时间:2019-02-25 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   Sir Paul Reeves died after a short illness yesterday, aged 1 78. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1985 to 1990, the first Maori Governor-General. There will be a state funeral later this week to honour him.


  He was an unusual choice for Governor-General as he was not a military man or a judge; he was the Archbishop of New Zealand for the Anglican Church. He was also a man who was not afraid to say what he thought about government policies. In 1981, he protested 2 against the Springbok Rugby Tour. While he was Governor-General he said publically that he thought the government policies were making a more unequal society, with the gap 3 between the rich and poor getting wider. The Prime 4 Minister at that time, David Lange, was not happy about the Governor-General criticizing 5 the government.
  Sir Paul Reeves was also unusual because he came from a working class family. His father was a tram driver in Wellington. His mother was Maori from the Taranaki area. As a young man, Paul studied at the Victoria University of Wellington.
  After 1990, he represented the Anglican church at the United Nations for three years. He was chairman of the Nelson Mandela Trust in South Africa and worked to bring back democracy 6 in Fiji. In New Zealand, he worked for Maori rights. In 2007, he was given the Order of New Zealand, which is the highest honour in this country.
  Listen to March 8th 2011 to hear about the next Governor-General after Sir Anand Satyanand retires.
  Note:
  The Springbok Tour of New Zealand in 1981 caused a great deal of conflict within our country. The Springboks is the name of the South African Rugby team. Many New Zealanders did not want this team to play here because of their policy of apartheid – i.e. separation of black and white people.
  Questions
  The Governor-General is the Queen’s representative in New Zealand. What qualities should a Governor-General have?
  Should a Governor-General show his or her political beliefs? Does the Queen show her political beliefs?

adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
v.声明( protest的过去式和过去分词 );坚决地表示;申辩
  • He protested he was being cheated of his rightful share. 他提出抗议说他被人骗取了他依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Amy protested she was being cheated of her rightful share. 艾米提出抗议,说有人骗取了她依法应得的份额。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.缺口;间隔;差距;不足,缺陷
  • We must see that there is no gap in our defence.我们必须确保我们的防御没有漏洞。
  • There is a gap of five miles between towns.镇与镇之间相隔五英里。
adj.首要的,主要的;最好的,第一流的
  • The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
  • He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。
v.评论,批评( criticize的现在分词 )
  • He committed the cardinal sin of criticizing his teammates. 他犯了指责队友的大错。
  • She's always criticizing her husband for being sloppy. 她总是指责她的丈夫做事马虎。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.民主政治,民主制度;民主精神,民主作风
  • Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding.民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。
  • Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens? 民主制度是创始于雅典吗?
学英语单词
A.P.C. (automatic power control)
actinomucor repens
ad hoc on-demand distance vector
ammonia ash
angiulo
anomalous line condition received
autotronic system
AVRCP
Badenheim
badger dog
balmifying
beck's hydrometer
Buckley ga(u)ge
commutation of penalty
comparative feeding experiment
compositive criteria
contracted curvature tensor
croson
curator-in-charge
cyclophosphamide(CP)
deleterious substances
design transition temperature
diluent agent
distelfinks
doltons
dry blast cleaning
duodena
empurple
entertainments tax
equivalent multiply rate
Euro-farmer
exit phase
extra bright
fulminants
grip strength
gyrostabilizers
hallettsville
hamsin
hemorrhagic white eye
heteropatriarchy
high annealing
hoarsened
human factors evaluation
inductive loop detector
krashen
Lagrange-Hamilton theory
legal situation
licuala spinosa
long-period test
Loose Credit
lyncury
machinery repairman
macrophthalmus abbreviatus
magnetic amplifier type magnetic core circuit
metritic
Mount Juliet
nagal
near drowning
Negri Sembilan
oblique grooving iron
orthogonal orthomorphism
overconnected
patinoes
pennsylvanias
Pinkertonian
planty
pnictides
Politzer's plug
polyynic
preferential direction
regulation of water intake
responsible accident
rhacomitrium cucullatum broth
rhinolaryngological
roes
Roncal, V.de
Schneider Trophy
sclerotium oryzae
seeder unit
seropneumothorax
service completion time
silden
sour mushroom
sputum tubes
stimulation-escape
supress
synchronous optical transmission
taarof
taylers
telescopic belt conveyor
tend on/upon
tenthredo formosana
tetramerous flower
thiocarbazides
track start
transmarginal inhibition
triangular oscillation blade
tubular boiler
verminous abscess
vestas
wallet-size
within-participants design