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小编给你一个美联英语官方免费试听课申请链接： /test/waijiao.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 美联英语提供：英语短新闻 马克龙带来一线曙光 There are politicians and there are leaders who change the weather. France’s Fifth Republic has had its share of politicians. In Emmanuel Macron it has now chosen a rainmaker as president. 这个世界既有普通的政界人士，也有可以呼风唤雨的领袖。法兰西第五共和国有过不少政界人士。埃马纽埃尔·马克龙(Emmanuel Macron)的当选意味着，这个国家选出了一位呼风唤雨的总统。 At this point, it is almost mandatory to list the ifs and buts. France is a deeply divided nation (I thought that was what happened at elections). A touch above a third of the voters felt driven to cast their ballot in favour of Marine Le Pen抯 noxious National Front. Mr Macron抯 En Marche! has yet to win seats in the National Assembly. Powerful trade unions are lined up against any proposals for economic modernisation. Remember Barack Obama抯 揧es We Can? Well, Americans have now put Donald Trump in the White House. 此时此刻，列出“如果”和“但是”几乎是强制义务。法国如今是一个分裂的国家（选举的时候，难道不是都会发生这种情况吗？）。略高于三分之一的选民竟然有动力投票支持马琳?勒庞(Marine Le Pen)的令人讨厌的国民阵线(National Front)。马克龙的“前进”(En Marche!)尚未在国民议会(National Assembly)赢得席位。强大的工会正联合起来，反对任何推动经济现代化的提议。还记得巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)那句“是的，我们可以”(Yes We Can)吗？没错，美国人现在让唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)入主了白宫。 Cavils and caveats are inevitable, but their constant enunciation even before Mr Macron has crossed the threshold of the Elysee Palace speaks to the collapse of faith in politics. The ancien regime is gripped by fatalism — watch Britain抯 moderate Labour MPs hurl themselves over the cliff rather than confront their hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn. If nothing else, Mr Macron抯 victory ought to restore a measure of confidence to politics, in France and beyond. Leaders with the courage of their convictions can change things. 挑刺和警告是不可避免的，但它们甚至在马克龙还没有进入爱丽舍宫(Elysee Palace)之前就没完没了地出炉，表明人们对政治的信心已经坍塌。宿命论笼罩着“旧制度”——看看英国工党(Labour)的温和议员们宁可眼看着自己在即将举行的大选中遭遇惨败，也不愿挑战该党的极左领导人杰里米?科尔宾(Jeremy Corbyn)，就会明白这一点。即使没有什么别的意义，马克龙的胜利应该会在一定程度上恢复人们对政治的信心，无论在法国还是在其他国家都是如此。有勇气坚持自己信念的领导人，可以改变现状。 The digital age holds other temptations for commentat