题目

Wall Street is the banking center of New York City. But how did the street get its unusual name? To find out, we must go back to the early years of exploration in North America.        New York City was first called New Amsterdam by the explorer Henry Hudson. He was working for a Dutch trading company when he entered what is now the lower Hudson River area in the year 1609. There he found an island that was a perfect trading harbor. The Manhattan Indians lived there.        Dutch traders built a town on the end of Manhattan Island. It became a rich trading center. But the British qAt the meeting, the boss________ (praise) John for the progress he made.