世界名人简介 第95期:米歇尔·巴切莱特

 Michelle Bachelet was born in 1951. She is the first woman to become President of Chile. She won the 2006 election in a runoff, campaigning to help reduce the country’s huge gap between rich and poor. In 2008, ‘Time’ magazine ranked her fifteenth on its list of the world's 100 most influential¹ people. She is a qualified² surgeon and speaks five languages fluently.

米歇尔·巴切莱特出生于1951年。她是智利首位女总统。2006年获得总统选举，她的竞选目标为缩小国家贫富差距。2008年，《时代周刊》将她列入全球一百位最具影响力人物榜单，她排名第十五位。巴切莱特还是一名外科医生，且精通五国外语。

Bachelet was born in Santiago, Chile. Her mother was an archaeologist and her father was an air force officer. She spent most of her childhood traveling around Chile, living on different military bases. She attended a prestigious³ girls-only public school and excelled in her studies. She started studying medicine in 1970. She said: "It was a concrete way of helping⁴ people cope with pain."

巴切莱特出生于智利圣地亚哥。母亲为考古学家，父亲是一名空军。童年时期，她经常周游智利，曾在许多军事基地生活。她进入了著名的女子私立学校，成绩优异。1970年，巴切莱特开始学医。她认为：“学医能够真正帮助人们免受痛苦。”

Augusto Pinochet came to power in a 1973 coup⁵ and her life changed forever. Her father died in 1974 after months of daily torture. Bachelet and her mother were also tortured. In 1975, they were exiled to Australia. A year later she went to the German Democratic Republic, where she completed her medical studies and learnt German.

1973年，智利发生军事政变，奥古斯托·皮诺切特走马上任，此次事件也改变了巴切莱特的一生。1974年，父亲在数月痛苦折磨后逝世。巴切莱特和母亲也同样遭受欺辱。1975年，两人逃亡澳大利亚。一年后，她进入德意志民主共和国，完成学业，并开始学习德语。

In 1979, Bachelet returned to Chile and helped children whose parents were being tortured by Pinochet's government. She became a consultant⁶ for the World Health Organization. She also earned a Master’s in military science. In 2002 Bachelet became Latin America’s first female Defence Minister. Four years later, she became president. A record number of foreign heads of states attended her swearing in ceremony.

1979年，巴切莱特回到智利，许多夫妻遭皮诺切特政府欺辱，巴切莱特便加入了儿童救助工作。她还是世卫组织顾问。且获得了军事科学专业硕士学位。2002年，皮诺切特成为拉丁美洲首位女性国防部长。四年后成为总统。多国首脑参加就职典礼，参与人数创纪录。

1.travel around 周游

例句：He likes to travel around the world. 

他喜欢到世界各地旅游。

2.air force 空军

例句：Our country is defended with strong army, navy and air force. 

我国有强大的海陆空军保卫着。

3.defence minister 国防部长

例句：The French Defence Minister is to visit Japan later this month for talks with his Japanese opposite number.

本月末法国国防部长将访问日本，与日本防卫大臣举行会谈。

4.cope with 应付

例句：So we must learn to cope with it. 

所以我们必须学会处理它。

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

3 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

6 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。