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英语课

By Sabina Castelfranco
Rome
12 October 2006


The new U.S. ambassador to U.N. food agencies based in Rome recently arrived to take up his post.  Gaddi Vasquez directed the Peace Corps 1 for the past four-and-a-half years.


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Ambassador Gaddi Vasquez says public awareness 2 of world hunger must be increased to provide greater support for international efforts.  He says he hopes to be a leader in addressing the devastating 3 consequences of world hunger and poverty.


Vasquez arrived in Rome three weeks ago as the eighth U.S. representative to the U.N. food agencies.  He says he believes his experience as Director of the Peace Corps will be useful now.


"During my tenure 4 I traveled to over 60 countries and I had the opportunity to see the strength of development work, the capacity of Peace Corps volunteers to build capacity in the areas of agriculture, in the areas of irrigation, maximizing or improving productivity," he said.


Vasquez says the Peace Corps concentrates its efforts in rural communities, villages, and towns and works at the grassroots level.  He says his time at the Peace Corps gave him the opportunity to see the strengths and challenges that are faced on a daily basis in the developing world.


Ambassador Vasquez says he plans to travel extensively in his new job and his first trip could be as early as December.  He did not announce a destination, but he says Africa continues to be a high U.S. priority for foreign assistance.


"We have made major investments of resources and personnel in Africa because there are a number of needs on different fronts and so consequently there has been a concentration of that," he added.  "How that spells out in my new capacity is yet to be determined 5, but there is no doubt that the continent of Africa is facing some significant challenges."


Ambassador Vasquez attended the opening of a new Crisis Management Center at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome.  Just before the launch of the center, the U.S. mission announced an American pledge of up to $35 million over three years to fight avian influenza 6.



n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
adj.毁灭性的,令人震惊的,强有力的
  • It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
  • Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
n.终身职位;任期;(土地)保有权,保有期
  • He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
  • Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。
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。
n.流行性感冒,流感
  • They took steps to prevent the spread of influenza.他们采取措施
  • Influenza is an infectious disease.流感是一种传染病。
学英语单词
affiliatory
alphatic mercuration
angiocardiograms
antineutropenic
Apneumony
Arapiles
argentocyanide
Aufkirch
biathlon
bigamously
blown someone off
cactoids
carandente
catalytic amount
clean-up operation
coil dissipation
colloidal mud
colter drill
computer assisted personal interviewing
Constantine-Silvanus
cottonwoods
current indicator lamp
daryaganj
DB list
delay-line helix
discrete maximum principle
dussert
electro-thermal equivalent
electronic millsecondmeter
Epilast
equivalent articulation loss
Eritrichium spathulatum
exactly right
extended port
false impression
fine-mapping
flabellinids
gamma radiometer in borehole
genetic differences
Hammond postulate
high-temperature-oxidation resistant coating
hollow stalk
HWL (hot water line)
indicator plankton
Kalkchabasit
Knoop hardness
lag wood screw
lambdoid suture
limp standard
Manganoandalusite
Meyer atomic volume curve
minimum wall thickness
mnemonic instruction code
multiplatinum
Neumann method
nicalex
occidentalol
ochterus marginatus
optimal Bayes control
oscillator stage
outgoing current
peachwort
photoelectric tristimulus colorimetry
plastic mortar
plastic-faced plywood
polyether ester thermoplastic elastomer
pootas
prices guard wire
print line length
production force
progress variable
pseudoinclusion
quality ranges
repetitive transportation
ring-shaped placenta
Roan Mountain
roll-tech
Rubik's cubist
saline contamination
Sc. D. Med.
scotist
section column
sexadecimal number
split pin for set piston rod
spring free end
staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
Strunian Stage
subflare kernel
superantigenicity
telepherage
temperature vibration
the deceased
three-step
to go out
tombolas
travel bag
two-periods
vermiculture
wave shaping electronics
woman power
yeast autolysate