46 Elections and Voting
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in an election people choose a new
government they vote for candidates from
political parties in Great Britain
there's an election every five years in
the United States we vote for a new
president every four years I've been
voting for seven years I voted in two
presidential elections what about you
well I've been voting for about 14 years
now I've voted in one to three elections
I've only voted in one election who did
you vote for that's a secret an election
in an election you vote for a candidate
you vote for a candidate I've voted in
two elections I've been voting for seven
years I've been voting I have been
voting I've been voting for seven years
who did you vote for at the last
election I'm not prepared to answer them
I voted for the Conservative Party I
rather not answer that question
I voted liberal at the last general
election as a public servant I probably
shouldn't say that
I waited for the Labour Party well I
a title from my grandfather so
I'm what they call a pair and therefore
I'm I don't have actually any vote in
general elections but I do vote in the
House of Lords have you always voted for
the same party I voted with the same
party for the last few general elections
I haven't always voted for the same
party I've always voted for the Labour
Party
I've been living in this forest for a
long time and I've seen a lot of changes
but this new road is a very bad idea as
I see it it doesn't matter if your for
the new road or against the new road
doesn't matter
doesn't matter it doesn't matter because
the road has already been built I
haven't seen it what are you talking
about
here are some ways to express an opinion
this new road is a very bad idea I'm
against it I'm against it I don't agree
with the idea the new road means more
people I'm for it I'm for it I agree
with the idea as I see it it doesn't
matter if you're for the new road or
against the new road as I see it in my
opinion from my point of view
the three main political parties in
Britain are the Conservative Party the
Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats
Neil was the leader of the
Labour Party from 1983 to 1992 he
resigned as leader after the 1992
general election we asked him to
describe the British political system
the Parliament is divided into two
houses the House of Commons which is
entirely elected everybody in the House
of Commons is an elected member of
parliament and they're elected from 650
constituencies in the United Kingdom
constituencies vary a little in size but
most of them are around about 60,000
and the political parties put
candidates up for election and the
election was decided by
first-past-the-post that is to say the
candidate with the most votes gets
elected the House of Lords is a
elected chamber of the Parliament and
its roots go back for 600 years
what does he think of the House of Lords
I think it's in any democracy
for people to be able to gain a place in
parliament is it simply because of the
fortunes of death so I would like to get
the I don't mean
them and the I do
mean deny them the power to sit what
part does the queen or king play in this
system for 300 years
Britain has had a constitutional
it is the queen in Parliament
who begins each year in
Parliament with the Queen's speech from
my government will maintain a
substantial aid program to reduce
poverty in developing countries its
objectives will include promoting good
government sensible economic policies
and respect for human rights the Queen's
Speech is written for her by the
government and lists the general
important items of legislation and
policy which the government intends to
put before before the
Parliament in the year right
let's see if I can remember all that as
in many other countries British people
vote in an election for a candidate to
represent their local area this area is
called a constituency and Britain is
divided into six hundred and fifty
constituencies each constituency elects
an MP Member of Parliament to the House
of Commons which is one of the houses of
parliament the other is the House of
Lords members of the House of Lords are
not elected let's look now at a day in
Parliament in the morning MPs aren't so
letters and work on committees the main
business of the House of Commons begins
in the afternoon what happens
the House of Commons begins to sit as a
full assembly at 2:30 in the afternoon
and on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday there's a question time mr.
speaker at the time that the Prime
Minister said that if his policies
weren't hurting they weren't working did
he realize that those policies would
cause the longest recession since the
1930s we have taken action in order to
ensure that we come out of it in a way
that will ensure sustained recovery the
governor of the Bank of England said
only yesterday the conditions are now in
place to the sustained recovery
after the question time the house will
move to the consideration of emotion it
might be a piece of legislation a bill
