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英语课

[00:00.00]UNIT9

[00:13.00]Chinese-American Relations: A History(Ⅱ)

[00:17.38]The Cold War to the Present

[00:19.57]The Cold War

[00:21.20]After the war, a new war

[00:24.49]of international tension, intrigue 1

[00:26.89]and political posturing 2, called the Cold War,

[00:29.20]forced the U.S. to scrap 3

[00:31.16]any thoughts of the false comforts

[00:33.13]of official isolation 4. It joined

[00:35.98]the United Nations (UN) and other

[00:38.49]international organizations, such as

[00:40.68]the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),

[00:42.87]the International Monetary 5 Fund (IMF),

[00:46.04]and the General Agreement on Tariff 6

[00:48.67]and Trade (GATT). It was determined 7

[00:50.96]to play a major, if not

[00:52.61]dominant role, in post war

[00:54.36]international affairs. The world

[00:56.87]was the stage for intense rivalry 8

[00:58.51]between the Communists, on one side,

[01:00.70]and democratic Capitalists on the other.

[01:03.33]It fostered close scrutiny 9

[01:05.41]of each other, as well as

[01:07.16]a brisk interchange of often fabricated

[01:09.68]and distorted propaganda between

[01:11.75]the polarized sides. It injected

[01:14.49]the fear that if one side blinked,

[01:16.68]a nuclear war would be triggered.

[01:18.65]The world, seemingly, was always

[01:21.49]on the verge 10 of warfare 11.

[01:23.13]This environment placed the United States

[01:25.21]and China on opposite sides

[01:27.18]once the Communists took power

[01:28.82]in China in 1949. This constant

[01:31.56]friction jeopardized 12 chances for

[01:33.85]meaningful political interaction and intercourse 13.

[01:36.37]This atmosphere of distrust and fear

[01:39.21]left little incentive 14 for the

[01:41.18]different sides to talk seriously.

[01:42.93]By the end of the Second World War,

[01:46.32]or during the last year or

[01:48.42]two of the war, the world stage

[01:49.83]was being set for the Cold War.

[01:51.26]President Truman's attitude toward China hardened.

[01:54.32]American policy was explicit 15 that

[01:57.60]only one China, Nationalist China

[02:00.23]led by Chiang Kai?shek, on the island

[02:02.53]of Taiwan, was the official China.

[02:05.04]The Americans made it abundantly clear,

[02:07.45]that Mao Tsetung's Communist Regime,

[02:09.75]on mainland China, would not occupy

[02:11.94]China's permanent seat in the United Nations

[02:14.56]Security Council.

[02:16.31]The outbreak of war on

[02:18.06]the Korean Peninsula brought about

[02:20.46]an abrupt 16 change of focus

[02:22.11]in American foreign policy.

[02:23.42]The new American strategy was

[02:25.61]to militarily isolate 17 or alienate 18

[02:28.67]China in Asia. To accomplish this,

[02:31.85]the United States established bases

[02:34.58]in East Asia and mutual 19 defense 20

[02:36.33]treaties in East Asia. Treaties

[02:38.63]were negotiated with Japan, the Philippines,

[02:41.25]Australia, and New Zealand. American

[02:44.87]President Eisenhower later expanded

[02:47.82]these to include South Korea,

[02:49.35]Pakistan, and Thailand. To cap off

[02:52.74]this anti?China strategy, the US

[02:55.37]strengthened ties with Taiwan or

[02:57.33]Nationalist China, with which

[02:59.31]the former had official diplomatic ties.

[03:01.49]In the 1950s, American power and

[03:05.87]credibility deteriorated 21 somewhat

[03:08.38]in the Cold War. Its own people,

[03:10.35]who began to oppose McCarthyism

[03:12.87]and the blunt anti-communist policies

[03:15.28]of John Foster Dulles, the American Secretary

[03:18.56]of State in the Eisenhower Administration,

[03:20.64]helped to undermined national prestige.

[03:24.14]In 1953, Josef Stalin,

[03:28.08]the Soviet 22 leader, died. These events

[03:30.92]helped to bring about a shift

[03:33.22]in direction in American foreign policy.

[03:34.86]The United States began to

[03:36.80]look more to Asian events as

[03:38.78]major threats to America's national security.

[03:40.85]The Iron Curtain was firmly established

[03:44.57]in Europe, and NATO forces provided

[03:46.65]secure protection on the western side

[03:48.94]of the curtain. For the time being,

[03:50.92]things looked fairly stable in Europe.

