外研社高级英语第一册第12课 人物介绍.ppt

1、Al Gore(Albert Arnold Gore Jr),Personal details,Born : March 31, 1948 (age 67) Washington, D.C., U.S. Political party :Democratic Spouse(s): Tipper Aitcheson (19702010; Separated) Children:4 (Including Karenna, Kristin) Residence:Rancho Mirage, California Alma mater;Harvard University (A.B.) Religio

2、n:Baptist (Formerly Southern Baptist),Harvard: Enrolled in Harvard College in 1965, initially planning to major in English and write novels, but later deciding to major in government. Vietnam War: When Gore graduated in 1969 eventually decided to enlist in the Army. Journalism: night shift for The T

3、ennessean as an investigative reporter in 1971. Vanderbilt: Gore first attended Vanderbilt University Divinity School范德堡大学神学院 from 1971 to 1972.He said he went there in order to explore spiritual issues,and that he had hoped to make sense of the social injustices that seemed to challenge his religio

4、us beliefs. Then he attended Vanderbilt University Law School 范德比尔特大学法学院 in 1974.,1st.,196576 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE,2nd,197693 POLITICAL RUN,Jan 3, 1977 Jan 3, 1983 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessees 4th district. (众议员) Jan 3, 1983 Jan 3, 1985 Member of the U.S. House of Repre

5、sentatives from Tennessees 6th district . (众议员) Jan 3, 1985 Jan 3, 1993 United States Senator from Tennessee. (参议员) Jan 20, 1993 Jan 20, 2001 45th Vice President of the United States. (副总统，克林顿副手),Environmentalism Since 1976 ,as a freshman congressman, Gore has been involved with environmental issues

6、. He held the first congressional hearings on the climate change, and co-sponsor hearings on toxic waste and global warming. He continued to speak on the topic throughout the 1980s. In 1990, Senator Gore presided主持 over a three-day conference with legislators立法者 from over 42 countries which sought t

7、o create a Global Marshall Plan全球马歇尔计划, under which industrial nations would help less developed countries grow economically while still protecting the environment. In the late 1990s, Gore strongly pushed for the passage of the Kyoto Protocol京都议定书 , which called for reduction in greenhouse gas emiss

8、ions. He was opposed by the Senate, which passed unanimously the ByrdHagel Resolution 伯瑞德-海格尔决议 In 2004 , he co-launched Generation Investment Management, a company for which he serves as Chair. A few years later, Gore also founded The Alliance for Climate Protection, an organization which eventuall

9、y founded the We Campaign. Gore also became a partner in the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Viceroy and Governor of the Indies,Voyages,Between 1492 and 1503, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, all of them under the sponsorship of the Crown of C

10、astile. These voyages marked the beginning of the European exploration and colonization of the American continents, and are thus of enormous significance in Western history. Columbus always insisted, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, that the lands that he visited during those voyage

11、s were part of the Asian continent, as previously described by Marco Polo and other European travelers.9 Columbus refusal to accept that the lands he had visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Asia might explain, in part, why the American continent was named after the Florentine explorer Ame

12、rigo Vespucci and not after Columbus.,The First Voyage,1492-1493 Starting: Spain Ending: Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti.,The Second Voyage,1493-1496 His second voyage led to the discovery of several Caribbean Islands.,The Third Voyage,1498-1500 He discovered the South American Mainland.,The Fourth Voyage,1502-1504 His last voyage was along the south side of the Gulf of Mexico.,Columbus Day,The anniversary of Columbus 1492 landing in the Americas is usually observed on 12 October in Spain and throughout the Americas, except Canada. In Spain it is called the Fiesta Nacional de Espaa y Da de la