Day 16神句神詞組
1.Stagnation, both political and economic, has been the hallmark of a country where little has changed for decades, even as power has rotated between the established parties of left and right.
政治上和經(jīng)濟上的停滯已經(jīng)變成了一個幾十年間幾乎沒有改變的國家的標志。即便權力在左右兩黨之間輪換。
2.The implications of these insurgencies are hard to exaggerate.
這些政治變革的影響幾乎不用去夸大。
3.The resulting realignment will have reverberations far beyond France’s borders. It could revitalize the European Union, or wreck it.
這次大選的結果所產(chǎn)生的影響遠大與法國境內。它能讓歐盟重拾活力,也能摧毀它。
4.Further fueling voter’s anger is their anguish at the state of France.
進一步激怒投票者的是他們對法國現(xiàn)狀的悲痛。
5.Its vast state, which absorbs 57% of GDP, has sapped the country’s vitality.
國家本身每年要吸納GDP的57%,這已經(jīng)減弱了這個國家的生命力。
6.If she pulls France out of the euro, it would trigger a financial crisis and doom a union that, for all its flaws, has promoted peace and prosperity in Europe for six decades.
如果她真的讓法國推出歐盟,將會引發(fā)金融危機,并且斷定了歐洲的聯(lián)合盡管存在很多缺點,但是在過去六十年里促進了歐洲和平與繁榮。
神詞組:
1.Uselessness and self-dealing of the ruling class
統(tǒng)治階級的無用和以權謀私
2.Exposed deep cultural rifts with…
暴露了與..之間的深層次的文化矛盾
3.?Get to grips with:
處理、解決
4.Overhaul of pensions and social security
全面修訂養(yǎng)老金和社會保障
5.Massive strikes:
大規(guī)模的罷工
6.Tap into that frustration:
面臨受挫
7.Radically different
完全不同
8.Call a referendum on leaving the EU
呼吁脫離歐盟的公投
9.Staunchly pro-trade/embraces cultural change and technological disruption.
堅定地支持貿易,接受文化變更和科技的影響
10.Be short on precise policies:
缺乏精確的政策
11.Pitch himself as…
推銷自己是
12.Trim the state payroll by…
削減工資總額
13.Repudiation of the status quo
否認現(xiàn)狀
14.Appeal to sb
吸引
15.Hefty loan
巨額貸款
16.Suffer hacking attacks
遭受黑客攻擊
17.Slash labor code
譴責勞工法
18.Enact agenda:
制定議程