参考答案：对

解析：[听力原文]The former foreign minister of South Korea, Ban Kin-moon was sworn in as the next UN Secretary General on Thursday morning. Even though he takes office on January 1st, Mr. Ban said he was already on the mission.[难点] “Even though he takes office on January 1st, Mr. Ban said he was already on the mission．一句中，“even though”隐藏的含义结合“already”的词义，我们可推测出“take office”这个事实发生在“on the mission”这个事实之后。