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
abrasion pulsator
absolute configuration
air way slits in rotor
alkynal
alumopharmacrosiderite
amazings
ananov
ansonia
anterodistal
anti-friction
Attlee, Clement (Richard)
aulae
autotransductor
black tree fern
blade mixing
calabur trees
capsella bursapastoris moench. forma
carnivalesque reversal
case simulator
central mountain
chimney sweeper
colour double-picture television broadcast system
common resources
compel
continuous grade of release
crown of the causeway
cultural attach
data converters
deny admittance to
depreciation on franchises
Doliolina
egg-producing
ethyl phthalate
eurycomanone
F ratio
faithful representation
floating point basis
galvanofaradization
general discharging instructions
glycosaminidases
Gyroceras
hdo
homoeostasis
HRDS
hypostomal sclerite
illueca
inter-house
leader label
liquefaction of brain tissue
loosely-woven
malafiges
memoscope programme
monitor resolution
monitoring parameters
Montrichard
myrica oil
nrhx (non-regenerative heat exchanger)
office furniture account
organic reef facies
outward-flow turbine
oxide isolation
oxygen inhale
peculiar evil
pecuniary economies of scale
phenylsilane
quartzitic
raclettes
radius of the throat
range cubes
reeling hook
regaled with
revealing agent
rezzori
Rifton
Schweitzer's reagent
screw base lamp
screw-slotting machine
shallow oval can
silicochloroform
simulation type
sine-wave modulator
slave driver
slot-pitch angle
sludge accumulation
sphingolipid(e)
stay on the ball
sting winkle
submaxillary lymph glands (or mandibular lymph glands)
sudser
take one's full swing
take oneself off
tayloristic
Third International
timbrally
to propose
toughened water gauge glass
trade leads
triacetone
trimethylenedinitrilo-tetraacetic acid
trypeta luteonota
Verticillium Nees
woody