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Unit 15 Books and CDs Word Bank hospitable 好客的 steel-willed 意志刚强的 biography （人物）传记 fair picture 真实写照 trilogy 三部曲 eulogy 歌功颂德 KGB spy 克格勃特工 recollection 回忆；往事 judoist 柔道手 snow leopard 雪豹 tombstone 墓碑 snatch 抓取；夺走 first run （书籍）首印 Unit 15 Books and CDs Book of Putin Shows Russian President at Best Book of Putin Shows Russian President at Best Book of Putin Shows Russian President at Best True/False Exercise 1. Putin, a fearless, kind, warm and soft-willed man, has lost none of these qualities since becoming Russia’s President.2. The book, with a family tree back to Putin’s forefathers at the beginning of the 18th century, covers Putin’s life from the start of his career as a KGB spy to the beginning of presidency.3. The only person in the book who does not pour praise upon the Russian President is the author himself. 4. One of the accounts in the book describes Putin as a man who would stop at nothing to win a fight. Tips for Reading 　　　　　　　　　　众词表达“说”意 Chinese Ambassador on Sino-US Tie WASHINGTON, June 3 (AFP) The new Chinese ambassador to the United States has urged Americans to consider the British agree- ment to return Hong Kong to China as an example for Taiwan, warn- ing the ties between US and China’s Taiwan could lead to serious friction with Beijing. supplying weapons to Taiwan, and voiced regret at the slowness with which the sales were being reduced. Mr. Han noted that this year, the United states was selling 760 million dollars worth of arms to Taiwan, “a cut of 20 million dollars per year.” “By this speed,” he continued, “it would take 38 years more. I have no chance to see the solution in my life. The speed is too slow. We expected it not to be so slow.” Mr. Han also criticized the use of a technically unofficial body, the 表示“说”的近义动词 1.acknowledge 承认 2.add 接着说；又说 3.admit 承认 4.affirm 肯定；确认 5.allege 宣称 6.argue 争辩；主张 7.assert 断言 8.boast 夸口说