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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.

词汇解析

accelerate

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

v.加速；提前；跳级

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

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

在这一背景情况下,我们将加快金融体制改革。

The decline of her health seemed to suddenly accelerate.

她的健康状况好像突然提前衰退了。

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procedure

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.程序；手续；步骤

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

What's the procedure for opening a savings account?

开一个储蓄帐户有什么手续?

The next procedure is to insert the battery.

接下来的步骤是装进电池。

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somehow

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

adv.以某种方式；不知怎么地

参考例句

用作副词 (adv.)

We must make up for the lost time somehow.

我们必须以某种方式把损失的时间补上。

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technical

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

adj.技术的；专业的；工艺的

参考例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

On technical matters, I defer to the experts.

在技术问题上，我遵从专家的意见。

It is special craft art technical skill in Yunnan.

这是云南独特的工艺美术技艺。

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orbit

难度：3星常用词汇，属常用6000词

英汉解释

n.势力范围；眼眶；轨迹

vt.绕轨道而行；进入轨道

vi.盘旋

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

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

虹口区在抗日战争爆发前就已落入日本人手中。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

The space shuttle will orbit a weather satellite.

太空梭将把一个气象卫星送入运行轨道。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

Make one more orbit to the left again.

左转弯再盘旋一圈。

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appearance

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

n.出现；露面；外貌；外表；出场

参考例句

用作名词 (n.)

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

我不想参加那个聚会，可是我最好还是要露一下面。

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

周杰伦一出场给人一种爱耍酷，桀骜不驯的感觉，不喜欢对媒体亲近。

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transfer

难度：4星核心词汇，属常用3000词

英汉解释

v.转移；调任；转乘

n.迁移；移动；换车；汇兑

参考例句

用作动词 (v.)

The exhibition was transferred to another city two days later.

两天后,这个展会转移到另外一个城市。

用作名词 (n.)

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

国际贸易涉及货币由一国向另一国的汇兑。

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