六级英语晨读经典100篇 11

　　Remarks by former president of the United States- Nxion at the university of International Business and Economics美国前总统尼克松在对外经济贸易大学的讲话
I made my first trip to China in 1972, Premier¹ Zhou Enlai and I shook hands as i came off the airplane. And that handshake began a new era in relations between China and the United States. And later he said to me, "Your handshake came over the vastest distance in the world- twnety-five years of no communication." That vast distance is one we have now crossed. We have communication, cooperation, trade, investment, tourism, cultural and scientific exchanges. For example, in 1972, there were no Americans as tourists in the PRC; last year there were over 100000. In 1972, there were no students from the PRC studying in the United States; last year there were over 12000. In 1972, there was no trade between the two countries; last year trade went over 6 billion dollars. That's an indication of what has happened in just 13 short years. In rencent years, China has been working hard and creatively at evolving a system that works for China at this period of its history and this stage of its development. The progress for example that China has made in just the 13 short years since I was first here has greatly exceeded the expectations, and they were farily high, that I had at that time. As we look to the future, to the next century, China's system will continue to evolve and change. All systems do. Our own American economic system is very different from what it was a century ago, and even different from what it was when I reached what Amercian call the age of maturity² a half a century ago. As I look ahead to the 21st century - to your century - I see one world. But the world I see is not a world without differences between nations or peoples. Rather, it is one in which we all recognize that we have profound differences and we must learn to live with our differences rather than dying over them. I do see a world without nuclear weapons. But I do see one where the awesome³ power of these weapons has made world war obsolete⁴ as an instrument of policy. For that reason, I do not believe there will be a third world war. I see a world where the honor of being called great is bestowed⁵ not on the world's warriors⁶ but on the world's peacemakers. And I see one world, but not a world drab in its uniformity but one world enriched by its diversity. I see an open world, a world of open cities, open skies, open minds and open hears; a world where our enemise are not other peoples but the common enemise of all mankind: poverty, hunger, misery⁷, disease, and injustice⁸ whichever they may exist in the world. And I see a world in which there will continue to be conflict but where competition between nations will build rather than destroy - where it will be a force for peace and progress rather than a force for war. Some will question my optimism. But of this one thing I am quite sure: without cooperation between the Chinese People and American people, there is no hope that the 21st century in which you will live will be a century of peace and progress for all peoples. This is what I hope for China. This is what I hope for the world. This is what I hope for you, the new generation of China, whose task it is to help to build and to meet those goals.

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 obsolete   

adj.已废弃的，过时的

参考例句：

• These goods are obsolete and will not fetch much on the market.这些货品过时了，在市场上卖不了高价。
• They tried to hammer obsolete ideas into the young people's heads.他们竭力把陈旧思想灌输给青年。

5 bestowed   

赠给，授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
• He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。

6 warriors   

武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
• The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。

7 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

8 injustice   

n.非正义，不公正，不公平，侵犯（别人的）权利

参考例句：

• They complained of injustice in the way they had been treated.他们抱怨受到不公平的对待。
• All his life he has been struggling against injustice.他一生都在与不公正现象作斗争。