(单词翻译:单击)
中英文本
Yulia Tymoshenko is Ukraine’s prime minister and one of the world’s few female leaders. She is head of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" party and the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc. She was born in 1960 and spent her teenage years rising through the Soviet Communist Youth Organization. She has a Ph.D. in economics and has written over 50 research papers.
尤利娅·季莫申科是乌克兰总理,她也是全球少有的女性领导人
Before she entered politics, Tymoshenko was a successful businesswoman. In 1989, she started a chain of video rental stores, which made her quite rich. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she had several high positions in Ukraine’s oil and gas industries and became one of Ukraine’s richest people. Her newly found fortune allowed her to start up her own political party.
进入政坛之前,季莫申科是一名成功的女商人
During Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, the Western media dubbed her as the nation’s Joan of Arc. She was appointed as acting prime minister in January 2005, but lost power in September that same year when Ukraine’s president dismissed her government. She returned to power in June 2006, following national elections. She is widely tipped to one day become President of Ukraine.
在乌克兰的橙色革命期间,西方媒体将她称为乌克兰的圣女贞德
There are many other sides to Tymoshenko’s life. In 2001, she was voted as one of the most beautiful women to ever enter politics. She is also known for her trademark plaited hairstyle, which became iconic during the Orange Revolution, and which she keeps to this day. She once joked her hairstyle was “a steering wheel to drive the state”.
季莫申科的生活多姿多彩
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重点讲解
1.steering wheel 方向盘
例句:But if you want to change the direction of the car, you have to have your hands on the steering wheel.
但是如果你想要改变一辆汽车的前进方向,你必须将你的手放在方向盘上面
。2.Soviet Union 苏联
例句:I came out of the Soviet Union no longer acommunist, because I believed in personal freedom.
我以不再是一位某党成员的身份离开了苏联,因为我信仰个人自由
。3.national election 全国大选
例句:Mr. Peres has held virtually all of Israel's top civilian posts, including the jobs of prime minister and foreign minister without ever having won a national election.
事实上,佩雷斯在没有赢取过任何全国大选的情况下就担任过以色列所有的高层文官职务,包括总理和外交部长
。4.known for 因…而闻名
例句:He's one of the most famous scholars ever but he's not known for any single discovery.
他也是史上最著名的学者之一,但他不是因为某一项发现而名扬四海
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