当葡萄牙前总理巴罗索被各国首脑推举为主席的时候，他好像是一个充满动力的扫把，要清除他的前任、意大利普罗迪遗留下来的烂摊子。
When Barroso, the former Portuguese prime minister, was awarded the EU post by his fellow heads of government, he appeared to be a dynamic new broom who would sweep away the cobwebs left by his predecessor, Italy’s Romano Prodi.