Macron wins election to become French president
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Date: 2020-09-18
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Hello and welcome to News Review the program where we show you how to use the
language from the latest news stories in your everyday English.
Hi, I'm Neil, joining me today is Dan. Hello, Dan?! Hi,
So, What's our story?
Today's story is about the future of Europe in a massive win.
Ok, the future of Europe in a massive win. Let's hear more from this BBC world
service news bulletin.
Big news around the world this week then. France is going to have a new president
Emmanuel Macron won a decisive victory over his opponent and he is the youngest
president in the republic history.
Ok well, You have been looking at this very important story across the news
websites. and you've picked out three expressions which people need to understand
and to be able to use to talk about this story.
That's right.
Ok,so, We've got a landslide victory and uphill battle and a breath of fresh air.
Ok, Let's hear that first headline please
So, The first headline comes from The evening standard and says
Emmanuel Macron elected youngest ever president in landslide victory over Marine
Le Pen
Ok, Landslide Victory. an election that's won by a very large majority.
That's right
Now, Dan, Yes, Neil he he and Viewers well know that I get confused easily.
You do tend to get confused easily.
And I thought that a landslide is something to do with earth moving down the side
of mountain quickly well
and so, what does it have to do with election?
Finally enough, you're not wrong. A landslide is exactly that a massive earth
rolling down a mountain side or Although if it's snow, it becomes avalanche.
But the principle is the same. you imagine that all of this earth sweeping down
the mountain side and sweeping away the houses and anybody unfortunately enough
to be there, so in the same way, a massive election victory sweep away the
opponent. there's no way that Le Pen could resist Macron's victory. so many votes
in his favour. he swept away the opposition.
Ok, and this is an expression we use in a political context. doesn't it?
That's right.
So, I wouldn't say there was a chelsea landslide over Manchester united
No, unfortunately not, it's only for politics, you don't use it for sports or
anything like that.
But we can also say by a landslide, so instead of saying he won in a landslide
victory, we can say Macron won by a landslide that would be the same thing.
Yup. opposite? yeah, to describe the defeat?
the defeat would be suffer crossing the defeat ,again, same idea but at this
time, from a different perspective, Le Pen suffers crossing the defeat.
Right, ok, now, Landslide is a very journalistic term.
That is true
However it is very common in a everyday speech. it's not too formal or, and so,
this is the word you will hear..
Around election times basically, yeah. when the event occurs, it's yeah, that's
the word we use, everybody talks about it.
Ok, Let's move on to our next headline.
Allight. our next headline comes from CBS and says Macron wins French
Presidency, Faces An Uphill Battle from here
Ok, so, an uphill battle, meaning something that's difficult to achieve.
Absolutely. you like running, don't ya, Neil?
Yeah, I like running.
So, apart from running on a plat, would you prefer to run uphill or downhill?
Well, I suppose downhill is easier, isn't it?
Absolutely, and that's exactly the point behind this expression.
Back in the old days of your, when we had armies facing each other,
the army which controlled the top of the hill had an advantage because the ones
coming up would have to fight uphill that's much much more difficult.
and the same principle is applied here.
We can also say things like an uphill struggle and an uphill fight.
and we also have an uphill job and uphill task but they're much much less common.
So, I wouldn't worry about them too much.
Yeah, very widely used this expression?
Absolutely, it's always an uphill battle, and it's followed by To + infinitive
verb.
umm, maybe you have an uphill battle with your son ( ) something like that?
Ohhhh, my SON, he won't touch a vegetable. There you go
It's a real uphill battle to make him to eat vegetables.
There you go. and you have to be really careful with this expression because
there's no a downhill battle. No
Don't assume that something that is extremely easy to do , oh, it's a downhill
battle. No, we don't say. Don't say that !!
(( for the notice Dan and Neil are now emphasizing not to say a downhill
battle as an opposite of an uphill battle, they're telling me for sure. :-))
I always do that. sorry about that. :-)) ))
So, what's our next headline?
Our next headline comes from The Mail online and says Macron election gives a
gasping EU a breath of fresh air
A breath of fresh air. something or someone new interesting and exciting.
Yes, and that's exactly the point with this story.
Macron is the youngest president in the republic's history. and so because of
this, people are excited ,they're ( ), and ( ).
Umm, so, It's refreshing basically. Absolutely, it's very refreshing
So, if we look at this expression literally a breath of fresh air
Imagine being on a crowded hot commute train,
stuffy, sweaty, smelly, you're on your way home, you've got a bad day, you
finally get to a station and doors open and air rushes in, and you can hear
everybody go, UHHHHHH I'd say Take a breath of fresh air and they refresh
themselves.
Yeah, so, it's that feeling taken to a figurative ( ).
Absolutely, it's a metaphor.
Ahh, when you joined our department, Dan. That was a breath of fresh air.
Ohh, Thank you for saying so, I appreciate that.
It's ok, Ten pound later on.
