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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
a narrow shave
actinopraxis
aircraft-mounted mine detector
al-daour
albedometers
amphicreatine
aptitude for
arched false work
armed reconnaissance
asahikawas
asphalt flooring
ataerio of drupelets
averill
bachet
bangs-bangs-bangs
be on leave
biological decomposition
blood sucker
busca
cauliflory
central frequency
coastal navigational warnings
coiler pulpit
cold mirrors
continuous charging
convergent filtration
counting on
cupr
delay sweep
dorkish
drum-kits
economy of scope
elbel
electric fog horn
errorlevel
fall of snow
filiforme
fillmass chute
first of same tenor and bate being unpaid
graphic-mode display
Gynutoclinus
high frequency thin film thickness meter
high temperature ablative material
Highmore's body
hochstein
hot gas flame
intermediate products
Koebe function
laterobronchus
liquid-pressure scales
log arithmic diode
losings
Mackinaw City
mean lead
Morciano di Romagna
Morus mongolica
Moszczenica
mucousness
non-delivery
nonahedrons
Ocarina of Time
ocean data acquisition system
oiltight bulkhead
orangethorpe
orthotopic small intestine transplantation
pericontinental area
pile weave
polemist
policy
polyxylic
port block
prehypertrophic
pro-Zionist
production speed
project engineer scheduling technique
Pseudoracelopus
pur.
raise foreign funds
reconceptualise
refrigerator mom
relative byte address
rod bipoiars
rolled sheet iron
scapuloanterior
seal (contact) face
separable acf
sexduction
sightreaders
site model
stooker
tariff kilometerage
tayloria indica
tegminal
transperineal
Tridax
ultra-distance
urban-cowboy
weak signals
winter-annual cover crops
work-lines
wound rotor series resistor starting
zoster frontalis