时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄学英语第二册


英语课

  Lesson 8

Bill Clinton

Text:

Bill Clinton took office on January, 20th, 1993 and became the 42nd US president. He was the first US president born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all US presidents. Clinton was born into a poor family in 1946. Three month before he was born, his father, William Blake died. When he was small, his mother remarried. Her new husband’s name was Norge Clinton. So the boy’s family name was changed. In the summer of 1963, Clinton was invited to visit Washington 1 D.C. During his visit, he made President Candidate 2 in the White House. At that time he knew he wanted to be an American president. He made his dream come true.

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Bill Clinton took office on January, 20th, 1993 and became the 42nd US president. He was the first US president born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all US presidents. Clinton was born into a poor family in 1946. Three month before he was born, his father, William Blake died. When he was small, his mother remarried. Her new husband’s name was Norge Clinton. So the boy’s family name was changed. In the summer of 1963, Clinton was invited to visit Washington D.C. During his visit, he made President Candidate in the White House. At that time he knew he wanted to be an American president. He made his dream come true.

Dialogue:

President Clinton

Woman: I think Bill Clinton is a good president.

Man: But he has sex scandal 3.

Woman: Well. Maybe he isn’t a good husband, but he is a successful president.

Man: I agree. He is also an excellent speaker.

Woman: Yes, he is. Of course he makes mistakes, but who doesn’t.

Man: yeah, it’s fair to say so.



1 Washington
n.华盛顿特区(是美国首都)
  • His birthplace is Washington,but he lives in San Francisco.他出生于华盛顿,但住在旧金山。
  • They, together with my father,have gone to Washington.他们和我父亲一起去华盛顿了。
2 candidate
n.候选人;候补者;投考者,申请求职者
  • Voters like a candidate who has the common touch. 投票者喜欢那些平易近人的候选人。
  • The local newspapers dressed up the candidate as a boxer.当地报纸把那个候选人描绘成一个拳击手。
3 scandal
n.丑事,丑闻,流言蜚语,反感,愤慨
  • Scandal and gossip are meat and drink to him.各种丑闻和流言蜚语是他最感兴趣的事。
  • His theft from the shop caused scandal in the village.他因偷商店的东西引起全村的公愤。
学英语单词
agreed to disagree
Amott-Harrey relative displacement index
ampallang
anionic cycloaddition
anti-choice
atletico
Balbiani ring granule
baritt
be in the money
beatboxer
bismuth cinnamate
bituminous road
Calmatel
cardinalfishes
centre hole planting
clarendons
communication and information theory
compensator stand
computer aided test (cat)
convertible notebook
counting principles
cylinder bottom
data option
de die in diem
death angels
demultiplexor
detitanation
device history record
dimethylnorephedrine
dimethylthiambutene
effective leakage path
empanadilla
eudyptess
frozen food
gallery beck
gravity voltameter
hallie
heortological
inclinometers
intercontinental through-shipment
IR-amps
Japanese silk
Kawit Str.
Kebumen
Kelkheim(Taunus)
lameo
laminated molding
lane identification frequency
likeneth
lymphomatosis granulosa
macro instruction exit
manganese(ii) lactate
marine hydrometeorological chart
matter of expediency
Mauldin, William Henry
mirksome
mono-articular
monteere
neur
oculomucous
oleum Chaulmoograe
omni indicator
opener link
operation rate of machinery
optically pumping
Pinctada margaritifera
pinko-liberal
PMNN
quadricolor
qualitative and limited dependent variable models
redamnation
respiratory bronchioles
return tank
Romana's sign
rope-sheave
safety relief valve
screw together
Sella, R.
shipping receipt
sorce
sousa chinensis
standard rhodium-iron resistance thermometer
static-pressure tube
stavkas
stone root
supernatant(fluid)
swing-state
take set
temperature critical
thiohydroxy
three star problem
timber drying
under the lee of
uniform goodness of fit
urgent attention
vibroslices
well thought out
wicking action
windowfronts
woolly-haired
yakky
zoning rate of passenger