2021-2022学年度第44-45期总第781期
 Government faces challenges (P2)
吉林毓文中学  王荟娟
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Who are they? What do you know about them? 
 
Marine Le Pen             Emmanuel Macron 
Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 presidential runoff 
 
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The French election finally concluded on April 24, with sitting President Emmanuel Macron winning the 2022 presidential runoff (决选) and another five-year term in office. With 58.8 percent of the votes, Macron beat the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen (41.2 percent) in the second round of voting. The victory makes Macron, 44, the first French leader to be re-elected in 20 years.

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At his victory gathering, Macron said that his goal for the next five years is to make France more independent, make a stronger Europe and make France “a great green nation”. 
He promised to cut air pollution, plant 140 million trees and develop a 100-percent electric car industry. He hopes to make France the first major country to stop using gas, oil and coal, according to Radio France Internationale.

What is Macron’s goal for the next five years? 
How will he achieve this goal ? 
 

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However, the result of the election may not be purely due to Macron’s appeal, with 70 percent of voters not voting for him in the first election round. 
Addressing his supporters at the foot of the Eiffel Tower after the election, Macron thanked his voters and pledged to respond to the “anger and disagreement” of those who voted for the far -right. He also acknowledged that some French people voted for him not to support his ideas but to stop the ideas of the far-right.
The lack of popularity of either candidate can also be seen in the low participation rate in the second round of voting. The Ministry of the Interior in France said more than 3 million people cast blank votes because many of them didn’t want to vote for either of the two.

In what ways can we see the big divides among voters? 
 

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Behind the remarkable election results, there are deep divides within French society being highlighted, noted the Week. The far-right candidate Le Pen increased her share of the vote from when she last ran against Macron in 2017. This increase in support for Le Pen shows a political divide in France. According to polls, the majority of blue-collar workers, young students and low-income voters support far-left or far-right parties rather than Macron’s centrist (中立派) position.  The French public is unhappy with Macron’s administration (政府) after the country’s economic pains and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Ukraine conflict.

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In what ways can we see the deep divides within French society? 
  
The far-right candidate Le Pen increased her share of the vote from when she last ran against Macron in 2017.
Political divide

What caused the political divide within French society? 
The majority of blue-collar workers, young students and low-income voters support far-left or far-right parties.
The French public is unhappy with Macron’s administration (政府) after the country’s economic pains and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing Ukraine conflict.

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In Macron’s next term, the most immediate challenge is leading a deeply divided country, noted the Week. It is divided between party lines, between local areas and between the rich and the poor. In his victory speech, Macron said he’d do his best to heal (治愈) those divisions (分裂) and to be the “president of all”.
What challenges will Macron face in his next term?
He will do his best to lead the deeply divided country and heal those divisions. 

Language Study

1.    sitting president
2.    win the presidential runoff
3.    cut air pollution
4.    according to
5.    due to
6.    vote for
7.    in the first election round
8.    respond to
9.    run against
10.    the majority of 
 
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1. election (n.)_______(v.)
2. president (n.)__________(adj.)
3. independent (adj.)__________(n.)
4. gather (v.)_________(n.)
5. anger (n.)________(adj.)
6. politics (n.)_______(adj.)
7. divide (v.)_________(n.)
8. popular (adj.)________(n.)
9. relate (v.)_________(adj.)
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presidential
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gathering
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1. The French election finally concluded on April 24, with sitting President Emmanuel Macron winning the 2022 presidential runoff (决选) and another five-year term in office.
   with sitting President Emmanuel Macron winning the 2022 presidential runoff (决选) and another five-year term in office为 __________，基本结构为：____________ 
with复合结构    with+宾语+宾补
文中类似结构：
  
 
However, the result of the election may not be purely due to Macron’s appeal, with 70 percent of voters not voting for him in the first election round.

2. Addressing his supporters at the foot of the Eiffel Tower after the election, Macron thanked his voters and pledged to respond to the “anger and disagreement” of those who voted for the far-right.
   Addressing his supporters at the foot of the Eiffel Tower after the election为__________作_____
who voted for the far-right 为 ______，修饰先行词_______
address的含义为____________
动词-ing短语
状语
定语从句  those
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