[03:53.32]In the East, because of

[03:55.40]the end of the Korean War and

[03:56.82]the exodus 23 of the French from

[03:58.47]Indo-China, things were not

[04:00.43]as stable. The American political

[04:02.73]elite contended that the foremost

[04:04.70]problem was the vacuum left

[04:06.89]by the French withdrawal 24 from Indo-China.

[04:08.97]To officials in the United States,

[04:13.12]this void must not be filled

[04:15.10]by another communist regime.

[04:16.95]The realization 25 of objectives

[04:19.14]of the domino theory (the essence

[04:21.55]of which was, that if not checked,

[04:23.63]countries in an given area

[04:25.38]will all gradually fall to

[04:27.02]communist rule) could not be

[04:29.87]allowed to perpetuate 26. The Chinese Revolution

[04:32.27]had established a communist regime

[04:34.35]in the most populous 27 country

[04:35.77]in the world, and the tensions

[04:37.30]between North and South Korea

[04:39.17]were not going to go

[04:40.70]away overnight. Success of

[04:42.87]the domino theory looked more likely

[04:45.27]in Asia than in Europe.

[04:47.25]The United States felt that

[04:49.32]it needed to concentrate its energies

[04:50.96]and resources in Asia.

[04:52.72]American policies, during the 1960s

[04:55.78]and early 1970s, essentially 28 were

[04:59.93]to prevent communist takeovers in Asia,

[05:03.07]in particular, particularly in South Vietnam

[05:06.59]and Taiwan. American policy

[05:09.45]was to contain communism where

[05:11.53]it already existed, while simultaneously 29

[05:14.16]coexisting peacefully with its cold war

[05:17.01]communist rivals. Military expenditures 30

[05:20.72]increased as defense budgets went

[05:22.69]sky high with democratic and communist

[05:25.31]bureaucracies building huge arsenals 31

[05:28.16]or inventories 32 of high velocity 33,

[05:30.24]even supersonic destructive nuclear weapons,

[05:33.52]in a very fragile polarized world.

[05:36.49]Even China tested a thermal 34

[05:38.68]nuclear weapon in the early 60s.

 



