[英伦广角] 2015-05-30 英国首相卡梅伦会见欧盟主席讨论双边关系

 

 

David Cameron devotes the spirit of Winster Churchill as he embarks¹ on his European campaign. The Prime Minister was entertaining Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission President, whose appointment he tried to block last year, to dinner at Chequers. 

And on the agenda some tough talking. Mr Cameron demands for a better deal for Britain ahead of a in-and-out referendum either next year or the year after. 

Dinner with Mr Juncker hear at  Chequers is the first part of charm offenses², which will take Mr Cameron a tour of many European capitals over the next few weeks. His aim is to persuade EU leaders to back his demands for renegotiation of the terms of Britain’s membership of the EU. 

But Mr Cameron admitted at the summit in Latvia last week that his task won’t be easy has already angered political opponents by barring from a voting 1.5 million Europeans who live here in the UK, even though they can vote at European-locally elections. 

People like me and my husband, we are living here. We have children here. We want to raise them here and to have a house here. And we want to stay here. And in my opinion, we should get the permission. 

Most of my customers are sitting at homes. They got mortgages. They got families. They involve in everything around them to community. They are part of the community. They are not foreigners. They don’t feel themselves to be foreigners. 

Mr Cameron also declared that 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds who voted on Scotland independence referendum on last September should not take part either. 

I know they are saying that 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds aren’t engaged in politics. But I think the turn-out of the referendum proved that we did care. And I think our voice should be heard, yes. 

It’s better at taking. Because you’re mature. You know your definite views are. So a lot easier to decide, you know more. 

Since we are adults in the future. I think we should have a say what’s going to happen in our country. 

In a major new turn since the general election labour now supports a referendum, but will attend to amend³ the EU referendum bill so 16 and 17-year-olds can vote. 

You can join the arm forces, you can marry, you can pay tax. I think 16 and 17-year-olds should also be able to take part in this hugely important decision that is going to affect their future as well as everybody else’s.

Turnout of the Scotish referendum was a massive 85%. The EU poll is unlikely to match that where the arrow is held. John Cray, Skynews.

1 embarks   

乘船( embark的第三人称单数 )； 装载； 从事

参考例句：

• Patricia is a free-spirited girl who embarks on an erotic odyssey. 翠茜亚是个任性少女、毅然踏上一次性爱之旅。
• Passenger train driver: Punctually embarks. 客车司机：准时出发。

2 offenses   

n.进攻( offense的名词复数 )；（球队的）前锋；进攻方法；攻势

参考例句：

• It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法

3 amend   

vt.修改，修订，改进；n.[pl.]赔罪，赔偿

参考例句：

• The teacher advised him to amend his way of living.老师劝他改变生活方式。
• You must amend your pronunciation.你必须改正你的发音。