撒切尔夫人去世享年87岁

　　Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced.Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning。英国战后时期最伟大的首相玛格丽特·撒切尔在今天4月8日因为中风去世，享年87岁。撒切尔夫人的家人在今日宣布了这一消息。她的儿子马克爵士和女儿卡罗尔·撒切尔证实了母亲在今晨去世的消息。

　　Lord Bell, her spokesman, said: "It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother Baroness Thatcher died peacefully following a stroke this morning. A further statement will be made later."撒切尔夫人的发言人贝尔表示：“马克和卡罗尔·撒切尔很悲伤地宣布，他们的母亲在今天早晨因为中风去世，她走得很平静。撒切尔夫人的家人稍后将会出一份详细的声明。”

　　Known as the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990.玛格丽特·撒切尔被人们誉为“铁娘子”，于1979年到1990年间执政英国。

　　She will go down in history not only as Britain's first female prime minister, but as the woman who transformed Britain's economy in addition to being a formidable rival on the international stage。她不仅是英国历史上第一位女首相，她还带领英国经济的发展，让英国成为国际舞台上一个令人畏惧的强大竞争对手。

　　Lady Thatcher was the only British prime minister to leave behind a set of ideas about the role of the state which other leaders and nations strove to copy and apply。作为英国首相，撒切尔夫人还留下了很多关于国家角色的观点，让后来的英国领导者和其他国家都纷纷效仿和实践。

　　【小科普】

　　Thatcherism：撒切尔主义是撒切尔夫人上台后的一股“新右派”势力的意识形态，是当代西方“新自由主义”与“保守主义”的混血儿”。英国在撒切尔主义主宰下，一扫经济政治颓势，基本治愈所谓“英国病”。