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
3-hydroxy-7-ketochol amic acid
address space control block
aerodux
as far as one can see
Benzadon's sign
binary control field
bonatti
book slide
branch-line substation
brow hair
burgyne
bvo
car puller
cargo reflector
central guarantee fund
cervical mucus examination
Chrysosplenium japonicum
commercial cost accounting
cut frame
database builder
deutchman
diphenyl chloroarisine
disease control and prevention
dkp
document description
dodecander
doveman
early release
eat my dust
espire
excessive movement
fadish
female judge
fibroepithelioma
fissionable nuclide
full word device
gastric tentacles
general problem solver program
hajredin
haptophore group
hexaplarian
high center
hydraulic jet barker
implementation of the reference language
improve efficiency
interlend
ionic strength principle
jet pipe temperature controller
jochanan
Judith, Book of
juniperites
keep oneself close
lakeward
lensless
liquor chloroazodini
long term behaviour
lophodermium thujopsidis sawada
malfunction flag
mean ergodic semigroup
military nuclear power
miscomputing
nichiren
nodosa ophthalmia
nonlaparoscopic
nordberg
paper paraffined capacitor
phenacaine
Plastic Pig Award
prenanthes purpureas
primary claim
prophetships
rabies prophylaxis
rack one's brain head
rane of soil discharge
range energy curve
ratitate
recirculation control
reconductors
reresolved
rhizoprionodon acutus
rise of groundwater level
Royal Society
saletan
sex-gender system
sexual deviant
short story
siphonopore
slitting and shearing line
stands me up
storage circuit
straight bevel gear planing machine
tachinids
tapetum cellulosun
telepsychiatry
thermal neutron fission factor
thyminic acid
tmre
tricyclohexylmethylenephosphine oxide
turbofan engines
Viola pubescens
whomsome
working code