continue to talk about the reason why the U

Today I’d like to continue to talk about the reason why the United States developed at such a high speed in the past 400 years; there are many factors. The land has an abundance of natural resources and includes some of the best farmland in the world. People from many countries settled there, bringing with them a wealth of knowledge and skills. But in the last 100 years it has been the workingman that has been the backbone of the nation.
    What is the American workingman? He’s a worker in a shoe factory or a meat packing-house or a coal mine. But more than that, he’s a husband and a father. He raised his children to understand the value of a day’s work. He raised his children to respect the usefulness of cooperation. And he raised his children to help them better themselves. Seldom do their children forget the values they have learnt at home.
    The workingman fought hard for almost ail his life to achieve what he has, but today the workingman is faced with a new kind of struggle. Ever-advancing technology is taking his job. It’s very probable that the workingman will be replaced by a machine.