时间:2019-01-01 作者:英语课 分类:各国名人英文介绍


英语课

Christiane Amanpour is one of the world’s most successful international news reporters. She was born in London in 1958 to an Iranian father and British mother. She attended exclusive schools in England before moving to the USA to study journalism 1. She graduated in 1983 and landed a job with CNN in their Atlanta headquarters. She speaks fluent English, Persian and French.


In 1989, Amanpour was posted to Eastern Europe to cover the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse 2 of communism. She began to earn her reputation as a world-class correspondent with her quality reporting. This was followed by an assignment to cover the Gulf 3 War in 1990. She became known for her bravery and her willingness to work in dangerous conflict zones.


For two decades Amanpour has seen history being made and had exclusive interviews with many of the history makers 4. She reported from many of the world’s hotspots, including, Afghanistan, the Balkans Iraq, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Rwanda and Somalia. She said one of her most memorable 5 interviews was with Iran’s President Ahmadinejad. She has received wide acclaim 6 and won numerous awards for her work.


In 1998, Christiane married former US Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin. Their son was born in 2000. In 2007 she was given one of Britain’s top honours by Queen Elizabeth. She lives with her family in New York and is currently posted to CNN’s New York office. She continues to be a cornerstone of CNN’s coverage 7 of major international news stories.



n.新闻工作,报业
  • He's a teacher but he does some journalism on the side.他是教师,可还兼职做一些新闻工作。
  • He had an aptitude for journalism.他有从事新闻工作的才能。
vi.累倒;昏倒;倒塌;塌陷
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
n.制造者,制造商(maker的复数形式)
  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.值得回忆的,难忘的,特别的,显著的
  • This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
  • The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。
v.向…欢呼,公认;n.欢呼,喝彩,称赞
  • He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
  • His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。
n.报导,保险范围,保险额,范围,覆盖
  • There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
  • This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。
学英语单词
-less
accelerated aging test
aerogravity survey
airport surface detection equipment
alveus utriculosus
area register
aristocracies
arterioverter
as cast metal
backs-to-school
blood formed element
bone-fracture nail
cabin deluxe
clamators
clothy feel
collateral guaranty
corporation securities
cyclonelike
Dahe
dermosol
disturbance of will
divisionalized form
dystric regosols
emotional dimension
epidosite
esquer
Farmington Hills
fibre-optic light-transmission system
fiend-slaught
fish sausage
flight chart
fluctuant
frozen bearing
getconf
GSL (generalized simulation language)
gutser
Gyrus temporalis medius
have brass balls
hawn
horizontal polarized wave
hot-water cure
hypnonarcosis
ilioinguinal nerve
ill-hnmor
incyclovergence
Jalālgarh
john cheevers
lanatigoside
later gator
lathan
Long Belt
longeing
malefic
Mansonia annulatus
Matthew Walker knot
mean-metric
Mendenhall
microlite
mixing mills
monoamides
Moriartys
Mālipur
naval blockades
Neolitsea oblongifolia
Nephril
nonwar
nunthorpe
oil feeder
optical flints
Ortho-Est
palmless
pentamethylcyclopentadienyls
poly-carbonate
proletarian revolution
push polls
RMIN
Saléye
sfather
slicing cutting
soil compaction index
sound operator
specula
speed governor droop
suquet
t'gether
Taroudannt, Prov.de
tetrahexosan
thermostatic throttle valve
third-order
thirty-somethings
tortuosities
two way snow plow
un-constrained trading schedule
unmatchable
unverbalised
uropancreatone
vulpines
wandering
Warbo
warfare of poison gas
wing compasses
working current