时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:吉姆老爷.Lord.Jim


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Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 1 was born into a political family in 1947. Her father was president of the Philippines during her teenage years. She is the fourteenth Philippine president and the country's second female president. She has governed her country during very stormy times and has survived many attempts to remove her from office. She is fluent in English, Tagalog and Spanish.


Arroyo’s father became president when she was 14. The family moved into the Malacanang Palace in Manila. She studied economics at university in Washington D.C. where she was a classmate of former US President Bill Clinton. She returned to the Philippines and married her childhood sweetheart. They had three children and then Gloria returned to her studies to get her Master’s degree and Ph.D.


In 1987, she joined the government as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry. She entered politics in 1992 and was elected as Senator in the national elections. She wrote or sponsored 55 laws including anti-sexual harassment 2 and indigenous 3 people's rights laws. She became vice 4 president in 1998 but quit in 2000 because of accusations 5 of corruption 6 against President Estrada.


Arroyo became Philippine president in January 2001, on the same day that US President George W. Bush assumed office in the USA. Arroyo outlined her vision of “building a strong republic”. She won the 2004 election by more than a million votes over her nearest rival. She has been praised for making “tough decisions” but is constantly dogged by allegations of corruption.



1 arroyo
n.干涸的河床,小河
  • She continued along the path until she came to the arroyo.她沿着小路一直走到小河边。
  • They had a picnic by the arroyo.他们在干枯的河床边野餐过。
2 harassment
n.骚扰,扰乱,烦恼,烦乱
  • She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
  • The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。
3 indigenous
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的
  • Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
  • Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。
4 vice
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
5 accusations
n.指责( accusation的名词复数 );指控;控告;(被告发、控告的)罪名
  • There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
  • He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。
6 corruption
n.腐败,堕落,贪污
  • The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
  • The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
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