访谈录 2014-01-25&01-28 法国总统偷情“被捉” 谁才是真正的“第一女友”

 Sex scandal rocking France this morning. The country's first lady has been hospitalized, said to be in shock after tabloid¹ published photos exposing the president's secret affair with a famous actress. He is now * out of the press. ABC's R with all the details and miss K, very complicated love life.

Yes, but he is French, right? That was the French too. And the French are usually considered more liberal when it comes to these types of issues, but this is actually sending shockwaves throughout the country.

This morning, French president Francois Hollande is preparing to address allegations. He has been carrying on an affair with this woman, 41-year-old actress, Julie Gayet. Rumors² of the a tryst³ began swelling⁴ after French magazine Closer published these pictures of a man, they say is Hollande wearing a helmet and riding a motor-scooter coming and going to meet Gayet in this Paris apartment, not far from the home he shares with first lady Valerie Trierweiler whose spokesman said suffered a big emotional shock after seeing the story. France says the news hit her like a high-speed train. She's been hospitalized for depression and extreme fatigue⁵.

People traditionally haven't sympathized with Valerie Trierweiler. She doesn't have a charming personality in public, but I think now they are begining to see her as a woman scorned.

While Trierweiler acts as first lady, she and Hollande have never been married. The president has not denied the affair, but has said he greatly deplored⁶ the invasion of his privacy and is even threatening legal action.

According to a new French poll, 77% of French voters surveyed thought the president liaison⁷ should remain private and 8 in 10 said their opinions of him have not changed. But this was before Trierweiler's hospitalization was made public.

When you look at the polls that say 80% of the people believe this won't change their opinion of him. That is not good news. He has only got a 28% approval rate to begin with.

Gayet has not commented on the alleged⁸ affair, but her lawyer has reportedly obtained a legal injunction against the magazine for publishing these pictures.

Now a close friend of Trierweiler says she does not want to slam the door on her partner 7 years, she has prepared to forgive as long as he comes clean with his intentions and maybe we will hear those later this morning,10:30 eastern time, he has a press conference.

They got to get it all done before the state dinner here at the White House in February.

That might be best.

They might want to get on that.

He basically get together with her current live-in girlfriend when he was leaving his previous live-in girlfriend.

So she was the mistress before.

So she kinda knew what she was getting into.

I guess so.

1 tabloid   

adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘

参考例句：

• He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
• He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。

2 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 tryst   

n.约会；v.与…幽会

参考例句：

• It has been said that art is a tryst,for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.有人说艺术是一种幽会，因为艺术家和欣赏者可在幽会的乐趣中相遇在一起。
• Poor Mr. Sanford didn't stand a chance of keeping his tryst secret.可怜的桑福德根本不可能会守住自己幽会的秘密。

4 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

5 fatigue   

n.疲劳，劳累

参考例句：

• The old lady can't bear the fatigue of a long journey.这位老妇人不能忍受长途旅行的疲劳。
• I have got over my weakness and fatigue.我已从虚弱和疲劳中恢复过来了。

6 deplored   

v.悲叹，痛惜，强烈反对( deplore的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They deplored the price of motor car, textiles, wheat, and oil. 他们悲叹汽车、纺织品、小麦和石油的价格。 来自辞典例句
• Hawthorne feels that all excess is to be deplored. 霍桑觉得一切过分的举动都是可悲的。 来自辞典例句

7 liaison   

n.联系，（未婚男女间的）暖昧关系，私通

参考例句：

• She acts as a liaison between patients and staff.她在病人与医护人员间充当沟通的桥梁。
• She is responsible for liaison with researchers at other universities.她负责与其他大学的研究人员联系。

8 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为