时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语名人堂


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莫罕达斯·卡拉姆昌德·甘地(1869年10月2日-1948年1月30日),尊称圣雄甘地,是印度民族解放运动的领导人和印度国家大会党领袖。他是现代印度的国父,也是提倡非暴力抵抗的现代政治学说——甘地主义的创始人。他的精神思想带领国家迈向独立,脱离英国的殖民统治。他的“非暴力”的哲学思想,影响了全世界的民族主义者和争取能以和平变革的国际运动。[1] 


Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi was India’s most important political and spiritual leader. He is honoured in India as Father of the Nation. His non-violent protests led to independence for India from the British. His beliefs and actions have inspired civil rights movements across the globe. He is an icon 1 of world peace. His birthday, 2nd October, is commemorated 2 worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.


 


Gandhi was born in Gujarat, Western India, in 1869. He grew up surrounded by religious traditions of compassion 3, vegetarianism 4, and tolerance 5 for all people. He got married at the age of 13. When he was 19, he went to London to study law. He returned to India to practice as a lawyer but was hampered 6 by British officials, so he accepted a job in South Africa.


 


In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination and hardship wherever he went. He was treated as a third-class citizen by white people. This awakened 7 in him questions about social justice and the role of the British in India. He returned to India in 1915, ready to put to work the concept of passive resistance he developed in South Africa.


 


Between 1916 and 1945, Gandhi campaigned tirelessly to set India free from British rule. He started by leading protests against British taxes and landlords, and walked across India encouraging non-cooperation with the British. He was arrested and imprisoned 8 for creating unrest. Gandhi's fame spread all over the nation. He was assassinated 9 in 1948. Two years later, India became an independent republic.



1 icon
n.偶像,崇拜的对象,画像
  • They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
  • Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。
2 commemorated
v.纪念,庆祝( commemorate的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Lincoln commemorated the soldiers killed in the battle in his address. 林肯在演说中表扬阵亡将士。 来自辞典例句
  • You'll be commemorated for killing a spy, and be specially discharged. 你们每杀一个间谍将会被记录到特殊档案。 来自电影对白
3 compassion
n.同情,怜悯
  • He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
  • Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。
4 vegetarianism
n.素食,素食主义
  • More and more people are believing in vegetarianism and diet for health. 而今越来越多的人们相信素食和节食有利于身体健康。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She is an exponent of vegetarianism. 她是一个素食主义的倡导者。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 tolerance
n.宽容;容忍,忍受;耐药力;公差
  • Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
  • Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。
6 hampered
妨碍,束缚,限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
  • So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。
7 awakened
v.(使)醒( awaken的过去式和过去分词 );(使)觉醒;弄醒;(使)意识到
  • She awakened to the sound of birds singing. 她醒来听到鸟的叫声。
  • The public has been awakened to the full horror of the situation. 公众完全意识到了这一状况的可怕程度。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 imprisoned
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
9 assassinated
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 );中伤;诋毁;破坏
  • The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
  • Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后,肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
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angioarchitecutre
annulled
ashanite
auditory tract
backblast area
Badal's operation
batsmanships
bedinner
better-balanced
blue pencils
boring hose
bromosulfophthalein(BSP)
bucktails
circular point
closure of cleft palate by von Langenbeck operation
clover mite
conjugated triple bond
coqui frog
coriscid
counterfire
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craft risk clause
cylinder gauge
Delaborne
dichromophilism
double acting forcemeter
E-free
electrostimuloanalyzer
Eriophorum russeolum
expansion molding
FDH
ferrules
flower bed?
forced-draught cooling tower
foreign exchange risk
fruit and vegetable handling
habiliment
heddons
hidden loss
input interface adapter
intermines
interrogative mood
Iranshah
irregular dates
isometric immersion
Lathyrus anhuiensis
letter founder
light absorption particle counter
locknit
Maackia australis
make a discovery
many practical decisions
Medinilla yunnanensis
medium-level waste
MEPRS
mobcaps
natural compound chemistry
non-congealing paste
obotes
off-rating
Orycteropus afer
Ottana
peep-bo
phacellite (kaliophilite)
physical atomic mass unit
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Pontederiaceae
population crisis
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power-surge
press-boxes
quadrupole aperture
re-peopled
reduction of intussusception
Rent Judge
retraded
riddah
rusticizes
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selective dissemination of microfiche
semizygosis
sex work
shear stability test
sporkin'
St-Pierre-de-Maillé
stands out against
steel gray
syntaxic
taking up equipment
taper rivet
Tbilisi syndrome
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time-base unit
topgallant lift
walking robot
warp-proof
wirepulling
wish for