经济学人:意大利总统 伦齐如虎添翼

 　　Italy's president

　　意大利总统

　　Matteo gets his man

　　伦齐如虎添翼

　　The choice of Italy's president is good news for the prime minister

　　意大利总统的新人选对首相来说是个好消息

　　SERGIO MATTARELLA, a 73-year-old Sicilian, constitutional-court judge and former government minister, became Italy's 12th president on February 3rd. Matteo Renzi, the prime minister who backed him, said his election would “turbocharge” his reforms. Mr Renzi (shown above with Mr Mattarella) is prone¹ to exaggeration: he faces a long, hard climb. But he has again shown formidable political skills.

　　意大利前政府部长兼宪法法庭法官、73岁的西西里岛人塞尔乔·马达莱拉于2月3日成为意大利的第12届总统。这位新总统的忠实支持者、意大利总理马泰奥·伦齐表示，这位总统的当选将“增强”伦齐的改革。伦齐先生（如图，与马塔雷先生一起），常常言过其实：他面对的未来是“路漫漫其修远兮”。但他却再次显示了其高超的政治技巧。

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　　When the 89-year-old Giorgio Napolitano stepped down in mid-January, Mr Renzi promised a successor by the end of the month. That he delivered was no mean feat². Mr Napolitano agreed in 2013 to serve a second term only because parliament could not agree on his successor. This time Mr Renzi managed to unite his fractured Democratic Party (PD) behind Mr Mattarella, and secure the backing of the opposition³ Left, Ecology and Freedom party and of Angelino Alfano, his interior minister, who leads the New Centre Right party. That was enough: after three days of voting in which no candidate won a two-thirds majority, Mr Mattarella was elected on the fourth round, which required a simple majority, by 665 votes out of 1,009.

　　89岁的乔治·纳波利塔诺一月中旬下台，伦齐承诺月底会有新的继任者上台。伦齐所说绝非易事。纳波利塔诺2013年连任仅仅因为他的继任者未能得到国会的通过。这一次伦齐设法联合分裂的民主党（PD）来支持马塔雷拉先生，并确保左翼反对派，左派生态自由党以及领导新中右党派的内政部长安杰利诺·阿尔法诺的支持。这样的形势足矣：前一轮投票所有候选人票数都没达到三分之二的票数，在三天后的第四轮选举中，1009票中马塔雷拉以665票的绝对优势胜出。

　　Silvio Berlusconi, leader of Forza Italia, the main right-wing opposition party, and former prime minister, was against Mr Mattarella.That was mainly because he had not been consulted more carefully, despite his pact⁴ to support Mr Renzi's constitutional reforms. Most in Forza Italia backed Mr Berlusconi, but quite a few defied him.

　　而主要右翼反对党意大利力量党、前任总统贝卢斯科尼对马塔雷拉持反对态度。这主要是因为虽然贝卢斯科尼同意支持伦齐的宪法改革，但是伦齐在这一方面并没有仔细地咨询他的意见。多数力量党人支持贝卢斯科尼，但是也有不少人藐视他。

　　The result has strengthened Mr Renzi's position both in the PD and in government, weakened Mr Berlusconi, and thrown the right into disarray⁵. Mr Renzi will press on with his reforms, with or without Mr Berlusconi's backing. He hopes that opponents on both left and right will not risk an early election, since that could produce a more Renzian parliament. A new electoral law should be approved by the lower house by April. The reform of the Senate will take longer, but could be done next year.

　　此次选举结果巩固了伦齐在PD党和政府中的地位，削弱了贝卢斯科尼的力量，并且并让右翼陷入了混乱之中。无论有没有贝卢斯科尼的支持，伦齐先生都将加紧他的改革进程。他希望左、右翼反对党不会冒险提前举行大选，只有这样更为伦齐式的议会才会产生。新的选举法会在四月由下院批准。参议院的改革则需要更长时间，但明年会完成。

　　The economy is at last showing glimmers⁶ of life. But as Mr Mattarella himself conceded, Italy's prolonged economic crisis has damaged the country's social fabric⁷. He called for more reform of institutions, of public administration and of the judicial⁸ system. And he spoke⁹ of the need to combat corruption¹⁰ and organised crime—a highly personal theme, since he entered politics in 1980 only after the assassination¹¹ by the Mafia of his brother, then Sicily's president.

　　经济总是在末路时回光返照。正如马塔雷拉本人所说的，意大利长期的经济危机已经破坏了国家的社会结构。他呼吁更多的机构改革，司法系统改革和公共管理系统改革。马塔雷拉谈到了一个高度的个性化主题—打击腐败和有组织犯罪，因为马塔雷拉是在1980年其担任西西里大区时任主席的兄长被黑手党暗杀之后步入的政坛。翻译：上官喵 校对 王颖

　　1.prone to 易于；倾向于

　　As they shorten, cells become more prone to disease and death.

　　细胞变小后就会更容易感染疾病，也更容易死亡。

　　He's prone to flit between subjects with amazing ease.

　　他往往会轻松自如地转换话题。

　　2.step down 辞职；下台

　　The manager had to step down on account of poor health.

　　那位经理由于身体不好,只能辞职不干。

　　He has decided¹² that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.

　　他已拿定主意：他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地，因此决心辞职。

　　3.economic crisis 经济危机；金融危机

　　Natural disasters have obvi-ously contributed to the continent's economic crisis.

　　很显然，自然灾害也是造成该大陆经济危机的原因之一。

　　The economic crisis was interpreted in diametrically opposing ways.

　　对于这场经济危机有着截然不同的解释。

1 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

2 feat   

n.功绩；武艺，技艺；adj.灵巧的，漂亮的，合适的

参考例句：

• Man's first landing on the moon was a feat of great daring.人类首次登月是一个勇敢的壮举。
• He received a medal for his heroic feat.他因其英雄业绩而获得一枚勋章。

3 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

4 pact   

n.合同，条约，公约，协定

参考例句：

• The two opposition parties made an electoral pact.那两个反对党订了一个有关选举的协定。
• The trade pact between those two countries came to an end.那两国的通商协定宣告结束。

5 disarray   

n.混乱，紊乱，凌乱

参考例句：

• His personal life fell into disarray when his wife left him.妻子离去后，他的个人生活一片混乱。
• Our plans were thrown into disarray by the rail strike.铁路罢工打乱了我们的计划。

6 glimmers   

n.微光，闪光( glimmer的名词复数 )v.发闪光，发微光( glimmer的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• A faint lamp glimmers at the end of the passage. 一盏昏暗的灯在走廊尽头发出微弱的光线。 来自互联网
• The first glimmers of an export-led revival are apparent. 拉动出库复苏的第一缕曙光正出现。 来自互联网

7 fabric   

n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织

参考例句：

• The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。
• I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

8 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

9 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

10 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

11 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

12 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。