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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adjustable air-gap
Aloeaceae
Apoteri
Arteria descendens genicularis
based upon
biological response modifier
blomdahl
bookcrosses
breight
Brewood
carbopol
cen.
collec
constitutional insanity
control variable of program
controlled humidity room
Copenhagen method
cut-and-shuts
deescalate
dhania
digital clock
dike set
discordable
double equilibrium diagram
double ripple
drumming
echo-hawk
electronic exchange
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febc
fibrae pantis superficiales
flowerer
fluidised-bed dipping process
fluosolids
French Foreign Legion
fully-qualified name
gross inflow-rate required for water
guiltified
half-conical center
Hawke B.
head lymph-sinus
heavy-duty truck tool
hobolike
hologram reconstruction
husk rice
income-beneficiary
indecisivenesses
intravascular
join with
Khvājeh
Kuehneosaurus
Lane City
leakage detection system
liberaligation of insterest rate
liquor-store
mckennitt
meta-iodo-ortho-oxyquinoline-sulfonic acid
misreporting
motivelessness
motor winding
multiple ion detector
neutron irradiation monitor
neverthrivings
nicola saccoes
nt wt
one-kilometres
open kimono
outer phalangeal cell,Deiters' cell
owner of goods
palatine nerve
partial breaches
Pedicularis plicata
plum-pie
point-of-sale terminal(pos)
prediction studies
pregnotarie
propelling nozzle
putty-like polymer
pyrans
radio-telecontrol
re-acquire
related clone
Rouens
rounding switch
sailboard
Salix paraplesia
single-phase aircooled transformer
spacing inaccuracy
spindlage
Spiradiclis fusca
sump fill timer
surprise sexes
tee sb off
telopar
tensile yield stress
tootsie
triplet piston pump
turn a cold shoulder to sb.
V-W antigcns
Völpke
wind power economics