万花筒 2012-05-16&05-18 欧元区解体危机加重

 It does feel now more than it ever has before that Greece is shuffling¹ its way towards the exit. And people are stepping aside to let it through despite the best efforts of Europe's senior politicians to block its part. But it's the open speculation² from some members in the eurozone about the future of some countries in the eurozone, which I think is doing real damage across the whole European economy. Our unshakable desire is to maintain Greece within the euro area. We will do everything possibly to that effect. Francois Hollande, France's new socialist³ president, would be officially sworn in later at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Hours after that, he will fly to Berlin for a meeting with the German Chancellor⁴ Angela Merkel. They have different political views, different ideas on the best course of action for the eurozone and Hollande will want to make his mark as he steps on the international stage for the first time as a major world leader. In recent days politicians in Germany have been asking very serious questions in saying that if a government can not be formed quickly and if they do not agree to stick with the austerity measures that are agreed to as part of the bailout packages that it might not be possible for them to stay with the eurozone. Greece's potential exit from the euro is no longer a whisper taboo⁵. One argument in favour of Greece leaving the single currency though, and there are few is that of certainty. It would be at last a definitive⁶ outcome. I think the market to direct very favourly. I think the euro would be going up. So I think the markets will be released off finally in what's going on. Yesterday Greece's president threw a final desperate row of the dice⁷. He officially put out the possibility of having another techno-cratic prime minister to preside over a Coalitioner of parties. Greece's political leaders have slept on the proposal overnight and will meet again this afternoon. Such an outcome will be nothing less than a failure of politics, a failure of democracy. It could go down very badly with Greek people. After all, that wasn't what they voted for. Alistair Bunkall, Sky News.

1 shuffling   

adj. 慢慢移动的, 滑移的 动词shuffle的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• Don't go shuffling along as if you were dead. 别像个死人似地拖着脚走。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some one was shuffling by on the sidewalk. 外面的人行道上有人拖着脚走过。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

3 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 taboo   

n.禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用；adj.禁忌的；v.禁忌，禁制，禁止

参考例句：

• The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
• Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里，婚前的性行为犯禁吗？

6 definitive   

adj.确切的，权威性的；最后的，决定性的

参考例句：

• This book is the definitive guide to world cuisine.这本书是世界美食的权威指南。
• No one has come up with a definitive answer as to why this should be so.至于为什么该这样，还没有人给出明确的答复。

7 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。