夏说英语新闻晨读 第71期:缅甸新总统

 本期内容：

Myanmar’s first freely chosen parliament in more than 50 years elected the country’s new president. Htin Kyaw is a writer, computer scientist and long-time confidante of Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s famed democracy activist¹, who has promised that she will be “above the president”. Mr Htin Kyaw takes office on April 1st.

词义解析:

Confidante：知己
Famed: 著名的
Activist：活跃分子

1 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。