奥地利总统大选 反移民候选人被击败
时间：2018-12-16 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
Independent Defeats Populist in Austrian Presidential Election 奥地利总统大选 反移民候选人被击败
Austria has elected Independent candidate Alexander Van der Bellen as president. The former Green Party leader defeated Freedom Party candidate Norbert Hofer.
Van der Bellen captured 53.3 percent of the vote, compared to 46.7 percent for Hofer. The results do not include absentee ballots 1 but officials say there are too few of those to change the outcome.
Van der Bellen supports Austrian membership in the European Union. He called his victory a “signal of hope and change” to “all the capitals of the European Union.”
In contrast, Hofer spoke 2 out against EU attempts to get too much control over individual states. He threatened to call a referendum on whether Austria should leave the EU. He also took a strong anti-immigration position during his campaign.
Experts partly link Hofer’s rise in popularity to immigration policies. Many people are concerned about the current migrant crisis in Europe. Tens of thousands of migrants have sought asylum 3 in Austria in the past few years.
Many of Hofer’s followers 4 are young men. They include members of Austria’s so-called Identity movement, which opposes multiculturalism 5. The movement is growing, adding groups in countries across Western Europe.
Hofer’s loss is seen as a setback 6 to such populist movements in Europe.
Hofer told reporters that although he lost, he will keep up efforts to make sure the Austrians who voted for him are not ignored. “We are not done,” he told VOA. “I will fight for the next elections.”
Political experts say the election of Donald Trump 7 in the United States heavily influenced politics in Austria and other EU nations. Trump campaigned on strong immigration enforcement and criticized European policies on migrants.
Words in This Story
referendum – n. a direct vote in which people cast ballots to decide on a specific issue or policy
multiculturalism – n. the belief that different cultures within a society should all be given the same importance
setback – n. a problem that makes something happen later or more slowly than it should
populist – adj. related to policies that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people
- 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》
- 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。
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
- the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
- The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。
- Switzerland is well known for cheese fondue, penguin parades and its multiculturalism. 瑞士一向以芝士火锅，企鹅游行和多元文化等特色闻名于世。
- That may be one reason why multiculturalism came easily to it. 这也是多元文化容易适应发展的原因之一。