美国国家公共电台 NPR Political Outsider Emmanuel Macron Campaigns To 'Make France Daring Again'

 

DAVID GREENE, HOST:

All right, there are about two months to go in France's presidential election. There has been a lot of populist energy in the campaign, also a lot of scandal. And from all this, a centrist 39-year-old outsider has emerged as a serious contender. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.

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ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE¹: Thirty-nine-year-old Emmanuel Macron makes his way onto the stage at a rally in the southern city of Toulon basking² in the crowd's enthusiasm.

UNIDENTIFIED PEOPLE: (Chanting) President Macron, President Macron, President Macron.

BEARDSLEY: The brand new candidate has injected an element of excitement and surprise into what everyone thought would be a dull contest between the same old political faces. Macron says he wants to make France daring and innovative³.

EMMANUEL MACRON: (Through interpreter) France has a problem. We stigmatize⁴ failure, so we have become a country that is afraid to dare. There is nothing worse in a world economy based on innovation and risk. I want to make France a country that accepts failure, embraces risk and revels⁵ in success.

BEARDSLEY: Macron says France must be a beacon⁶ to the world. In a video last week, he appealed to American scientists who feel threatened.

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MACRON: I invite you to come to France and join European and French researchers to work on climate change here because here, you are welcome.

BEARDSLEY: Macron stepped down as socialist⁷ President Francois Hollande's economy minister six months ago to start a new party and launch his campaign. The young technocrat⁸, who calls himself a centrist, combines faith in the free market with a belief in social protections. That mix is drawing new voters like 60-year-old web designer Gilles Iltis. He says Macron is the only person who can beat the far-right frontrunner Marine⁹ Le Pen.

GILLES ILTIS: Oh, definitely. I mean, there's no other way. He's young, he's got ideas. He's the only one who talks about Europe, right? And he's got brand new ideas, daring ideas because he takes the best ideas from the right and from the left.

BEARDSLEY: Part of Macron's rising fortunes are due to the troubles of the mainstream¹⁰ conservative Francois Fillon. Fillon billed himself as morally irreproachable¹¹. But now he's under investigation¹² for a no-show job scheme involving his wife and children. Macron also met protestors on his campaign trip to the south, which has long been a stronghold of the far right. One man confronted Macron in the street over the candidate's recent comments that colonization¹³ was a crime against humanity.

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UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Foreign language spoken).

BEARDSLEY: "You don't know French history," he spat¹⁴, "you're too young." On the left, many see Macron as a traitor¹⁵ who betrayed the president and his party. Others say his lack of experience would doom¹⁶ France when dealing¹⁷ with Russia, the U.S. and China. He's also been criticized for waiting too long to unveil his detailed¹⁸ platform. Political reporter Thierry Arnaud says Macron isn't helped by his past life as an investment banker either.

THIERRY ARNAUD: He is, so to speak, the hostage of the business elite¹⁹ of the financial industry. He made a lot of money. And that is not always an advantage when you're running for office in France.

BEARDSLEY: Macron's personal life has attracted both positive and negative interest. He married his high school French teacher who is 24 years his senior. I sat down with Macron on the train as he headed to his campaign rally in a second-class car. His wife, Brigitte, was at his side.

MACRON: I launched my own movement because I do believe that today's divide between left and right is no more meaningful. Why? Because when you look at the key challenges of a world precisely²⁰ about innovation, digital, green technologies, our new global environment, the classical answers of rightist and leftist are no more valid²¹.

BEARDSLEY: Macron's poll numbers continue to rise. And in the last week, he was endorsed²² by several major political figures. Still, many wonder if he'll be able to gather enough support to beat Marine Le Pen in a second-round runoff. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

1 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

2 basking   

v.晒太阳，取暖( bask的现在分词 )；对…感到乐趣；因他人的功绩而出名；仰仗…的余泽

参考例句：

• We sat basking in the warm sunshine. 我们坐着享受温暖的阳光。
• A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

4 stigmatize   

v.污蔑，玷污

参考例句：

• Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.单亲家庭的孩子们不应该受到歧视。
• They are often stigmatized by the rest of society as lazy and dirty.他们经常被社会中的其他人污蔑为懒惰、肮脏。

5 revels   

n.作乐( revel的名词复数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉v.作乐( revel的第三人称单数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉

参考例句：

• Christmas revels with feasting and dancing were common in England. 圣诞节的狂欢歌舞在英国是很常见的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Dickens openly revels in the book's rich physical detail and high-hearted conflict. 狄更斯对该书中丰富多彩的具体细节描写和勇敢的争斗公开表示欣赏。 来自辞典例句

6 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

7 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

8 technocrat   

n.技术人员，技术官僚

参考例句：

• He is a distant technocrat who is unable to connect with ordinary voters.作为一个冷淡的技术官僚，他不能做到与普通选民息息相通。
• Jack Lew,the new budget director,is the quintessential technocrat.新预算主管杰克·卢就是一个典型的技术官僚。

9 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

10 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。

11 irreproachable   

adj.不可指责的，无过失的

参考例句：

• It emerged that his past behavior was far from irreproachable.事实表明，他过去的行为绝非无可非议。
• She welcomed her unexpected visitor with irreproachable politeness.她以无可指责的礼仪接待了不速之客。

12 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

13 colonization   

殖民地的开拓，殖民，殖民地化； 移殖

参考例句：

• Colonization took place during the Habsburg dynasty. 开拓殖民地在哈布斯堡王朝就进行过。
• These countries took part in the colonization of Africa. 这些国家参与非洲殖民地的开发。

14 spat   

n.口角，掌击；v.发出呼噜呼噜声

参考例句：

• Her parents always have spats.她的父母经常有些小的口角。
• There is only a spat between the brother and sister.那只是兄妹间的小吵小闹。

15 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

16 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

17 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

18 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

19 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

20 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

21 valid   

adj.有确实根据的；有效的；正当的，合法的

参考例句：

• His claim to own the house is valid.他主张对此屋的所有权有效。
• Do you have valid reasons for your absence?你的缺席有正当理由吗？

22 endorsed   

vt.& vi.endorse的过去式或过去分词形式v.赞同( endorse的过去式和过去分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》