or it might be simply a motion of the
house and they will be debate some
members of parliament will be involved
in the debate usually around 20 or 25
some others will sit in to listen to the
debate and we take the chance to
question ministers on the issue that's
under debate asked him this question if
qualified staff have been
difficult to attract into
because of the existence of higher
salaries in the private sector will not
the introduction of a private
have the effect of increasing the costs
of this program well I was quite
what the
gentleman saying until he got the last
line the point that I've made I sought
to make is that
I believe that with the best possible
production management expertise the
house will continue to sit until 10
o'clock but more often than not the
house goes on well past that because
there is always secondary business
resolutions come
in before the house which mean that the
House of Commons can quite normally go
through till one o'clock in the morning
and on I don't know 20 occasions in a
year sometimes go into four or five
o'clock or even sit all night I've done
that many times
do British MPs have to work all night
well Neil Kinnick says he's done that
many times but he has been an MP for
more than 20 years but he says they work
at least until 10 o'clock at night and
often much later that's true
Neil has been an MP since 1970
how does he look back on his career
I've been involved in politics since I
was about 15 I've fought as the
candidate for my constituency every
election since 1970
so that makes one in 1972 in 1974 one in
1979 then again in 1983 and in 1987 and
in 1992 I'm not sure how many that makes
all together but I have to say is I
think I'm right in saying the majority
has gone up slightly every time which
makes me very happy
has he made any mistakes I've made many
mistakes I don't think that there's a
person alive of 50 years of age who
hasn't made mistakes than any politician
with the 20 to 23 year career in
politics who says they hadn't made
mistakes they're either too stupid to
recognize them or too to accept
them so I've made mistakes there are
occasions on which I've spoken too long
there are occasions in which I've
associated myself with causes that
proved to be the wrong causes and there
are times when I would have liked to
have acted much faster than I did but
the series of circumstances prevented
that and so in that 23 years I don't
think I've made more errors than most
other people but I've certainly made
that's interesting a politician who
admits that he's made some mistakes
he had this it's unusual here are some
things Neil said about his
political career I fought every election
since 1970 I've made many mistakes I
don't think I've made more errors than
most other people right I'd like
to know about the American political
system I've never understood it do you
have a couple of hours yes are you
sitting yes right well there
are two main parties the Republicans and
the Democrats and there are two main
houses to buy the House of
Representatives
知识点
重点词汇
kevin [ˈkevin] n. 凯文（男子名） { :3255}
regulating ['regjʊleɪtɪŋ] vt. 调节；校正（regulate的现在分词） { :3384}
legislative [ˈledʒɪslətɪv] adj. 立法的；有立法权的 n. 立法权；立法机构 { :3542}
ridiculous [rɪˈdɪkjələs] adj. 可笑的；荒谬的 {gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :3632}
execute [ˈeksɪkju:t] vt. 实行；执行；处死 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :3642}
contractor [kənˈtræktə(r)] n. 承包人；立契约者 {toefl :3745}
inherited [ɪn'herɪtɪd] v. 继承；经遗传而得（inherit的过去分词） adj. 遗传的；继承权的；通过继承得到的 { :3786}
forthcoming [ˌfɔ:θˈkʌmɪŋ] n. 来临 adj. 即将来临的 {cet6 ky ielts :4117}
sympathetic [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk] n. 交感神经；容易感受的人 adj. 同情的；交感神经的；共鸣的；赞同的；和谐的；合意的 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :4279}
legislature [ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃə(r)] n. 立法机关；立法机构 {toefl gre :4361}
Kinnock [ ] n. (Kinnock)人名；(英)金诺克 { :4452}
throne [θrəʊn] n. 王座；君主；王权 vt. 使登王位 vi. 登上王座 n. (Throne)人名；(瑞典)特罗内；(英)特罗恩 {cet4 cet6 ky gre :4691}
monarchy [ˈmɒnəki] n. 君主政体；君主国；君主政治 {ielts gre :5830}
comfortably [ˈkʌmftəbli] adv. 舒服地；安乐地；充裕地 { :5959}
honourable [ˈɒnərəbl] adj. 荣誉的；值得尊敬的；表示尊敬的；正直的 {cet4 cet6 :6039}
non [nɒn] adv. 非，不 n. 投反对票的人，反对票 n. (Non)人名；(柬)嫩；(俄)诺恩 { :6044}
难点词汇
suitably [ˈsu:təbli] adv. 适当地；相配地；适宜地 { :6896}
arrogant [ˈærəgənt] adj. 自大的，傲慢的 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7597}
underpin [ˌʌndəˈpɪn] vt. 巩固；支持；从下面支撑；加强…的基础 { :8100}
electors [ɪˈlektəz] n. 有选举权的人，选民( elector的名词复数 ) { :8238}
hereditary [həˈredɪtri] n. 遗传类 adj. 遗传的；世袭的；世代相传的 {ielts gre :8780}
Aldermaston ['ɔ:ldәmɑ:stәn] 奥尔德玛斯顿村(位于英国伯克郡的原子武器研究机构所在地) { :26235}
词组
hereditary peer [ ] [网络] 世袭贵族
hereditary peers [ ] [网络] 世袭贵族
rid of [ ] [网络] 摆脱；消除；使去掉
secondary legislation [ ] [网络] 二级立法；次级立法；派生性立法
sympathetic to [ ] [网络] 对……有好感；表同情
the honourable gentleman [ ] 英国议员在国会中对其他议员的称呼
the legislature [ ] [网络] 立法；立法机关；立法部门
the throne [ ] [网络] 王位；宝座；夺取王位
the united kingdom [ ] na. (大不列颠和北爱尔兰的)联合王国 [网络] 英国；北爱尔兰联合王国；英国公司
United Kingdom [ ] n. 英国 [网络] 联合王国；大英联合王国；大不列颠联合王国
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