[英伦广角] 2015-03-14 卡梅伦拒绝与工党领袖米利班德辩论 遭嘲讽

 

 

The Labour leader in Scotland today, whose party's toughest battleground which is why Ed Miliband didn't want the Scottish nationals on the stage in this TV debates. But today he formally signed up to the broadcaster's schedule to put pressure on the Prime Minister.                                                    

 

I say today with Cameron today, you can refuse to face the public, but you can't deny your record. You can try to chicken out of the debetes, but don't ever again claim to provide strong leadership to the country.

 

 

Nick Cleig didn't much like the new 7-leader format¹ ether, which puts the Lib Dems on the part with the Greens and *, but he's also agreed the proposals.

 

 

I think it's a little bit arrogant² of the Conservatives, just somehow assume they can sort of, you know dictator. These all the debates run by the Conservative party, they belong to the British and to the British people.

 

 

David Cameron was in north London today with a friendly audience. But even with all the focus on him, he didn't discuss the issue. He said that he'd do a 7-head debate in an ultimatum³ he described as breaking the logjam. But now he is being portrayed⁴ as the only spanner in the work. His party blames the broadcasters for scheduling the main debate too late.

 

 

If you are the broadcaster, as you come up with the bright idea of having a head-to-head debate between the Prime Minister and Ed Miliband. And in fact I do believe that they should be head-to-head debates. How can you have it on the 3rd of the April when the 3rd of people have already voted by post. Well what the broadcasters are up to?

 

 

There's only two people who can end up with Prime Minister, me or Ed Miliband.

 

 

But despite this, Mr. Cameron's ultimatum on the debates doesn't include even a reschedule head-to-head with Ed Miliband who says he'll do it any time.

 

 

From David Cameron's perspective, he and his team have judged the perceptions of Ed Miliband of so low. That there's no upside for them that if Ed Miliband which will appear in the debates and simply get through the debates without falling over on the stage. That will be perceived as a win. So Cameron doesn't think there's any upside for him if it would be empty chair though, obviously then it will in complete in young child territory.

 

 

He risks being Labour-scared, arrogant and aloof⁵. What's a terrifying, someone close to his car. The other danger is these debates simply happen without him.

 

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1 format   

n.设计，版式；[计算机]格式，DOS命令:格式化(磁盘)，用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据；v.使格式化，设计，安排

参考例句：

• Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
• The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。

2 arrogant   

adj.傲慢的，自大的

参考例句：

• You've got to get rid of your arrogant ways.你这骄傲劲儿得好好改改。
• People are waking up that he is arrogant.人们开始认识到他很傲慢。

3 ultimatum   

n.最后通牒

参考例句：

• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。

4 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 aloof   

adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的

参考例句：

• Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
• On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。