女强人:默克尔执政十年-英语课

时间：2019-02-08 作者：英语课 分类：英语新闻

英语课

　　Angela Merkel took over Germany's top office from Gerhard Schroeder in 2005. She was the first woman to hold the office as well as the first chancellor 1 to have come from the former communist East Germany. When she took over, Germany was in a very different place. Over 5 million people were out of work and many wondered whether Europe's largest economy was headed in the wrong direction.

　　However, 10 years later, the unemployment rate is half of what it was, and the country is the unquestioned economic and political leader of the European Union. Over the past two years, Merkel has been Europe's key player in trying to broker 2 peace in Ukraine. She also was a central figure in negotiating a controversial third bailout with the Greek government, which allowed that country to stay in the Eurozone.
　　But perhaps her signature moment of the past 10 years was opening Germany's borders to all those fleeing Syria who have arrived in Germany seeking asylum 3. At a recent congress of her center right party, she spoke 4 of the importance of addressing the root causes of migration 5 and working closely with other countries like Turkey.
　　女强人:德国总理默克尔执政十年
　　"Dear friends, in this way, we can reduce the number of asylum seekers. Not by unilaterally imposing 6 an upper limit nationally on the number of refugees. THAT is in everyone's interest."
　　Not everyone sees it that way though. Merkel's approval ratings have hit their lowest point in four years. And at the same event, on the same stage, the leader of her sister party, Horst Seehofer the Minister President of Bavaria, struck back at Merkel's policies.
　　"We do not need a welcoming culture, but a culture of reason. And our faith... our Christian 7 faith, is not, dear friends, as opposed to this reason. "No one can be forced to shoulder more than they can carry"
　　If Merkel can survive the current refugee crisis though, the 61 year old Chancellor remains 8 the favorite to win another term in 2017.
　　For CRI, I'm Ira Spitzer in Berlin.

1 chancellor

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 broker

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

3 asylum

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

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。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说