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♧ wrap up : v. 마무리하다, 매듭짓다
♧ runoff : n. (동점자의) 결승전; 결승 투표
♧ socialist : n. 사회주의자
♧ conservative : n. 보수주의자
♧ stark : a. 완전한, 단호한, 명백한
♧ Segolene Royal
♧ accuse A of B : B에 대해 A를 비난하다
♧ opponent : n. 반대자, 적, 경쟁자
♧ neo-conservative : a. 신 보수주의
♧ ideology : n. 이데는올로기, 관념
♧ bait : n. 미끼, 먹이
♧ poll : n. 여론조사
♧ odds-on : a. 이길 가망이 있는, 승산이 있는
♧ unabashed : a. 부끄러운 기색 없는, 뻔뻔스러운, 태연한
♧ admiration : n. 찬양, 찬복
♧ appreciate : v. 진가를 인정하다, 높이 평가하다
♧ slander : v. 중상하다, …의 명예를 훼손하다; 허위 선전하다 n. 중상, 모욕
♧ liability : n. 책임 있음, 부담, 불리한 일
♧ poodle : n. 푸들, 아첨하는 사람
♧ clarify : v. 뚜렷하게[명백하게] 하다; 명백하게 설명하다
♧ exacting : a. 엄격한, 가혹한, 고된
♧ ally : n. 동맹국, 맹방; 동맹자, 맹우(盟友), 자기편
♧ brand : v. …에게 누명을 씌우다;…의 낙인을 찍다 《with》
♧ play up : v. 크게 취급하다, 강조하다, 선전하다
♧ status : n. 지위, 신분; 높은 지위, 위신
♧ shot : n. 시도, 어림짐작, 가능성of
In France, where the two candidates are wrapping up their final day of campaigning before Sunday's runoff. One is socialist, the other, conservative. They're offering voters a stark choice about France's future and France's relationship with the United States. ABC's David Wright is in Paris.
Today, the socialist Segolene Royal accused her opponent of trying to bring the neo-conservative ideology of Geogrge W. Bush to France. But her rival did not take the bait. 'She must be having a bad day,' Nicolas Sarkozy said, 'because of the polls.'
The pollsters say more than a million voters would have to change their minds in these final days of the campaign in order for Royal to win. At this point, the odds-on favorite is her opponent, Sarkozy.
As the race comes to a close, Sarkozy's unabashed admiration for America has become a campaign issue.
"Your Nicolas Sarkozy has been called an American with a French passport. That's, in France, where Americans are not very appreciated, that's basically a way of slandering the opponent."
This photo taken last September has been a liability for him. The Socialist Party has accused Nicolas Sarkozy of being the poodle of George W. Bush like Tony Blair."
Sarkozy recently clarified he'd be an exacting friend of the U.S., an ally unafraid to speak up on points where they differ, but he has promised free-market reforms to make France's economy more competitive - ideas Royal today branded as dangerous. She's trying to protect the French way of life, and has played up her status as the first woman with a serious shot of winning the Presidency.
"And the question which we will know on Sunday night is whether France is in the mood for love or in the mood for work. And I tend to believe that France is in a mood for work."
France will still and always be France, but perhaps a little closer to its ally overseas.
David Wright, ABC News, Paris.