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
-fos
2-furylacetylene
algebraical
angeosere
answer for a crime
anterior pyramidal tract
Arabize
ashily
band pass network
be indifferent to
beguilt
bejaia (bougie)
berth apron clerk
blast regulator
blow-off tank
carryalong
collatitious
control variates method
costumeries
dementia praesenilis
deuterogenic
dissect
echinating
emergency dam
erythroplasia of vulva
essential calculus
exploited class
flexural oscillator
foramen orbito-rotundum
fundamental input-connection matrix
gallows bitts
Gentiana globosa
geographic source of income
get it made
Gomortega
granholm
hang-up tree
haphazardries
hard boil
helliers
household type
Hsinchu City
Incident.
incomparably
infusion wort
insect-pollinated flower
karst base level
kitasato
kitcheners
knife straightedge
lakering
Lenhossek's fibers
linear depletion
logboards
logical variable
long-bladed amputation knives
loss on clearing warehouse
lysoclines
many-many
measles in beef
melon tree
mendele
mephobarbitals
meridian convergence
messagings
microtome method
modified Post's correspondence problem
molecular mass spectra
nersy
neutron-activation kit
oil-tight cover
onion soup
Osoyoos Indian Reserve
partes superior
production transformation curves
qualified personnel
Rando-bonder
reddely
Saussurea paucijuga
schizopelmous
Serutan
Sidi Bibi
sieve trays column
single sawing
solimene
squaring amplifier
suballotment
superheavy boson
Synthetic Gear Oils
taenia cinerea
Tapado
Taïbet
tidal harmonic constants
tikhons
transformed value of a measurand
triangular colon
two party sight draft
uroeythrin
vaginifixura uteri
vidals
Vieste
walk-by