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英国议会投票从政府手中夺取脱欧进程控制权

CARL AZUZ, CNN 10 ANCHOR: The same week that the United Kingdom was originally scheduled to leave the European Union, British lawmakers have voted to take control of that process from their prime minister. And the questions hanging in the air just got bigger. I'm Carl Azuz this is CNN 10.

In 2016, British voters chose to leave the European Union, an economic and political union of 28 countries. No one's ever left it before. The complicated part was determining how Britain would separate itself. How would its laws be affected¹? What would its trade deals look like? What about immigration and people from other countries currently² living in Britain?

The government of British Prime Minister Teresa May had been negotiating³ these terms with the European Union. Their original deadline to get this done was March 29th. And they reached a deal. But Britain's parliament needs to approve that deal before its completed. And so far, lawmakers have rejected it twice. Last week the European Union agreed to delay the deadline for Britain to leave. And this week British lawmakers voted 329 to 302 to take control of the parliamentary timetable from the government. It's the first time in more than 100 years that's happened. And it means that parliament, not the government of Prime Minister May is temporarily in control of the Brexit process.

So what now? The basic options lawmakers have are the same. They can try to delay the Brexit process further. They can allow Britain to leave the European Union without a deal which could temporarily hurt Britain's economy. Or they could keep working on a deal with the European Union, though the EU may not agree to a different plan. Meanwhile, the prime minister can try a third time to get her deal passed.

1 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

2 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

3 negotiating   

n. 谈判 动词negotiate的现在分词

参考例句：

• They were coerced into negotiating a settlement. 他们被迫通过谈判解决。
• We want to get all the parties back to the negotiating table. 我们想把有关各方拉回到谈判桌上来。