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2014 Ace Awards

For 16 years, the U.S. Secretary of State has bestowed the Award for Corporate Excellence – ACE -- on U.S. -owned businesses that undertake responsible activities to improve lives and advance the needs of local communities around the world.

Among the three winners this year is EcoPlanet Bamboo Group in Nicaragua, a small-to-medium bamboo plantation and processing company. It was recognized for its work in fostering sustainable development by regenerating degraded pasturelands. The company dedicates 20 percent of its plantations as a natural habitat area that protects biodiversity by prohibiting illegal hunting. EcoPlanet Bamboo Group also focuses on employing persons with disabilities and empowering women through recruitment to managerial positions.

Wagner Asia Equipment in Mongolia, a heavy equipment dealership, was honored for its commitment to public-private partnerships with Mongolia’s local and national governments to protect the environment, including through planting more than 900 trees. The company also conducts workshops for students on environment and ecology.

And finally, the Coca-Cola Company in the Philippines, a bottling and distribution company, received an award for providing disaster relief services to areas devastated by Typhoon Haiyan. The company also improved water quality through its efforts to support watersheds, increase access to safe water, and educate communities on water conservation.

These three companies are the latest in a longstanding tradition of U.S. companies, large and small, that we have recognized since 1999, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin. U.S. companies are innovative. They are committed to fair treatment of their workers. They invest for the long-term. They support communities where they do business, hire local employees, answer to their shareholders, and demand transparency.

The American way of doing business is based on our shared values of democracy, rule of law, respect for human rights, and respect for the environment.

詞匯解析

accelerate

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

v.加速；提前；跳級

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用作動詞 (v.)

We will accelerate the reform of the financial system under these circumstances.

在這一背景情況下,我們將加快金融體制改革。

The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.

她的健康狀況好像突然提前衰退了。

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procedure

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.程序；手續(xù)；步驟

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用作名詞 (n.)

What's the procedure for opening a savings account?

開一個儲蓄帳戶有什么手續(xù)?

The next procedure is to insert the battery.

接下來的步驟是裝進(jìn)電池。

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somehow

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

adv.以某種方式；不知怎么地

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用作副詞 (adv.)

We must make up for the lost time somehow.

我們必須以某種方式把損失的時間補(bǔ)上。

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technical

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.技術(shù)的；專業(yè)的；工藝的

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技術(shù)問題上，我遵從專家的意見。

It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.

這是云南獨特的工藝美術(shù)技藝。

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orbit

難度：3星常用詞匯，屬常用6000詞

英漢解釋

n.勢力范圍；眼眶；軌跡

vt.繞軌道而行；進(jìn)入軌道

vi.盤旋

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用作名詞 (n.)

Hou Kou district fell into Japanese orbit before the outbreak of the second sino-Japan war.

虹口區(qū)在抗日戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)前就已落入日本人手中。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

The space shuttle will orbit a weather satellite.

太空梭將把一個氣象衛(wèi)星送入運行軌道。

用作不及物動詞 (vi.)

Make one more orbit to the left again.

左轉(zhuǎn)彎再盤旋一圈。

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appearance

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.出現(xiàn)；露面；外貌；外表；出場

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用作名詞 (n.)

I don't want to go to the party but I'd better put in an appearance, I suppose.

我不想?yún)⒓幽莻€聚會，可是我最好還是要露一下面。

The first appearance of Jielun Chou impresses us with showing off coldness and unruliness!

周杰倫一出場給人一種愛耍酷，桀驁不馴的感覺，不喜歡對媒體親近。

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transfer

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.轉(zhuǎn)移；調(diào)任；轉(zhuǎn)乘

n.遷移；移動；換車；匯兌

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用作動詞 (v.)

The exhibition was transferred to another city two days later.

兩天后,這個展會轉(zhuǎn)移到另外一個城市。

用作名詞 (n.)

International trade involves the transfer of currency from one country to another.

國際貿(mào)易涉及貨幣由一國向另一國的匯兌。

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