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
administrative county
allanders
apterism
Atka Seamount
barbudas
beer mug
benzestrol
biomechanist
bobst
careerbuilder.com
cattle cake
co-presented
coctoprecipitinogen
corona of galaxy
corset liver
countercurrent
cross-counterflow
cuboid (fourth and fifth tarsales fused)
cuphole
cyphochilus crataceus crataceus
demi-plie
difluoroethane
diminishing productivity
dog-in-the-manger
dold
donoras
dot crawl
drag gear
drop a hint
eccentric fitting
echelon lenses
electrolytic polishing
exit macro instruction
exohemophylaxis
formation of allotriolith
geezery
graphite lubricant oil
greenfeld
haze layer
head information
hexamethylenetetramine
honey bear
horizontal oil-firing boiler
hyaluronoglucosidase
incremental parameter matrix
induced control voltage
internal compensated inactive compound
investigative report
island festoon
Ispringen
junk feeler
laryngotomes
loligoes
Louis Quatorze
loveliness
malagasy dance (madagascar)
marine gasoline
mean ring width
methylthioribose
monofuel propulsion
multiple access time-sharing
murrysville
nickel foam
non-specific proteinotherapy
nonenthusiasts
ntsc signal
olana
oral proficiency interview (opi)
oxidising
palpebrates
paraconic acid
patient-day
perchlorate
phosphoglycrides
plain snap gauge
possessives
prototype situation
quick-acting recorder
ravenelin
reduction index
relative elongation
resume diplomatic relations
rolling slab
Samgyo-chon
section mould
significance difference
simonists
sinting
smudging
space astronomy
stable airfoil
stelligera
tar baby
tourable
tracing test
tractor load
triacontanols
unridiculed
validus
WCIP
white soup
zanthoxylum clava-herculiss