2014届高考英语考前突破阅读理解能力：国际时事要闻《奥朗德宣布与女友瓦莱丽分手》.docVIP

奥朗德宣布与女友瓦莱丽分手 在被爆出与女演员加耶的绯闻消息两周后，奥朗德于25日宣布与现任女友瓦莱丽分手，成为当天法国媒体的头版新闻。 ? President Fran?ois Hollande tonight announced his separation from the First Lady Valérie Trierweiler in a curt（简略的） personal statement. ? In a telephone call to the French news agency, Mr Hollande, said: I am letting it be known that I have put an end to the life I shared with Valérie Trierweiler. ? Ms Trierweiler, 48, refused to add her own name to the declaration, to make it clear that the decision to sever their unmarried partnership was Mr Hollandes alone. ? The announcement came just over two weeks after Closer magazine revealed that President Hollande was having an affair with the 41 years old actress, Julie Gayet. ? Mr Hollande telephoned the statement to Agence France Presse himself – just 18 words in French -- in an attempt to make a distinction between Fran?ois Hollande, the head of state and Fran?ois Hollande, the private citizen. ? It was his way of saying that he expects no further intrusions into his private life. Global interest in the Presidents nocturnal, scooter-borne escapades is unlikely to subside so easily -- as Mr Hollande will discover when he visits Britain on Friday for the annual Anglo-French summit. ? Mr Hollande had promised to clarify the position of his unmarried First Lady before 9 February when the couple were scheduled to fly to Washington to visit the Obamas. ? Mr Hollande may have felt that he could delay no longer after Ms Trierweiler, 48, let it be known that she intended to fly to India on a humanitarian visit tomorrow. Although the trip is privately funded, Ms Trierweiler would, in effect, have been travelling to Bombay with the informal status of Première Dame or First Lady. ? She will now travel as a private citizen, but her first public appearance since the scandal broke is likely to be anything but private. ? Friends of Ms Trierweiler have told the French press that she is making the trip as a gesture of defiance. ? President Hollande is the second Frenc