鮑裡斯·詹森擁有一份光輝的履歷，他曾就讀於著名的伊頓公學，後在牛津大學貝利奧爾學院修習古典文化研究。在牛津學習期間，他還當選為牛津大學辯論社的主席，完全是學霸級的人物。
Boris Johnson extends lead in race to become PM
當地時間周三進行的英國保守黨領導人第三輪選舉中，鮑裡斯·詹森獲得313張選票中的143張，領先優勢繼續擴大。此輪投票後，國際發展事務大臣斯圖爾特被淘汰出局，英國下一任首相的候選人只剩四名。根據當前的投票結果，鮑裡斯·詹森將很有希望成為英國下一任首相。
In this file four-photo combo image of various recent dates, showing the contenders still placed to become leader of the Conservative Party, Wednesday June 19, 2019, with from left: Michael Gove, Boris Johnson, Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid. (File photo: AP)
Winning 143 of 313 votes cast in a third-round ballot of Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday, Boris Johnson stretched his lead among Conservative lawmakers, and upstart Rory Stewart was eliminated from the contest, as the race is down to the final four. Many think Johnson, with such a substantial lead, is highly likely to become Britain's next prime minister.
Boris Johnson, aged seven. (File photo: Boris Johnson via The Telegraph)
鮑裡斯·詹森出生在美國紐約一個富裕的中上階層家庭，父母都是英國人。由於他同時在美國和英國領事館進行了出生登記，所以儘管他5歲時便離開美國,他仍然保持著美國和英國的雙重國籍直到2017年。2017年，鮑裡斯·詹森主動放棄了美國國籍，外界猜測，可能是他不想再繼續支付高額的美國收入稅。
Born in New York to wealthy upper-middle class English parents in 1964, Johnson’s birth was registered with both the US authorities and the city's British Consulate, thereby granting him both American and British citizenship. Johnson left the US when he was five years old, but remained a dual citizen until he renounced his US citizenship in 2017, which might be a result of a high US tax bill he once called 「absolutely outrageous」.
(Left) Boris at Eton, where he was a King's Scholar and (right) aged 18, before going to Oxford to read Classics. (File photo: Boris Johnson via The Telegraph)
鮑裡斯·詹森擁有一份光輝的履歷，他曾就讀於著名的伊頓公學，後在牛津大學貝利奧爾學院修習古典文化研究。在牛津學習期間，他還當選為牛津大學辯論社的主席，完全是學霸級的人物。
Johnson was educated at the European School of Brussels, Ashdown House, and Eton College. He read Classics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1986.
從牛津大學畢業後，23歲的鮑裡斯·詹森在泰晤士報擔任見習記者。然而僅僅不到一年，他就因為編造採訪內容而被開除。2013年回憶起此事，鮑裡斯·詹森仍然記得那種深深的恥辱和罪惡感，承認自己這件事做得很糟糕。
After graduating from Oxford, Johnson landed a trainee reporter job at The Times newspaper in 1987. But he was dismissed within a year for concocting a quote in an article about king Edward II. "It was awful -- I remember a deep, deep sense of shame and guilt," he told BBC television when recalling the incident in 2013.
此後在他幾十年的政治生涯中，既有當選倫敦市長、出任外交大臣的成功經歷，也有因種種言行帶來的諸多爭議。
During a decades-spanning career, first as a journalist and then a politician, Johnson had achievements and controversy.
鮑裡斯·詹森在很多人心目中是一個非典型的政客，他非常追求自身的曝光度。比如他就曾在一場英式橄欖球賽中推倒了一名10歲的日本小球員，他也是唯一一位為搏眼球而跳河的倫敦市長，一時間爭議四起。
A stream of gaffes have led many to write Johnson off as an atypical politician that some people think is concerned more with publicity stunts than with the nuts and bolts of political reform. He has a reputation for being terrifically late. He once bulldozed a ten-year-old Japanese boy in a game of rugby, and he is the only London mayor to have fallen into a river in spectacularly public fashion.
