VOA标准英语2008年-Paris Awaits Obama
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
After a stop-over in Germany, democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is due in Paris Friday, where he is expected to meet with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from the French capital.
As elsewhere in Europe, the U.S. presidential campaign has riveted 1 France - particularly that of Democratic hopeful Barack Obama. Partly because French are eager for a change from the Bush administration, which is generally unpopular here.
Senator Obama is expected for a late afternoon talk with President Nicolas Sarkozy - who holds the rotating European Union presidency 2 - followed by a joint 3 press conference.
In Berlin Thursday, Obama held talks with German Chancellor 4 Angela Merkel, then spoke 5 before tens of thousands of people in Berlin. Obama called for strengthening transatlantic ties that have frayed 6 in recent years, and urged Europeans and Americans to work jointly 7 to fight terrorism.
Here in France, many people are eagerly awaiting Obama's arrival. Paris resident Farid Aich is one of them.
Aich says Obama has a bright future and that he could change things in the United States if he is elected. He thinks America needs change after eight years under President Bush.
Raphael Bouzaglou, 32, is another Obama supporter.
Bouzaglou says if Obama is elected, he would help improve the image of the United States in Europe.
- I was absolutely riveted by her story. 我完全被她的故事吸引住了。
- My attention was riveted by a slight movement in the bushes. 我的注意力被灌木丛中的轻微晃动吸引住了。
- Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
- Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- 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。
- 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。
- His shirt was frayed. 他的衬衫穿破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The argument frayed their nerves. 争辩使他们不快。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》