文档介绍：TEXT 58
A president in paradise
(恍如置身)天堂的总统(陈继龙编译)
Aug 10th 2006 | VICTORIA
From The Economist print edition
(1)BEST known as a destination for honeymooners in search of perfect white beaches and swaying palms, the Seychelle islands rarely make any sort of headlines. Few tourists would even have noticed the presidential election on July 30th, in which James Michel, leader of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, was returned with 54% of the ballot. For Mr Michel, it was the first time he had faced the islands' 62,000-odd[1] voters, having been promoted from vice-president two years ago by his predecessor, Albert René, who had ruled the islands for 27 years since taking power in a c________① in 1977.
说起塞舌尔群岛,许多人只知道它是度蜜月者找寻美丽的白色沙滩和摇曳的棕榈树的目的地之一,除此之外,几乎很少有媒体对其进行报道,就连游客们也很少有人注意到7月30日该国举行的总统选举。这次选举中,塞舌尔人民进步阵线领导人詹姆斯·米歇尔获得了54%的选票。对于米歇尔而言,这是在他两年前被前任总统阿尔伯特·雷纳从副总统提拔为总统后,。雷纳自1977年在一场政变中上台以后已经统治该岛国27年。
To the casual eye, Seychelles seems both fortunate and well-governed. (2)The 115 islands, most of them uninhabited, cover a mere 445 square kilometres (175 square miles) of the Indian Ocean, north of Madagascar, and enjoy several advantages over most of the rest of Africa. The weather is never e_______②. There is no malaria. The islanders have free education and health care. Their multiracial society is pretty harmonious. With GDP at around $8,000 a head, there is al