胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第228期:In lands of uproars and upheavals

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胡敏讀故事記托福詞匯第228期:In lands of uproars and upheavals

John Sanders has covered many exciting events over the years while writing as a freelance journalist. Tired of his life back in Kansas, where everything had a boring and utilitarian end, he felt the urge to utilize his writing skills and his sense of adventure, often going to poor, dangerous, and out of the way places to cover interesting events. While most of the world spends their time upgrading their travel plans, John is likely to turn in his train tickets for a spot between the humps of a camel. He has covered a variety of events, from violent urban uprisings to large-scale government upheavals. He has interviewed a variety of personalities, including unwieldy congressmen, urbane urbanites, and those who have been uprooted from their homes for lack of basic utilities as various political uproars shattered their fragile governments. He witnessed the urgent need for food in Ethiopia, and became upset as he witnessed the international community's lackluster performance in responding to the urgency of the situation. He was in Germany when young students at the Berlin Wall ushered in a new era of unification. He has seen dictators usurp power. He has seen great leaders help their countries and greedy leaders turn their countries upside down. He knows more than anyone that utopian schemes are bound to fail. He has upheld the highest standards of journalistic integrity. He is fair and never utters slanderous statements.

約翰·桑德斯作為自由撰稿記者，多年來報道了很多激動人心的事件。他厭倦了堪薩斯的生活，那里的一切都帶有令人乏味的功利主義目的。他感到一種要利用寫作技巧和冒險意識的沖動，他經(jīng)常去貧困、危險、偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)報道有趣的事件。世上的大多數(shù)人都努力改善自己的旅行計劃，而約翰卻愿意退掉火車票，換乘駱駝。他報道過各類事件，從劇烈的城市起義到大規(guī)模的政府動蕩。他采訪過各種人物，包括難以對付的議員，彬彬有禮的城市居民以及由于缺乏基本生活條件而背井離鄉(xiāng)的人們，這是政治騷亂削弱了他們搖搖欲墜的政府防疫。他目睹了埃塞俄比亞對食物的迫切需要，當(dāng)他看到國際社會對這種緊急局勢的反應(yīng)表現(xiàn)得無能為力的時候，他感到焦慮。他在德國看到柏林墻邊的年輕學(xué)生迎接統(tǒng)一的新時代。他見過獨(dú)裁者篡權(quán)奪位。他見過偉大的領(lǐng)袖挽救國家，也見過貪婪的掌權(quán)者把國家搞得顛三倒四。他比別人都更清楚，不切實際的理想主義方案注定要失敗。他維護(hù)了新聞道德的最高準(zhǔn)則。能為人公正，嘴里從來不會冒出造謠中傷的言辭。

Though he is not often in his home country, when he does come home he visits his small hometown in Kansas. He often travels upland to Chicago in order to visit additional family members. He is not a fan of urbanism and has rejected his family's pleas to urbanize. "I just want to wander and write," he says. So far, he has done those two things superbly.

盡管他不常呆在自己的國家，但是每逢回國，他一定要去堪薩斯的家鄉(xiāng)小鎮(zhèn)。他時常走過山地去芝加哥，看望其他家人。他并不熱衷于城市生活方式，拒絕了家人遷往城市的請求，"我只想到處游蕩，寫寫東西，"他說。迄今為止，兩件事情他做得都非常出色。