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.
英國戰(zhàn)后時期最偉大的首相瑪格麗特·撒切爾在今天4月8日因為中風去世，享年87歲。撒切爾夫人的家人在今日宣布了這一消息。她的兒子馬克爵士和女兒卡羅爾·撒切爾證實了母親在今晨去世的消息。

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."
撒切爾夫人的發(fā)言人貝爾表示：“馬克和卡羅爾·撒切爾很悲傷地宣布，他們的母親在今天早晨因為中風去世，她走得很平靜。撒切爾夫人的家人稍后將會出一份詳細的聲明?！?

Known as the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher governed Britain from 1979 to 1990.
瑪格麗特·撒切爾被人們譽為“鐵娘子”，于1979年到1990年間執(zhí)政英國。

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.
她不僅是英國歷史上第一位女首相，她還帶領(lǐng)英國經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展，讓英國成為國際舞臺上一個令人畏懼的強大競爭對手。

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.
作為英國首相，撒切爾夫人還留下了很多關(guān)于國家角色的觀點，讓后來的英國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者和其他國家都紛紛效仿和實踐。

【滬江小科普】

Thatcherism：撒切爾主義是撒切爾夫人上臺后的一股“新右派”勢力的意識形態(tài)，是當代西方“新自由主義”與“保守主義”的混血兒”。英國在撒切爾主義主宰下，一掃經(jīng)濟政治頹勢，基本治愈所謂“英國病”。