夏说英语新闻晨读 第182期:默克尔谋求连任

 本期内容：
Angela Merkel said that she wants to stand for a fourth term as German chancellor¹ in next autumn's general election. She remains² the country's most popular politician, despite criticism of her liberal stance on migration-and, since Donald Trump's victory, is now the open world's foremost champion leader. On a valedictory³ visit to Berlin last week, Barack Obama praised her "outstanding" record.

Stand for: 主张
Chancellor：总理
Liberal stance：自由立场
Foremost：最重要的
Valedictory：告别的

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 valedictory   

adj.告别的；n.告别演说

参考例句：

• He made a valedictory address after two years as chairman.在担任主席职务两年后他发表了告别演说。
• This valedictory dispatch was written as he retired from the foreign service a few weeks ago.这份告别报告是他几周前从外交界退休时所写的。