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She
She'smorethanjustaprettyface
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AGENCIES 时间:
2008-01-22 来源:
21世纪英文报第739期
SHEiswellborn,well-knownandwealthy.Sheisaformersupermodelturnedpopsinger.Shehasasonbyaphilosopherwhosefathersheoncedated.Now,FranceisdebatingwhethersheissuitablefortheElyséePalace.
SheisCarlaBruni,the40-year-oldnewgirlfriendofFrance's52-year-oldpresident,NicolasSarkozy.TheirrelationshipsurfacedbarelythreemonthsafterSarkozy'sdivorcefromhiswife,CéciliaSarkozy,withwhomhehasa10-year-oldson.
Theword"model"isoftenusedasasynonymfor"moron".Asaresult,fewthinkthatBruniiswell-equippedtoresideatElyséePalace.Firstofall,sheisastepdaughteroftheItaliantiretycoonandclassicalcomposerAlbertoBruniTedeschi.Hermother,MarisaBorini,wasaconcertpianist.Bruniiswelleducatedandspeaksthreelanguages.Inthe1970s,herfamilymovedtoFrancetoescapeawaveofkidnappingsinItaly.
Inthe1990s,shewasamongthemosthighlypaidmodelsintheworld.ShehadcampaignsforDiorandChanelandsome250magazinecoverstohercredit.Aftersheagedoutofhermodelingcareer,Brunibecameamusician.Thiswasatransitionlesssurprisingwhenoneconsidersherheritageandpastrelationshipswitharangeoffamouspeople,includingtheRollingStones'MickJagger.
Herfirstalbumwasreleasedin2003andquicklybecameasuccess.Quelqu'unm'adit(SomeoneToldMe)producedabest-sellingsingleandsoldoveramillioncopiesinFrance.In2004,ithelpedBrunigettheFrenchequivalentofaGrammyasthecountry'sbestfemalesinger.
PaulCavaco,creativedirectorofAlluremagazine,believesBruniisqualifiedtobeatstatedinners."She'ssmart,she'sconversant,she'sfrommoney,she'llknowaboutliteratureandartandcurrentevents.She'swarmasaperson,andthefactthatshe'sarecognizedbeauty,whydoesthathurt?
"CavacotoldtheNewYorkTimes.
Butsomepeoplethinkotherwise.JustineLévy,thenovelistdaughterofthephilosopherBernard-HenriLévy,wasmarriedtothephilosopherRaphalEnthovenwhenBrunifellinlovewithhim.ThisisafterBrunireportedlyhadanaffairwithRaphal'sfather,Jean-Paul.AnovelthatLévywroteafterallthisfeaturedafictionalcharacterbasedonBruni,awomanbeautifulbutwiththelookofakiller.
"Peoplealwayssecretlyhatetherichandbeautiful,"saidLongNguyen,theeditorofFlauntmagazine,whichranastoryonBruniinAugust."It'snotamatterofwhetherex-modelisacareerpathforafirstlady.It'sthatnobodycanstandapersonwhohasitall,"NguyentoldtheNewYorkTimes.
VOCABULARYBUILDER
WhenyoudescribeawomanwhoisasbeautifulandalluringasCarlaBruni,youcanusethefollowingexpressions:
eyecandy:
美女
Shehasbeeneyecandyformeneversinceshebeganattendinguniversity.自从上了大学,她就成了男人眼中的美女。
heart-wrecker:
让男人心碎的女人
She'sarealheart-wrecker.Shehasdumpedmorethanadozenmenanddivorcedthreemore.她让男人伤透了心。
她已经甩了十多个男友,还跟三个离了婚。
mantrap:
能够俘获男人的女人,狐狸精
She'ssuchamantrap!
EverytimeIseeher,she'sgotadifferentguyonherarm.她真是个狐狸精。
每次我见到她,她都和不同的男人在一起。
conversant精通的ElyséePalace爱丽舍宫
moron低能者reside居住tycoon大亨
Safetymustcomefirst
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21ST 时间:
2008-01-24 来源:
21世纪英文报第740期
TravelingbytrainduringtheSpringFestivalisabigheadacheformany.XINHUA
ONJanuary13,afemalecollegestudentwaskilledbyanincomingtrainattheWuhuRailwayStationinAnhuiaftershewasknockedofftheplatformontothetracksbyswarmingpassengers.ThetragicaccidentiscausingagreatdealofcontroversyinthisSpringFestivaltravelperiod.
Manycommentatorsblamedthedeathoftheyounggirlonrudeanddisorderlypassengers.Butthiscriticismmissesthepoint.Thepoorqualityofrailwayserviceistherealvillain.Eventhemostwell-educatedandwell-behavedpeoplecanlosetheirself-controlinourchaotic,dirtyandpoorlymanagedtrainstations.Thepassengersmightnothavebeensoill-behavediftheywerewaitingatanairport.Airlinesandairportshavetheirproblems,butanairticketisabindingcontract,andpassengerswouldbecompensatedonewayoranotheriftheflightislateorcancelled.Railwayservices,however,aremuchworse,makingpassengersanxiousandangry.
ChangPing,TheBeijingNews
Inthismodernworld,itissimplyunimaginablethatpeopleshouldhavetorisktheirlivescatchingatrain.Onthesurface,itseemspoorsafetystandardsaretoblamefortheaccident,buttherealreasonisthatrailwayoperatorsareignoringthewelfareoflow-incomepeople.Theyhavebeenfocusingtoomuchinrecentyearsonraisingthespeedoftrainsthatservehigh-endcustomers,andmakingprofits.Thegovernmentshouldtakeactiontosolvethetravelingproblemsoflower-incomepeopleduringpeakseasons.