1 intrigue
vt.激起兴趣,迷住;vi.耍阴谋;n.阴谋,密谋
  • Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
  • The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。
2 posturing
做出某种姿势( posture的现在分词 )
  • She was posturing a model. 她正在摆模特儿的姿势。
  • She says the President may just be posturing. 她说总统也许只是在做样子而已。
3 scrap
n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废
  • A man comes round regularly collecting scrap.有个男人定时来收废品。
  • Sell that car for scrap.把那辆汽车当残品卖了吧。
4 isolation
n.隔离,孤立,分解,分离
  • The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
  • He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后,生活比较孤寂。
5 monetary
adj.货币的,钱的;通货的;金融的;财政的
  • The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
  • Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
6 tariff
n.关税,税率;(旅馆、饭店等)价目表,收费表
  • There is a very high tariff on jewelry.宝石类的关税率很高。
  • The government is going to lower the tariff on importing cars.政府打算降低进口汽车的关税。
7 determined
adj.坚定的;有决心的
  • I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
  • He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。
8 rivalry
n.竞争,竞赛,对抗
  • The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.这次争吵是两家不和引起的。
  • He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。
9 scrutiny
n.详细检查,仔细观察
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
10 verge
n.边,边缘;v.接近,濒临
  • The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
  • She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。
11 warfare
n.战争(状态);斗争;冲突
  • He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
  • Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。
12 jeopardized
危及,损害( jeopardize的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The soldier jeopardized his life to save his comrade. 这个士兵冒生命的危险救他的同志。
  • The occasional failed project or neglected opportunity does not jeopardized overall progress. 偶然失败的项目或失误的机会并没有影响总的进展。
13 intercourse
n.性交;交流,交往,交际
  • The magazine becomes a cultural medium of intercourse between the two peoples.该杂志成为两民族间文化交流的媒介。
  • There was close intercourse between them.他们过往很密。
14 incentive
n.刺激;动力;鼓励;诱因;动机
  • Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中,钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
  • He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。
15 explicit
adj.详述的,明确的;坦率的;显然的
  • She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
  • He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。
16 abrupt
adj.突然的,意外的;唐突的,鲁莽的
  • The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
  • His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
17 isolate
vt.使孤立,隔离
  • Do not isolate yourself from others.不要把自己孤立起来。
  • We should never isolate ourselves from the masses.我们永远不能脱离群众。
18 alienate
vt.使疏远,离间;转让(财产等)
  • His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了,因为他们彼此完全信任。
  • We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。
19 mutual
adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的
  • We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
  • Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
20 defense
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
21 deteriorated
恶化,变坏( deteriorate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards. 她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
  • His condition steadily deteriorated. 他的病情恶化,日甚一日。
22 Soviet
adj.苏联的,苏维埃的;n.苏维埃
  • Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
  • Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
23 exodus
v.大批离去,成群外出
  • The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去,医疗系统面临崩溃。
  • Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战,就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。
24 withdrawal
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销
  • The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
  • They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
25 realization
n.实现;认识到,深刻了解
  • We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.我们将乐意为它的实现而竭尽全力。
  • He came to the realization that he would never make a good teacher.他逐渐认识到自己永远不会成为好老师。
26 perpetuate
v.使永存,使永记不忘
  • This monument was built to perpetuate the memory of the national hero.这个纪念碑建造的意义在于纪念民族英雄永垂不朽。
  • We must perpetuate the system.我们必须将此制度永久保持。
27 populous
adj.人口稠密的,人口众多的
  • London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
  • China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。
28 essentially
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
29 simultaneously
adv.同时发生地,同时进行地
  • The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
  • The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。
30 expenditures
n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 );使用;(尤指金钱的)支出额;(精力、时间、材料等的)耗费
  • We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了,下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
31 arsenals
n.兵工厂,军火库( arsenal的名词复数 );任何事物的集成
  • We possess-each of us-nuclear arsenals capable of annihilating humanity. 我们两国都拥有能够毁灭全人类的核武库。 来自辞典例句
  • Arsenals are factories that produce weapons. 军工厂是生产武器的工厂。 来自互联网
32 inventories
n.总结( inventory的名词复数 );细账;存货清单(或财产目录)的编制
  • In other cases, such as inventories, inputs and outputs are both continuous. 在另一些情况下,比如存货,其投入和产出都是持续不断的。
  • The store must clear its winter inventories by April 1st. 该店必须在4月1日前售清冬季存货。
33 velocity
n.速度,速率
  • Einstein's theory links energy with mass and velocity of light.爱因斯坦的理论把能量同质量和光速联系起来。
  • The velocity of light is about 300000 kilometres per second.光速约为每秒300000公里。
34 thermal
adj.热的,由热造成的;保暖的
  • They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
  • Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。
学英语单词
2-methyl-4-quinolinol
absalon
admittingly
ascorbic acid deficiency
Aspalathus cedcarbergensis
astragalus campanulatus r.brown.
atmic mes
Ban Khlong
beat to a pulp
Bird's treatment
blossom into
carcino-
Casina
cliency
cocaholic
Cocumont
communal property
cost-control
crossband beacon
derived horizontal fragmentation
difluoromono-chloroethane
dog dayss
dose limit
eddress
electric dewaterer
eligent
expansion fiscal policy
explosive
gaarder
gastroradiculitis
glypinamide
gunpowderish
hanging-block culture
holding rope
hour indicator support cover
imaginable
inevitable succession
Ipomoea fastigiata
job cost method
jump to the conclusion
justs-in-time
kenyte
King Charles spaniels
KVLBA
lerche
low-noise reflector antenna
lunner
mediumgrained
metaplasia of intestinal epithelium
mobile Pentium
modulation optical transmitters
mold cleaner
myrmecophag tridactyla
N diamine fast scarlet
near-stationary magnetopause
nitrosyl
noise spike
non-rotating flow
nonpedigree
olfson
opto-coupler
paperloop
paradigmatic opposition
passportless
Penacova
perching bird
pieceway
pseudo-variable
reflectivities
relative ice content
replastered
Republitards
restandardization
Rosmarinus officinalis L.
Sakhanina, Mys
selenium cell relay
set off at score
skrich
sludge hopper
starbuckle
stormbirds
sub-ore
substitution
super viscose fibres
swear the peace against someone
sword-law
Sībak
talking-point.
temporal bones
tension machine
throtted steam
to clean out
total waster
translocatable
university student
upton
vacuum tempering apparatus
volkensiflavone
vulcabond
water form
worst pattern of stored information
yohimbine alkaloid