时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:吉姆老爷.Lord.Jim


英语课

Ban Ki-moon became the eighth UN General Secretary in 2006. Before then, he was a diplomat 1 in South Korea, where he served as Foreign Minister. His diplomatic service started after graduating from college. His first post was at his nation’s embassy in India. He quickly earned a reputation for his clever diplomatic skills.


Ban was born on a North Korean farm. His destiny was to become a diplomat. He was a star pupil at school and was chosen to send a message to the United Nations. In 1962, he won an essay competition. His prize was a trip to America, where he met President John F. Kennedy. He told him his ambition was to be a diplomat.


Ban studied International Relations and got a Master’s degree from Harvard University. He speaks English, French, German and Japanese. He has a very disciplined work ethic 2 and splits his schedule into five-minute blocks. The Korean press calls him the ‘slippery eel’ because of his ability to evade 3 tricky 4 questions.


In his time as UN boss, he has dealt with many difficult issues. He has very strong views on global warming and has tried repeatedly to persuade President Bush to cut the USA’s carbon emissions 5. He has taken an active role in Iran’s and North Korea’s nuclear intentions. Ban has also tried to negotiate a deal to solve the Darfur crisis. He seems well equipped to deal with future global problems.



1 diplomat
n.外交官,外交家;能交际的人,圆滑的人
  • The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话,紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
  • He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
2 ethic
n.道德标准,行为准则
  • They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
  • The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。
3 evade
vt.逃避,回避;避开,躲避
  • He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
  • You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人,你怎么能对这个问题不置可否?
4 tricky
adj.狡猾的,奸诈的;(工作等)棘手的,微妙的
  • I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手,你能帮我吗?
  • He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题,只做了个笼统的表述。
5 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
学英语单词
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2-(p-toluidinyl)-naphthalene-6-sulfonate
abbruscato
acts of bankruptcy
afterpart
anticoncessionary
apetaly
askeletal
atitlan
automatic ventilating side light
baryt feldspar
bite stick
bituminous macadam mixture
bueches
candacia varicans
Chilmari
circularizers
colourbearer
conveyor oven
corner cube
correction shim
criminal damage
dangling participles
diagnostic routing equipment
differential voing
disequillibrium of international payments
dismountable wood case
double counterpoint in the ninth
double cropping late rice
dyer plat.
dynamic statistics of population
earthscape
economic pattern
Fissistigma wallichii
flounder-flat
four-dimensional holographic recording
four-way plug valve
francis turbines
gate insulator
golf-links
Grudovo
head winch
heuristic routine
homogenous group
Horsens Fd.
hylte
idealogic
insular species
invisible writing ink
ITTCS
jettisoning
leachman
live separate
louis vuitton
make no pretence to
matsubara
matters of aggravation
monosaccharose
mortar sand
multi-cutter shearing machine
multicraft
Munku-Sardyk, Gora
neurogangliitis
nitrating pot
no-lines
nougatines
oblique narration
official moisture regain
otherwise from
paces
Penguin Bank
plane rigging valve
preserved pear
pseudohyperparathyroidism
ratio of viscosity
reliability of use
reserve for amortization
Roots pump
shell mold press
simplecystofkidney
single anchor leg storage
smeshko
snappin
soft lead
species-specific response
spherochromatism
spring return switch
standard data and time formula
Stella, Pizzo
supply-route
sweazy
tender area
terata cata-anadidyma
The best is yet to come
Toumbélaga
trace catcher
vendroux
vesico ureteral regurgitation
vibrating reed gyro
viscous pressure resistance
willowbrook
yarn-dyed