閱讀材料：喜馬拉雅《夏說英文》

法國大選近況（講解版）| E0510

Emmanuel Macron topped the first round of the presidential election in France, and will meet Marine Le Pen in a run-off on May 7th. Markets were buoyed by Mr Macron’s performance: opinion polls put the former economy minister ahead of his nationalist rival, but his lead appears to be narrowing.

Top：占據(jù)首位v. 或n. at the top of

Run-off：繼續(xù)的比拼=furtherelection

Buoy: v.提振=cheer sb up=to make sb cheerful，n.浮標，讀法同boy

Nationalist：民粹主義,右翼勢力,這里指Marine Le Pen勒龐

Narrow：不斷縮小

Emmanuel Macron在法國第一輪總統(tǒng)選舉中占據(jù)首位，他也將于5月7日和Marine Le Pen進行繼續(xù)的比拼。Macron的表現(xiàn)讓市場非常的振奮：民意調查顯示，人們更傾向于支持前任經(jīng)濟部部長Emmanuel Macron，而非他的對手民粹主義Marine Le Pen，但他領先的優(yōu)勢正被不斷縮小。

It takes nothing to join in the crowd but it takes everything to stand alone.

要想隨波逐流，無需費力；要想出類拔萃，就得拼盡全力。