Intel Chief Executive to Join White House Jobs Council

    U.S. President Barack Obama is naming one of his business critics to an advisory¹ panel that is trying to find new ways to put the United States ahead of its global competition(竞赛).
    A White House official says the president will appoint Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini to the recently created jobs and competitiveness council（委员会）.
    Otellini, who has criticized the Obama administration's handling of the economic recovery, will take Mr. Obama on a tour of an Intel semiconductor² plant in Oregon on Friday.
    The president is expected to make remarks and call for greater investments in education in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.  President Obama has called for those investments in order to be ahead of the global competition and "win the future."On Thursday, the president met in California with 12 of the country's top technology leaders to discuss ways the government and business community can collaborate³ to strengthen the U.S. economy.
    Among those at the event were Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt and Steve Jobs, the founder⁴ of the technology company Apple.
    Mr. Obama met privately⁵ with the group in the San Francisco area.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 advisory   

adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询

参考例句：

• I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
• He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。

2 semiconductor   

n.半导体

参考例句：

• In the beginning,engineers hoped to use semiconductor lasers.在开始时，工程师们希望能够利用半导体激光器。
• The main agent of the company brand semiconductor sales.本公司主要代理各品牌半导体销售。

3 collaborate   

vi.协作，合作；协调

参考例句：

• The work gets done more quickly when we collaborate.我们一旦合作，工作做起来就更快了。
• I would ask you to collaborate with us in this work.我们愿意请你们在这项工作中和我们合作。

4 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。