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Madame Chiang died at 106 宋美龄逝世，享年106岁 Madame Chiang Kai-shek, once the most influential woman in China, died in her sleep at her New York home on Friday (Beijing time). She was 106. "She passed away very peacefully," a relative who was present at Madame Chiang's apartment in Manhattan said. A devout Christian educated at the elite Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Madame Chiang, or Soong Mei-ling, was born in southern China and married Chiang Kai-shek in 1927. Madame Chiang's elder sister, Soong Ching Ling, married Dr Sun Yat-sen, a forerunner of the Chinese revolution and the founder of the Kuomintang and the Republic of China (1912-49). She was elected the vice-president and honorary president of the People's Republic of China for her great contribution made to Chinese revolution. Soong Ai-ling, another sister of Madame Chiang, married Kung Hsiang-hsi, the Nationalist financial minister, a tycoon in the Republic of China. In 1949, Madame Chiang fled to Taiwan. Her influence only began to fade with Chiang Kai-shek's death in 1975. Still officially revered but cut off from real power, she left Taiwan in September 1991 for a "long-term rest" at a family estate in New York. HELP BOX influential [adj] 有影响力的，有权势的 devout [adj] 虔诚的 elite [n] 精英 Sun Yat-sen 孙中山 forerunner [n] 先驱 contribution [n] 贡献 tycoon [n] 大亨，巨头 fade [v] 衰退，消失 revere [v] 尊敬

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听完了？感觉怎么样？如果有理解模糊的地方不要轻易放弃，先试着回答一下简单的问题：

接下来分析几个本文的闪光句型，争取在最近的英语对话中多多采用:

本周的"Killer Sentence"：

Foreigner: Xiao Wang, could you tell me sth about Madame Chiang?

Xiao Wang: You know? Madame Chiang is one of the most influential woman in China who witnessed the changes of this ancient country for 3 centuries.

社交性寒暄的全面总结(一):

1. A: How are you doing?

B: I'm doing fine/OK/pretty well/great/super/terrific/so-so. 或: Not bad. /The same as ever. /I can't complain too much. (我不能太抱怨。/还不错。)

B: Terrible. I've had a headache all morning.

2. A: How's it going? B: Fine. /Pretty good.

A: How's everything with you/going？

B: Well, I'm still alive and kicking. /So far so good.

3. A: How've you been? (你近来怎么样？)

B: All right. 或: Not much lately.

4. A: How are things with you/going? B: Great.

或: I'm just taking one day at a time. (我只是过一天算一天。)

5. A: What's happening?

(原意为"有什么事"，现在已演变成"你好吗？"

A: What's happening with you these days?

B: Nothing much. (没什么。)

(to be continued ...)

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