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。
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a superman
accept a bet
aging population
air flux
alcoholytic splitting
algebraic language
analysis of assets changes
anti-pollution device
anti-prostitution movement
apoplectic cicatrix
arch-frame press
armoured wood
Aspron, C.
asthmatic vaccine
Ballbach process
be presumed
blood albumin
boesman
bony fishes
building heating entry
butadiene elastomer
Caesar's wife ought to be above suspicion.
Ceel Dhaab
ceria
condenser transmitter
cresylate
CSSB
Davao City
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depleted area
double-base phototransistor
dual-rate spring
eccle-grass
ectopic contraction
ethylanthracene
expertise
face wheel
Gibbs Seamount
glass coating
glucoheptoascorbic acid
Gowers' intermediate process
gpea
grens
gypsoide
half-ruined
hastily
honesty
hopland
Impatiens amplexicaulis
in someone's wheelhouse
ingenta
intercarotid artery
J factor
Kylar
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lever blockin device
macrobrachium formosense
magnetic surface recording
Manchester City
maneuvering device
Maritimes, Alpes (Marittime, Alpi)
metaphysicist
meteoritical
microfarad meter
milibis
non selling
nonequalities
Nǎdlac
oceanward
off-line UPS
Ohne
out-suffer
pee off
perimedullary phloem
peritrophic mycorrhiza
Phenacodontidae
phenaeal
pleater
precoding
R-5-P
rail splice
recycled waste-process
Schizachyrium obliquiberbe
snorefest
snow remover with snowplough
sodium hydrogen arsenite
solid geometry
SPFG
Stick it right there!
stogs
subpyloric lymph nodes
Sundstrand pump
suppurative chorioiditis
thesaurize
throw money away
track plotter
trichlorethanol
uncontinued
vacuum tube arrester
valve-point performance curve
wear green