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The world this week - Politics

本周国际要闻——政治

France reacted with fury to American, Australian and British plans to form a new defence pact in the Pacific.

法国对美国、澳大利亚和英国计划在太平洋建立新的防御公约表示愤怒@sZ!ywqVK3^t6OvFwA。

France was not invited to join.

法国没有被邀请加入z*#U^S)6viO。

Australia is also cancelling a contract for French diesel-powered submarines in favour of American (or just possibly British) nuclear-powered ones.

澳大利亚还取消了与法国柴油动力潜艇的合同，转而使用美国(也可能是英国)的核动力潜艇1;_@vp98)a+。

Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French foreign minister, called it a “stab in the back”, and withdrew his ambassadors from Washington and Canberra, though they are now being sent back following a make-up call between presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron.

法国外交部长让-伊夫·勒德里安称这是在“背后捅刀子”，并召回了法国驻华盛顿和堪培拉的大使，不过，在总统乔·拜登和埃马纽埃尔·马克龙通过电话和好后，大使正被送回gHOV+5[t_U4X。

Germans got ready to vote in a general election on September 26th that will mark the end of Angela Merkel’s 16 years in power, as she is standing down.

德国人准备在9月26日的大选中投票，因安吉拉·默克尔即将卸任，这将标志着她16年执政的结束+#Yby]cv%-!04。

The polls have narrowed slightly, but the Social Democrats are still running ahead of Mrs Merkel’s Christian Democrats.

虽然民意调查中差距略有缩小，但社会民主党仍领先于默克尔所在的基督教民主党.e@iuq*7j];N#RQH1Kr。

In Russia, elections to the Duma produced another supermajority for United Russia, the pro-Putin party through which the Kremlin wields legislative power.

在俄罗斯，亲普京的统一俄罗斯党又在国家杜马选举中获得了绝对多数，克里姆林宫通过该党行使立法权WZQ)bB%+K*@K2K@w[P。

The election was widely seen as rigged.

人们普遍认为这次选举存在舞弊行为aHAXr8u(9=g*S=E。

But few Russians took to the streets to protest, unlike in 2011, when thousands did.

但很少有俄罗斯人走上街头抗议，不像2011年，当时有数千人走上街头抗议7=s1Gf@7ht(OjE8。

The results of a snap election in Canada were disappointing for Justin Trudeau, the prime minister.

加拿大提前选举的结果令总理贾斯汀·特鲁多感到失望3I9tPDiYyyL8t6。

Although Mr Trudeau gained enough votes to govern for a third term, he remains the head of a minority government, with about the same number of seats as when he called the election.

尽管特鲁多获得了足够的选票，可以连任第三届政府，但他仍然是少数派政府的领导人，席位数量与他召开选举时差不多A1;AGcjNuMC,&|7g。

Speaking at the UN General Assembly Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president, claimed to represent “a new Brazil, with its credibility recovered before the world”.

巴西总统贾伊尔·博尔索纳罗在联合国大会上发言时，声称自己代表着“一个在全世界面前恢复了信誉的新巴西”Opsk@K,h.JotP+#Q[kd4。

He also spent part of the speech touting unproven remedies for covid-19 and denouncing lockdown measures.

他还在演讲的部分时间里吹嘘了未经证实的新冠疗法，并谴责了封锁措施~x7iw_fC0e8yHrh。

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重点讲解

1.diesel-powered 柴油驱动的

To prevent blackouts, factories are running their owndiesel-poweredgenerators.

为了防止停电，一般工厂都运行有自己的柴油发电机oK,6,6ou,D*9S-H。

2.stand down 退出（比赛或竞选）；退职

Hestood downto make way for someone younger.

他退下来好为年轻人让路mYnMdtB[#;H4。

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