新奇事件簿 特雷莎·梅的脱欧协议保卫战

The UK Prime¹ Minister Theresa May is battling to save the Brexit divorce² deal with the European Union, and her job. The Brexit agreement is in danger after the UK Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and other senior ministers resigned. They quit because of the "final" deal that Ms May agreed with Europe on Thursday. Mr Raab said the deal was bad for the UK. He said it would not allow the UK to leave the EU. Ms May said her government has a choice. It must choose to leave the EU with no deal, risk Brexit never happening, or support her deal. She said: "The choice is clear. We can choose to leave with no deal, we can risk no Brexit at all, or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that can be negotiated³."

英国首相特雷莎·梅正在努力拯救与欧盟的脱欧协议以及她的工作。英国脱欧事务大臣多米尼克·拉布及其他高级大臣辞职后，脱欧协议岌岌可危。他们离职是因为特雷莎·梅于周四和欧盟达成一致的“最终”协议。拉布表示这份协议对英国不利。他表示该协议不会让英国脱离欧盟。特雷莎·梅表示她的政府有一个选择。要么选择无协议脱欧、不冒险脱欧或是支持她的协议。她说：“选择很明确。我们可以选择无协议脱欧、我们可以完全不冒脱欧的风险，或者我们可以选择团结一致，支持可以达成的最好协议。”

Brexit means "British exit from the European Union". On June 23, 2016, the British people voted to leave the EU. Nearly 52 per cent of voters voted to leave. They voted to leave because they thought Britain would be stronger outside of the EU. They wanted the UK to have more control over its future and to make trade agreements with other countries. They also wanted to be free from EU laws. People who voted to stay believe the UK is stronger as part of the EU. The United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on March 29, 2019, at 11pm UK time. It is still unclear if or how the UK will leave the EU. Thursday's draft⁴ deal has further divided the country. Many people believe the UK's government will not agree to the new deal.

脱欧意味着“英国退出欧盟”。2016年6月23日，英国人民投票是否离开欧盟。近52%的人选民投票脱欧。他们投票脱欧是因为他们认为英国离开欧盟将更加强大。他们希望英国对自己的未来有更多掌控权，希望和其他国家进行贸易交易。他们还希望脱离欧盟的法律。投票留在欧盟的人认为作为欧盟一部分的英国更加强大。英国将于当地时间2019年3月29日下午11点离开欧盟。英国是否或将如何脱欧仍不清楚。周四的草案协议使英国进一步分裂。很多人认为英国政府不会同意这份新协议。

1 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

2 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

3 negotiated   

谈判，协商，议定( negotiate的过去式和过去分词 )； 兑现（支票等）； 通过，越过（险要路段）

参考例句：

• The government negotiated with the opposition party over the new law. 政府就新法与反对党进行了协商。
• By careful strategy she negotiated a substantial pay rise. 她精心策划后，谈妥了大幅增加工资的事。

4 draft   

vt.起草，作...的草稿；n.草稿，草图，草案

参考例句：

• He's now revising the first draft of his essay.他目前正修改他的文章初稿。
• The draft of this article has been done。这篇文章已经定稿。