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
alexandrine, Alexandrine
anaesthetist
athletic medical psychology
BBQed
benefits and risks
blue-whale
campily
Carthago
chromosomal disorder
compensation valve
complementary constitutive relation
connection area
constant-pressure pump governor
control-budget variance
corticostriate radiation
cracked oil
crank shaft pin bearing
crystal chemistry of organic compound
date driver
disturbed response signal
divided-winding rotor
domain of science
double-K groove
drawing oil
elongater
exchange of products in accordance with labo(u)r values
fast gas chromatography
firm value
fixed-width
flame-retardant fiber
float needle valve
follow up activity
frequency planning
fuldmotgig
general service compressor
gravitate toward
gross national expenditures
haircut bands
halimochirurgus alcocki
hectors
ICBN
induced uniaxial anisotropy
injection heating
integral squared error
kerotoma
kinetics of reaction
Lamastre
laxers
liquor amnii
log boom
major gene resistance
maximum spreading width
meat industry
misunderestimate
mohacs
movable compressor
N-benzoylglycine
necessitudinarian
parallel avertense
perpend stone
pico-gram
PLA2
pless
polyarthritis destruens
Posadasis spheriforme
preddy
pull-in torque
question file
quick-release catch
rad(rd)
rafalski
raft passway
repeater insertion
rigid drive shaft
rigid rolls
rohitas
rotating-armature-type exciter
rotavator
Rudolphine tables
Sakhandzha
samairum
senatorial district
silver shoes
statutory tax rate
strength of signal
Susumanskiy Rayon
symptomatic dermatographism
systems solutions
thearchic
tundra wolf
un-German
underdogs
underdot
unix box
variable reserve system
videocon
water battery
wave amplitude
Welsbach burners
yanking it