No problem.
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Hello and welcome to News Review the program where we show you how to use the
language from the latest news stories in your everyday English.
Hi, I'm Neil, joining me today is Dan. Hello, Dan?! Hi,
So, What's our story?
Today's story is about the future of Europe in a massive win.
Ok, the future of Europe in a massive win. Let's hear more from this BBC world
service news bulletin.
Big news around the world this week then. France is going to have a new president
Emmanuel Macron won a decisive victory over his opponent and he is the youngest
president in the republic history.
Ok well, You have been looking at this very important story across the news
websites. and you've picked out three expressions which people need to understand
and to be able to use to talk about this story.
That's right.
Ok,so, We've got a landslide victory and uphill battle and a breath of fresh air.
Ok, Let's hear that first headline please
So, The first headline comes from The evening standard and says
Emmanuel Macron elected youngest ever president in landslide victory over Marine
Le Pen
Ok, Landslide Victory. an election that's won by a very large majority.
That's right
Now, Dan, Yes, Neil he he and Viewers well know that I get confused easily.
You do tend to get confused easily.
And I thought that a landslide is something to do with earth moving down the side
of mountain quickly well
and so, what does it have to do with election?
Finally enough, you're not wrong. A landslide is exactly that a massive earth
rolling down a mountain side or Although if it's snow, it becomes avalanche.
But the principle is the same. you imagine that all of this earth sweeping down
the mountain side and sweeping away the houses and anybody unfortunately enough
to be there, so in the same way, a massive election victory sweep away the
opponent. there's no way that Le Pen could resist Macron's victory. so many votes
in his favour. he swept away the opposition.
Ok, and this is an expression we use in a political context. doesn't it?
That's right.
So, I wouldn't say there was a chelsea landslide over Manchester united
No, unfortunately not, it's only for politics, you don't use it for sports or
anything like that.
But we can also say by a landslide, so instead of saying he won in a landslide
victory, we can say Macron won by a landslide that would be the same thing.
Yup. opposite? yeah, to describe the defeat?
the defeat would be suffer crossing the defeat ,again, same idea but at this
time, from a different perspective, Le Pen suffers crossing the defeat.
Right, ok, now, Landslide is a very journalistic term.
That is true
However it is very common in a everyday speech. it's not too formal or, and so,
this is the word you will hear..
Around election times basically, yeah. when the event occurs, it's yeah, that's
the word we use, everybody talks about it.
Ok, Let's move on to our next headline.
Allight. our next headline comes from CBS and says Macron wins French
Presidency, Faces An Uphill Battle from here
Ok, so, an uphill battle, meaning something that's difficult to achieve.
Absolutely. you like running, don't ya, Neil?
Yeah, I like running.
So, apart from running on a plat, would you prefer to run uphill or downhill?
Well, I suppose downhill is easier, isn't it?
Absolutely, and that's exactly the point behind this expression.
Back in the old days of your, when we had armies facing each other,
the army which controlled the top of the hill had an advantage because the ones
coming up would have to fight uphill that's much much more difficult.
and the same principle is applied here.
We can also say things like an uphill struggle and an uphill fight.
and we also have an uphill job and uphill task but they're much much less common.
So, I wouldn't worry about them too much.
Yeah, very widely used this expression?
Absolutely, it's always an uphill battle, and it's followed by To + infinitive
verb.
umm, maybe you have an uphill battle with your son ( ) something like that?
Ohhhh, my SON, he won't touch a vegetable. There you go
It's a real uphill battle to make him to eat vegetables.
There you go. and you have to be really careful with this expression because
there's no a downhill battle. No
Don't assume that something that is extremely easy to do , oh, it's a downhill
battle. No, we don't say. Don't say that !!
(( for the notice Dan and Neil are now emphasizing not to say a downhill
battle as an opposite of an uphill battle, they're telling me for sure. :-))
I always do that. sorry about that. :-)) ))
So, what's our next headline?
Our next headline comes from The Mail online and says Macron election gives a
gasping EU a breath of fresh air
A breath of fresh air. something or someone new interesting and exciting.
Yes, and that's exactly the point with this story.
Macron is the youngest president in the republic's history. and so because of
this, people are excited ,they're ( ), and ( ).
Umm, so, It's refreshing basically. Absolutely, it's very refreshing
So, if we look at this expression literally a breath of fresh air
Imagine being on a crowded hot commute train,
stuffy, sweaty, smelly, you're on your way home, you've got a bad day, you
finally get to a station and doors open and air rushes in, and you can hear
everybody go, UHHHHHH I'd say Take a breath of fresh air and they refresh
themselves.
Yeah, so, it's that feeling taken to a figurative ( ).
Absolutely, it's a metaphor.
Ahh, when you joined our department, Dan. That was a breath of fresh air.
Ohh, Thank you for saying so, I appreciate that.
It's ok, Ten pound later on.
No problem.
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