外研社高級(jí)英語(yǔ)第一冊(cè)第12課 人物介紹

1、Al Gore(Albert Arnold Gore Jr)vBorn : March 31, 1948 (age 67) Washington, D.C., U.S.vPolitical party :DemocraticvSpouse(s): Tipper Aitcheson (19702010; Separated)vChildren:4 (Including Karenna, Kristin)vResidence:Rancho Mirage, CaliforniavAlma mater;Harvard University (A.B.)vReligion:Baptist (Former

2、ly Southern Baptist)Harvard: Enrolled in Harvard College in 1965, initially planning to major in English and write novels, but later deciding to major in government.Vietnam War: When Gore graduated in 1969 eventually decided to enlist in the Army.Journalism: night shift for The Tennessean as an inve

3、stigative reporter in 1971. Vanderbilt: Gore first attended Vanderbilt University Divinity School范德堡大學(xué)神學(xué)院 from 1971 to 1972.He said he went there in order to explore spiritual issues,and that he had hoped to make sense of the social injustices that seemed to challenge his religious beliefs. Then he

4、attended Vanderbilt University Law School 范德比爾特大學(xué)法學(xué)院 in 1974.1st.196576 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE2nd197693 POLITICAL RUNJan 3, 1977 Jan 3, 1983 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessees 4th district. (眾議員)Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessees

5、 6th district . (眾議員)Jan 3, 1985 Jan 3, 1993 United States Senator from Tennessee. (參議員)Jan 20, 1993 Jan 20, 2001 45th Vice President of the United States. (副總統(tǒng)，克林頓副手) EnvironmentalismSince 1976 ,as a freshman congressman, Gore has been involved with environmental issues. He held the first congressi

6、onal hearings on the climate change, and co-sponsor hearings on toxic waste and global warming. He continued to speak on the topic throughout the 1980s.In 1990, Senator Gore presided主持 over a three-day conference with legislators立法者 from over 42 countries which sought to create a Global Marshall Pla

7、n全球馬歇爾計(jì)劃全球馬歇爾計(jì)劃, under which industrial nations would help less developed countries grow economically while still protecting the environment.In the late 1990s, Gore strongly pushed for the passage of the Kyoto Protocol京都議定京都議定書(shū)書(shū) , which called for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. He was oppose

8、d by the Senate, which passed unanimously the ByrdHagel Resolution 伯瑞德伯瑞德-海格爾決議海格爾決議In 2004 , he co-launched Generation Investment Management, a company for which he serves as Chair. A few years later, Gore also founded The Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization which eventually founded th

9、e We Campaign. Gore also became a partner in the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, heading that firms climate change solutions group. He also helped to organize the Live Earth benefit concerts.活樂(lè)活樂(lè)地球慈善音樂(lè)會(huì)地球慈善音樂(lè)會(huì)In 2013, Gore went vegan.3rd.京都議定書(shū)（英語(yǔ)：Kyoto Protocol，又譯京都協(xié)議書(shū)、京都

10、條約；全稱(chēng)聯(lián)合國(guó)氣候變化框架公約的京都議定書(shū)）是聯(lián)合國(guó)氣候變化框架公約（United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change，UNFCCC）的補(bǔ)充條款。是1997年12月在日本京都府京都市的國(guó)立京都國(guó)際會(huì)館所召開(kāi)聯(lián)合國(guó)氣候變化框架公約參加國(guó)三次會(huì)議制定的。其目標(biāo)是“將大氣中的溫室氣體含量穩(wěn)定在一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)乃剑员ＷC生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的平滑適應(yīng)、食物的安全生產(chǎn)和經(jīng)濟(jì)的可持續(xù)發(fā)展”。在京都議定書(shū)談判的關(guān)鍵時(shí)刻，也就是1997年7月25日，美國(guó)參議院通過(guò)了伯瑞德-海格爾決議（Byrd-Hagel Resolution），表達(dá)了美國(guó)關(guān)于氣候變化問(wèn)題的基本立場(chǎng)