Boris gets stuck in mid-air while riding a zipwire during the London 2012 celebrations. (File photo: The Telegraph)
然而在撞倒小球員後，鮑裡斯奉上一枚橄欖球作為禮物，並且親切地拍了拍小球員的肩膀。在尷尬的河中「暢遊」後，他也不忘讚揚水質優良。鮑裡斯有一次遇到了滑索故障，當時的首相大衛·卡梅倫也打趣地說道，只有鮑裡斯的職業生涯可以受益於他的受困。
Yet somehow, 「BoJo」 came out of these events with his reputation enhanced. After flattening the young boy, he offered him a rugby ball and a pat on the back. After the embarrassing swim, he emerged to crack a joke about the refreshing nature of the water. And after he found himself stranded on a zipline over London park, then prime minister David Cameron joked that only Boris』 career could benefit from his getting stuck on a wire.
Then Mayor of London Boris Johnson and his wife Marina Wheeler arrive for the start of the Olympic Games 2012 Opening Ceremony on July 27, 2012 in London, England. (File photo: VCG)
2008年和2012年，鮑裡斯·詹森兩次當選倫敦市長，兩次選舉的對手均為來自工黨的肯·利文斯通。在市長任期內，對犯罪和交通問題的持續關注，讓鮑裡斯在一定程度上扭轉了他不務實的形象。
Winning twice in the London mayoral election in 2008 and 2012, both challenging Labour rival Ken Livingstone. After two terms as mayor, he was an insubstantial politician by focusing on issues of crime and transportation.
2016年，德蕾莎·梅伊出任英國首相後，鮑裡斯被任命為外交大臣，他在外交場合的出格言行，依然讓人印象深刻。
After Theresa May became leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister, in July 2016 she appointed Johnson as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. His most memorable moments as secretary of foreign affairs are some of his gaffes.
例如寫詩侮辱土耳其總統埃爾多安，諷刺美國前總統歐巴馬因為有肯亞血統所以反對脫歐。更過分的是，鮑裡斯將歐盟團結歐洲國家的舉措與拿破崙和希特勒作類比。
Boris』 slack-jawed deeds include penning an insulting poem on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, attributing incumbent US President Barack Obama’s opposition on Brexit to his Kenyan ancestry and inappropriately comparing EU to Napoleon and Hitler.
In this Friday, June 24, 2016 file photo, Vote Leave campaigner Boris Johnson arrives for a press conference at Vote Leave headquarters in London. (File photo: AP)
作為2016年脫歐公投中支持脫歐的重要人物，鮑裡斯·詹森始終保持著對於脫歐的強硬立場。在最近的一次電視辯論中，他多次強調將帶領英國在10月31日脫離歐盟，並表示，達成該日期脫歐的唯一辦法，就是為無協議脫歐做好準備，同時爭取一個更好的貿易協議。
As the face of the official Brexit campaign in the 2016 referendum, Johnson has always maintained a hard stance on Brexit. In a recent television debate, Johnson repeated his pledge to take Britain out of the EU by October 31, again saying the only way to do so was to prepare for a so-called no-deal exit and concentrate on winning a new trade deal.
脫歐公投三年後，英國民眾、議會以及保守黨和工黨，在何時、以何種形式實現脫歐的問題上始終存在分歧。目前來看，鮑裡斯·詹森很可能會像他在2016年公投時所說的，成為說服黨內議員並帶領英國成功脫歐的唯一一人。
Almost three years since Britain voted to leave the EU, the country, parliament and both main parties are deeply divided over how, when and even whether Brexit should happen. With a simple message similar to the soundbites Johnson used in the 2016 referendum campaign, Johnson has managed to persuade much of his party that only he can rescue it from electoral disaster by delivering Brexit.
Source: AP, AFP, Reuters
Compiled by Qiao Wai