PBS高端访谈:聚焦法国大选 马克龙和勒庞进入下一轮竞选

 　　But first: Voters went to the polls yesterday in France, the first of two rounds to elect a new president.

　　The field was winnowed¹ to two candidates, neither from the establishment political parties that have governed France for decades.

　　It sets up a May 7 tete-a-tete run-off between a centrist newcomer and the face of the far right.

　　From Paris, special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports.

　　The two candidates still standing² emerged this morning to crowds of supporters, centrist Emmanuel Macron and Marine³ Le Pen,

　　leader of the far-right National Front. She fired the first broadside in the northern town of Rouvroy.

　　The reality is that Mr. Macron is not a patriot⁴ in any way at all. He is a hysterical⁵, radical⁶ Europeanist. He is for total open borders.

　　Sunday's opening round saw a 78 percent turnout. Macron won 24 percent of the vote.

　　Le Pen followed with 21 percent, while conservative Francois Fillon finished with 20 percent. And far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon had 19.

　　This was the scene last night in Paris as news of Macron's first-place finish reached his supporters.

　　And this was the countdown to the final round in Le Pen's headquarters in the Northern French rust⁷ belt town of Henin-Beaumont.

　　National Front supporters had been expecting her to take first place, and hid their disappointment, chanting, "We will win."

　　It's the mobilization of the people. She's been fighting for the same cause for years, defending the people. Marine will be president.

　　Several times, the Front supporters burst into "The Marseillaise," the French national anthem⁸.

　　Campaign staffer Mikael Sala resents accusations⁹ that the party is racist¹⁰ and insists that Le Pen can be president for French people of all ethnicities.

　　Wherever you come from, she's said a zillion times that she considers every French woman, every French man as being equal.

　　But political analyst¹¹ Alexandra de Hoop¹² Scheffer believes that Le Pen has progressed as far as she can go.

　　People realize that in the Brexit, post-Trump¹³ election context, probably, they won't want to follow that trend.

　　And Macron has a smart way of portraying¹⁴ his mission, which is to show that France is a contrarian.

　　She supports the popular thesis that Macron will probably win the second round with about 60 percent of the vote.

　　Marine Le Pen's success may have ended decades of political domination by the traditional parties of the left and right.

　　But France's political establishment is in a vengeful mood.

　　The leadership of both the Republican and the Socialist¹⁵ parties have described her candidacy as destructive and have encouraged their supporters to vote for Emmanuel Macron.

　　Sitting President Francois Hollande, whose Socialist Party had a disastrous¹⁶ showing, was one of those voices.

　　There is a clear choice. Emmanuel Macron is the candidate who enables the French people to come together at this moment, which is so unusual, so serious.

　　Meanwhile, European financial markets surged with the news that Macron, who opposes withdrawal¹⁷ from the European Union, had come out on top.

　　Still, the vice¹⁸ president of Le Pen's party, Steeve Briois, is convinced that Le Pen will pick up working-class support from the hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.

　　A lot of Melenchon's voters who voted for him because of anger will be able to vote for us in 15 days, because they won't vote for an ultra-liberal, such as Mr. Macron.

　　But Jean-Yves Camus, a specialist in right-wing politics, believes that's an illusion.

　　There's no way she can be elected, unless, of course, of a huge political earthquake or something really nasty such as a terrorist attack.

　　These National Front supporters were partying as if the ultimate prize was a foregone conclusion.

　　But most people headed home early, as reality sank in that they have a major battle on their hands if they're to emulate¹⁹ the victories of Brexit and Donald Trump.

　　For the PBS NewsHour, I'm Malcolm Brabant in France. undefined

1 winnowed   

adj.扬净的，风选的v.扬( winnow的过去式和过去分词 )；辨别；选择；除去

参考例句：

• Administration officials have winnowed the list of candidates to three. 行政官员将候选名单筛减至3人。 来自辞典例句
• I had winnowed the husk away when he came in. 他进来时，我已把糠筛去了。 来自辞典例句

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 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。

4 patriot   

n.爱国者，爱国主义者

参考例句：

• He avowed himself a patriot.他自称自己是爱国者。
• He is a patriot who has won the admiration of the French already.他是一个已经赢得法国人敬仰的爱国者。

5 hysterical   

adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

参考例句：

• He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
• His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。

6 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

7 rust   

n.锈；v.生锈；(脑子)衰退

参考例句：

• She scraped the rust off the kitchen knife.她擦掉了菜刀上的锈。
• The rain will rust the iron roof.雨水会使铁皮屋顶生锈。

8 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

9 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

10 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

11 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

12 hoop   

n.（篮球）篮圈，篮

参考例句：

• The child was rolling a hoop.那个孩子在滚铁环。
• The wooden tub is fitted with the iron hoop.木盆都用铁箍箍紧。

13 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

14 portraying   

v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life. 那位画家把我的父亲画得惟妙惟肖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ding Ling was good at portraying figures through careful and refined description of human psychology. 《莎菲女士的日记》是丁玲的成名作，曾引起强烈的社会反响。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

15 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• 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。

16 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

17 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

18 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

19 emulate   

v.努力赶上或超越，与…竞争；效仿

参考例句：

• You must work hard to emulate your sister.你必须努力工作，赶上你姐姐。
• You must look at the film and try to emulate his behavior.你们必须观看这部电影，并尽力模仿他的动作。