11、。在該決議中，認(rèn)為在以下任何一種情況下，美國(guó)不得簽署任何與1992年聯(lián)合國(guó)氣候變化框架公約有關(guān)的議定書(shū)或者協(xié)定：一是公約的發(fā)展中國(guó)家締約方不同時(shí)承諾承擔(dān)限制或者減少溫室氣體排放義務(wù)，卻要求美國(guó)等發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家締約方承諾承擔(dān)限制或 者減少溫室氣體排放義務(wù)；二是簽署該議定書(shū)或協(xié)定將會(huì)嚴(yán)重危害美國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)。伯瑞德-海格爾決議在參議院表決中，以95票贊成、0票反對(duì)通過(guò)，可以說(shuō)該決議反映了美國(guó)國(guó)內(nèi)不同利益集團(tuán)在氣候變化問(wèn)題上的共同觀點(diǎn)。附附附附Global Marshall Plan: Five strategic goals stabilizing of world populationthe rapid de

12、velopment of environmentally appropriate technologiesa comprehensive change in the economic rules of the road by which we measure the impact of our decisions on the environmentnegotiation & approval of a new generation of international agreementsa cooperative plan for educating the worlds citize

13、ns about our global environment.In my view, five strategic goals must direct and inform our efforts to save the global environment -Al GoreJulius CaesarName: Gaius Julius CaesarBorn: July 100 BC Rome Died: 15 March 44 BC (aged 55) RomaResting place: Temple of Caesar , RomaFirst Triumvirate：Caesar, C

14、rassus(克拉蘇), and Pompey(龐培) formed a political alliance that was to dominate Roman politics for several yearsCareer: a Roman general, statesman, Consul, and notable author of Latin prose, dictator (49 BC-44 BC) of the Rome Empire.Major Contribution: Politics: Constitutional reforms, Centralization o

15、f authority(中央集權(quán))， Civil rightsMilitary: Build military, expand territorySociety : Social relief (社會(huì)救濟(jì))Culture :Public buildings(Peace Square), Competitive races, Julian calendar(儒略歷)，Communication modeLife Stories82-79BC: Caesar goes to eastern because of some political reason78BC: he returns back

16、to Roma76BC: he goes to eastern again74BC: he goes to Roma again and inherit his uncles position as flamen70BC: he becomes the treasurer through election which is first formal officer in the officer system of RomaAchievementAge Achievements/Positions18Won a civil war20Got a corolla(花冠) because his b

17、ravery26Flamen (祭司)28Military Tribune(軍事保民官)31The official of finance(財(cái)務(wù)官)33Syndic(新市政官)，The grand justice(大法官)40Consul of the Republic of Rome(羅馬共和國(guó)執(zhí)政官)56Dictator in perpetuity (終身獨(dú)裁官)Some general evaluation of Julius CaesarAn outstanding military chief and politicanThe uncrowned emperor( 無(wú)冕之皇)The

18、times produce the heroes DramasShakespeare-Julius CaesarGeorge Bernard Shaw- Caesar and CleopatraChristopher ColumbusBorn: 31 October 1451 Genoa, Republic of GenoaDied: 20 May 1506 (aged c.54) Valladolid, Crown of CastilOccupation: Maritime explorerReligion: Roman CatholicTitle:Admiral of the Ocean

19、Sea; Viceroy and Governor of the IndiesVoyagesv Between 1492 and 1503, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, all of them under the sponsorship of the Crown of Castile. These voyages marked the beginning of the European exploration and colonization of the American

20、 continents, and are thus of enormous significance in Western history.v Columbus always insisted, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, that the lands that he visited during those voyages were part of the Asian continent, as previously described by Marco Polo and other European travelers.9 Columbus refusal to accept that the lands he had visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Asia might explain, in part, why the American continent was named after the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci and not after Columbus.The First Voyage1492-1493Starting: SpainEnd