2007年VOA标准英语-Conservative Sarkozy Is Elected President of Fr
时间：2019-02-05 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA标准英语（五月）
Paris
06 May 2007
France has chosen a conservative candidate as its next president. Preliminary results based on exit polls showed Nicolas Sarkozy was elected with 53 per cent of the vote. That gave him a comfortable lead over his opponent, Socialist 1 Party candidate Segolene Royal. Shortly after results were announced riot police have broken up demonstrations 2 in Paris and Lyon against Sarkozy's election. Anita Elash reports for VOA from Paris.
Nicolas Sarkozy, 6 May 2007
With most of the ballots 4 counted, Nicolas Sarkozy, who is the head of France's main conservative party, UMP, scored just over 53 percent of the vote, compared with a little over 46 percent for Royal.
Sarkozy's win was no surprise, but when it was announced supporters at his headquarters erupted into cheers, shouting "Nicolas President" and "bravo." The excitement spilled onto the street where dozens of journalists on motorcycles followed Sarkozy as he drove to a theater to make his acceptance speech.
He told his supporters that French voters had chosen to break with the ideas and habits of the past.
His supporters broke into cheers and applause again as he promised to emphasize values of work, authority, respect, merit and national identity.
Sarkozy said he would work for all of France. He also offered his support to the United States, but said real friends understand they can disagree with each other.
The second round of the presidential ballot 3 pitted candidates on the right and left sides of the political spectrum 5. Sarkozy called for tough economic reforms that would revitalize the ailing 6 French economy. His opponent, Socialist candidate Segolene Royal proposed left-wing economic policies and "reforms without brutality 7."
The son of Hungarian immigrants, Sarkozy is the first French president of foreign origin to be elected by universal suffrage 8. At age 52, he is also the first president of the Fifth French Republic who has no living memory of World War II.
The ministry 9 of the interior reported some 86 percent of the 45 million registered voters turned out at the polls.
- 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。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
- We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。
- They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
- She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。
- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军
- The question of woman suffrage sets them at variance.妇女参政的问题使他们发生争执。
- The voters gave their suffrage to him.投票人都投票选他。