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Britain's new mayors 

Vocabulary

directly elected

voted for by the people

feared

worried

shallow

superficial, not serious

beauty contest

competition based on the way people look and speak, not what they say

taken off

become popular

grandeur

magnificence

scrap

get rid of, abolish

executive mayor

leader of a city with great personal power

poll

survey 

highly controversial

greatly disputed