英语新闻视频 LDP Secretary-General expected to succeed Abe

 

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will pick a new party president on September 23rd to succeed Shinzo Abe. LDP Secretary-General Taro¹ Aso, a former foreign minister under Abe, is widely seen as a front-runner.
Abe's resignation left the troubled LDP scrambling² for a replacement³. Almost all eyes immediately fell on former foreign minister and fellow conservative Taro Aso.
The principal officer of Asia Strategy Institute of Tokyo, Keith Henry said"Obviously, Taro Aso will be the front-runner mainly because everyone for the last six months have been saying he's the likely successor. Nobody thought he would be the successor so soon, but that's just the way it goes."
Taro Aso says the Liberal Democratic Party will choose Abe's successor quickly in order to avoid creating a political vacuum. Aso was expected to announce his candidacy later on Thursday.
By Thursday evening, Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga had declared he would run.
Other names in the list of successors include former finance minister Sadakazu Tanigaki and former chief cabinet secretary Yasuo Fukuda.
Some lawmakers petitioned for the return of Abe's predecessor⁴ Junichiro Koizumi, but Koizumi has reportedly refused pleas to join the race.

1 taro   

n.芋，芋头

参考例句：

• Main grain crop has taro,corn,banana to wait.主要粮食作物有芋头、玉米、芭蕉等。
• You celebrate your birthday with taro,red bean and butter.用红豆、芋头和黄油给自己过生日。

2 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

4 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。