【今日基础词】 Science

【Transcript】

A: “I’ll prepare a hundred coffins, 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.” Who said so impressive words?

B: Of course our former premier Zhu Rongji.

A: Really? I like him very much!

B:“My criticism is sometimes too severe and that is not good.” he once said, “But why do you have to wait until your leader flies into a rage before starting to do your work? It’s not that you can’t do it, rather that you won’t do it.”

A: Although he graduated from a prestigious university of science and engineering—Tsinghua University in Beijing and majored in electrical engineering, he is smart at words.

B: Yes, and he also has a good command of English. He is rarely seen speaking from a script. His eloquent speech has always retained the attention of his listeners.

【注】corrupt a. 腐败的;script n. 脚本

【Translation】

A：“我已经准备好了一百口棺材，九十九副留给贪官，一副留给我自己!”是谁说了这么令人敬佩的话?

B：当然是我们的前总理朱镕基了。

A：真的吗?我非常喜欢他!

B：“我有时批评过于严厉，这不是很好。”他曾经说过，“但为什么要等到领导暴跳如雷之后，才开始做你的工作呢?这并不是你不能做，而是你不做。”

A：虽然他毕业于著名的理工科大学——清华大学，学习电气工程，但却善于言辞。

B：是的，朱总理英语水平也很高。他很少看着讲稿发言，他雄辩的演说始终吸引着听众