Bachelet sports a middle-aged spread; indeed, elements of the Chilean media nicknamed her fatty when she was president.

Ms. Bachelet predicted the number of dead would grow.

巴切莱特预计死亡人数将会上升。

On Friday, Mrs Bachelet dismissed the head of the navy's Oceanography Service for failing to provide a clear warning of the tsunami.

在周五，B夫人解除了海军海洋学服务部门的领导干部的职务，因为没有提供很明确的海啸警报！

But Michele Bachelet is no figure of any literary laureate's imagining.

但米歇尔·巴切莱特与任何书面想象的戴着桂冠的形象并不符合。

Chile did not initially request foreign assistance, but Ms Bachelet later said some offers of aid would be accepted.

智利尚未开始要求外部援助，不过巴切莱特稍后时候表示会接受一些提供的援助。

In2000, Bachelet was named health minister by current Chilean President Ricardo Lagos.

2000年，巴切莱特被当时的智利总统里卡多·拉各斯任命为卫生部长。

Chile's former President Michelle Bachelet is returning to office after a run-off election today.

智利前总统米歇尔·巴切莱特在今天进行的决胜投票中胜出，将重掌政权。

But Ms Bachelet may have overestimated Chileans' appetite for change.

不过，巴切莱特可能高估了智利人对变革的热望。

Even so, President Bachelet has given a preliminary estimate of the reconstruction price tag, saying it could total$ 30 billion.

即使如此，巴切莱特总统已经对重建作出了初步估价，她说，重建工程可能总计会耗费三百亿美元。

Bachelet herself detained when she was a23-year-old medical student subsequently went with her mother into exile in Australia.

而巴切莱特自己在她还是名23岁的医科学生时就曾被拘留&随后和她母亲一起流亡到澳大利亚。

Her father, Alberto Bachelet, was an Air Force general who supported Salvador Allende's Socialist regime.

她的父亲艾伯特·巴切莱特是一名支持萨尔瓦多·阿连德社会主义政权的空军上将。

President Michelle Bachelet addressed the country in a nationally televised speech hours after the disaster.

智利总统米歇尔·巴切莱特于震后数小时发表电视讲话。

Bachelet said the government is willing to pay about$ 50 million for a plane capable of flying long distances without refueling.

据路透社1月11日报道，按照巴切莱特的说法，政府打算拿出大约5000万美元的经费来添置一架能够在不重复加油的情况下完成长距离飞行的飞机。

Bachelet has promised to make 50 reforms in her first 100 days after taking the oath of office in March.

巴切莱特承诺在3月就任后的100天内进行50项改革措施。

In public, Mr Garc í a and Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, have been ostentatiously friendly.

在公开场合之下，加西亚先生与智利的总统米切尔？巴切莱特表现得非常友好。

President Bachelet is urging patience and national unity.

巴切莱特总统正在敦促大家保持耐心、要求全国团结一致。

If Bachelet's story is hardly one of sweetness and light, it probably is one the philosophical Garcia Marquez might have imagined.

如果巴切莱特的故事不算是个甜美轻快的故事，那它也是理性的加西亚·马尔克斯可能已想到了的。

John Nielsen reports the center-left Bachelet easily defeated her opponent from the right-wing governing coalition.

据约翰·纳尔逊报道，中左派代表巴切莱特轻松战胜来自右派执政联盟的对手。

Chen Xu also confirmed that China is working closely with the office of Michelle Bachelet on detailed arrangements for her trip.

陈旭还确认，中国政府正就米歇尔·巴切莱特的具体访问安排同其办公室保持密切沟通。

Bachelet says she selected it for convenience and I observe that it is also cheap.

巴切莱特说，她选择这家餐厅是因为方便，但是我注意到这家餐厅也很平价。

President Michelle Bachelet declared a 'catastrophe' and said at least 80% of Chile's roughly 16 million people had been affected.

智利总统巴切莱特（Michelle Bachelet）宣布国家进入“灾难状态”，并表示智利约1600万总人口中至少有80%受到了地震的影响。