France's next revolution补打卡

Day 16神句神词组

1.Stagnation, both political and economic, has been the hallmark of a country where little has changed for decades, even as power has rotated between the established parties of left and right.

政治上和经济上的停滞已经变成了一个几十年间几乎没有改变的国家的标志。即便权力在左右两党之间轮换。

2.The implications of these insurgencies are hard to exaggerate.

这些政治变革的影响几乎不用去夸大。

3.The resulting realignment will have reverberations far beyond France’s borders. It could revitalize the European Union, or wreck it.

这次大选的结果所产生的影响远大与法国境内。它能让欧盟重拾活力，也能摧毁它。

4.Further fueling voter’s anger is their anguish at the state of France.

进一步激怒投票者的是他们对法国现状的悲痛。

5.Its vast state, which absorbs 57% of GDP, has sapped the country’s vitality.

国家本身每年要吸纳GDP的57%，这已经减弱了这个国家的生命力。

6.If she pulls France out of the euro, it would trigger a financial crisis and doom a union that, for all its flaws, has promoted peace and prosperity in Europe for six decades.

如果她真的让法国推出欧盟，将会引发金融危机，并且断定了欧洲的联合尽管存在很多缺点，但是在过去六十年里促进了欧洲和平与繁荣。

神词组:

1.Uselessness and self-dealing of the ruling class

统治阶级的无用和以权谋私

2.Exposed deep cultural rifts with…

暴露了与..之间的深层次的文化矛盾

3. Get to grips with:

处理、解决

4.Overhaul of pensions and social security

全面修订养老金和社会保障

5.Massive strikes:

大规模的罢工

6.Tap into that frustration:

面临受挫

7.Radically different

完全不同

8.Call a referendum on leaving the EU

呼吁脱离欧盟的公投

9.Staunchly pro-trade/embraces cultural change and technological disruption.

坚定地支持贸易，接受文化变更和科技的影响

10.Be short on precise policies:

缺乏精确的政策

11.Pitch himself as…

推销自己是

12.Trim the state payroll by…

削减工资总额

13.Repudiation of the status quo

否认现状

14.Appeal to sb

吸引

15.Hefty loan

巨额贷款

16.Suffer hacking attacks

遭受黑客攻击

17.Slash labor code

谴责劳工法

18.Enact agenda:

制定议程