VOA慢速英语2017 民意调查显示，法国勒庞获得支持

 

Marine¹ Le Pen, the far-right nationalist leader, has gained more support in her campaign to become the next president of France.

极右翼政党国民阵线领袖玛丽娜·勒庞在法国下届总统竞选中，争取到了更多的支持率。

On Monday a poll² showed her ahead of the other two major candidates. They are the centrist Emmanuel Macron and conservative³ Francois Fillon.But Le Pen could still lose the final May 7th election to either candidate.

周一，一则民意调查显示，勒庞的支持率排在了其他两位主要候选人前面。其他两位主要候选人分别是中间派伊曼纽尔·马克宏以及保守派弗朗索瓦·菲永。不过，勒庞可能仍然会在5月7日的大选中输给他们中的一位。

The Paris-based political research group Opinionway operated the study of French citizens’ opinions.The group asked people who they planned to vote for out of the five total candidates.If no candidate wins a majority of the votes on April 23, the two candidates with the most votes face each other again in May.

位于巴黎的政治研究小组“舆论研究所”研究了法国民众的意见。该小组询问人们计划把票投给五位候选人中的哪一位。如果没有候选人在4月23日的投票中以绝对多数获胜，那么票数最多的两位候选人需要在5月再次对决。

The poll shows Le Pen winning 27 percent of the first vote;more than any other candidate, but not a majority.She would then likely face either Macron or Fillon in the next round.

该民意调查显示，首次投票中勒庞获得了百分之二十七的票数，超过了任何一位候选人，但她的票数并没有占到多数。随后她可能在下轮投票中继续对战马克宏或菲永。

But against either candidate in May, Le Pen would likely lose.Macron would win 58 percent of the vote against her 42 percent. Fillon would win 56 percent to her 44.

但是五月的大选中，勒庞可能会输给他们中的任何一位。马克宏将赢得58%的投票率，打败她所获得的42%的支持率。菲永也将以56%的支持率打败她44%的支持率。

French investors⁴ are concerned with news of Le Pen’s lead in the poll.She has suggested France stop using the currency called the Euro and calls for a vote on leaving the European Union.She also suggested putting greater taxes on imported goods and contracts of foreign workers.

法国投资者关心民意调查中有关勒庞的新闻。勒庞已经建议法国不再使用欧元货币，她还呼吁要表决法国是否应该脱离欧盟。她还建议提高进口商品的税，并向外籍工人征收更高的税。

Words in This Story

far-right – adj. having or supporting ideas and policies that are associated with conservative groups

nationalist – n. a supporter of or believer in a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries

poll – n. an activity in which several or many people are asked a question or a series of questions in order to get information about what most people think about something

centrist – n. a person whose political opinions are not extreme, falling between those of liberals and conservatives⁵

conservative – adj. believing in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society

currency – n. the money that a country uses

1 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。

2 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。

3 conservative   

adj.保守的，守旧的；n.保守的人，保守派

参考例句：

• He is a conservative member of the church.他是一个守旧教会教友。
• The young man is very conservative.这个年轻人很守旧。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 conservatives   

保守的人( conservative的名词复数 )； （英国）保守党党员，保守党支持者

参考例句：

• The Conservatives were then the governing party . 那时是保守党当政。
• The Conservatives were once more in power. 保守党再次执政。