LiJiping,YanzhaoMetropolisDaily
chaotic混乱的directive指示occupational职业的
pinnacle顶点redundant多余的swarm挤满villain坏人
Presidentsbalancingmanyroles
作者:
LUOJIAJIA,21STCENTURYSTAFF 时间:
2008-01-09 来源:
21世纪英文报第738期
ChenZhangliangwithstudentswhostayedoncampusduringthe2005SpringFestival.NEWSPHOTO
NEWSthat"BrotherLiang"(Liangge)planstoleaveChinaAgriculturalUniversity(CAU)leftanentirecampusinsadnessattheendofDecember."Liangge"isanaffectionatetermofaddressstudentsuseforChenZhangliang,47,who'sbeenpresidentatCAUsince2002.
"NobodywantsLianggetoleavebecausehereallycaresaboutusstudents.He'sourpresidentforever,whereverhegoes,"saidLiLan,19,asecond-yearEnglishmajor.ManystudentsatCAUhaveLiangge'snamecard,whichhegivestoneedystudentshemeets."Cometomeifyouhaveaproblem,"heoftensays.
ThiscompassionandvisibilityhasearnedChenrespect,perhapsbecausesofewuniversitypresidentscanmatchit.A2005surveybyCfoundthataround80percentofpeopleintervieweddidn'tsupport,appreciateorevenknowwhotheiruniversitypresidentswere.Atmostuniversitiestoday,presidentslikeChenareararity.
Currently,thereareabout2,000highereducationinstitutesinChina.Mostuniversityheadsareappointedbyeitherthecentralgovernmentorbylocalgovernments.Theirtermlastsfouryears.
ZhanHongyi,aresearcheratRenminUniversityofChina,co-authoredastudyonthequalificationsofChineseuniversitypresidentslastyear.AccordingtoZhan,today'suniversityheadsstillhavethecoreresponsibilitiesofbeingeducatorswhoknowtheuniversitysystem,professorsandstudents.However,theyalsohaveadditionalresponsibilities.
"Apresidentoftenplaystheroleofacompany'sCEO.Heneedstonetworkwithgovernments,budgetmoneywisely,recruittalentandpromotetheimageoftheuniversityinpublic,"saidZhan.
Thisisadifferentrolefromthatofdecadespast.Inthosedays,universitypresidentssuchasCaiYuanpei,thefirstpresidentofPekingUniversity(1916-27),andMeiYiqi,presidentofTsinghuaUniversity(1931-48),impressedpeoplewiththeirlecturesandthoughtsoneducation.
Moreresponsibilities
LePing,asociologyprofessoratBeida,believesagooduniversitypresident"notonlyinfluencestheuniversitythroughwhathebuilds,butalsowhathebelievesin,andwhatkindofpersonheis."AccordingtoLe,"TheopenspiritofBeidaadvocatedbyitsfirstpresident,CaiYuanpei,madeBeidawhatitistoday."
However,today'spresidentshavetheirhandsfull.RaoZihe,thepresidentofNankaiUniversity,givesthisexample:
"Apresidentinthe1990sonlyreceived80millionyuanannuallyfromthegovernmenttorunauniversity.Today,Nankaireceives800millionyuaneveryyeartokeeptheuniversityrunninganddeveloping.Thejobofpresidentrequiresmoremanagingability."
Thistranslatestolessface-timewithstudentsoncampus.JiBaocheng,presidentofRenda,hastwomajorgoalsaspresident:
"Raisingmoneyforbuildingsandfindingprofessors."Ji,quotingMeiYiqi,formerpresidentofTsinghua,said:
"Auniversitydoesn'tnecessarilyneedtohaveimpressivebuildings,onlyreallygoodprofessors."
However,Jialsobelievesa21stcenturyuniversityneedstoprovideboththesethings."Universities'coregoalshouldbetoofferstudentsandteachersacomfortableplacetolearnandtoteach."
AboutChenZhangliang
1961:
borninFujianProvince
1978-1982:
Bachelor’sdegreefromSouthChinaUniversityofTropicalAgriculture
1983-1987:
PhDfromtheUniversityofWashington
1987-1992:
associateprofessor/professoratPekingUniversity
1992-1995:
DeanoftheSchoolofLifeScienceatPekingUniversity
1995-2002:
VicePresidentofPekingUniversity
2002-2007:
PresidentofChinaAgricultureUniversity
2008-present:
ViceChairmanofGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion
Whatwewantfromourpresidents
1.Apresidentwhocanfindmoneyisagoodpresident.
Ourpresidentisreallyyoung(amaninhis30s)."MyonlyadvantageisIamyoung,"thepresidentoftensays.Andhehasn'tmissedanyopportunitytoplayuponthisadvantage.Forexample,heoftengetstogetherwithstudentstolistentowhatwehavetosay.ButIthinkheshouldspendmoretimedoingPRworkwiththegovernmentandofficialsoftheMinistryofEducationtowinmoresupporttodeveloptheuniversity.
WangYou,ShandongUniversity
2.Apresidentshouldhaveinnovativeideas.
Ourpresidentsurprisesuswithhisoriginalthinking,suchas,buildingaharmoniouscampusforstudentsandanimals.In2005,ourpresidentintroducedtwogoatstoourcampus."Thetwogoatsareheretoincreasethewildlifeonourlifelesscampus.Butifyoudon'tlikeit,Icansendthemback,"hewrote.Itturnsoutthatthestudentsreallyenjoytheircompanions.
LiXi,a2006graduateatUniversityofInternationalBusinessandEconomics
3.Apresidentshouldrep
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