你想加入什么政黨？你們國(guó)家的政治體制是如何運(yùn)作的

今天的這段對(duì)話，在討論政黨，

你想加入什么政黨？你們國(guó)家的政治體制是如何運(yùn)作的

來(lái)聽(tīng)今天的講解:

Beginner

A: have you every belonged to a political party?

你們每個(gè)人都屬于一個(gè)政黨嗎？

B: no, I haven’t, but I thought about joining the green party.

不，我沒(méi)有，但我想過(guò)加入綠黨。

A: really? I know you are very concerned about the environment. You were a member of the pressure group greenpeace, weren’t you?

真正？我知道你非常關(guān)心環(huán)境。你是綠色和平壓力組織的成員，不是嗎？

B: yes. I was. But I didn’t have enough time to devote to it.

是的。我是。但我沒(méi)有足夠的時(shí)間投入其中。

A: the green party have no chance of winning an election. The other parties are too big and popular.

綠黨沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)贏得選舉。其他政黨規(guī)模太大，太受歡迎。

B:you’re right. But smaller political and pressure groups can often influence large political parties. Any member of parliament can propose legislation and parties and pressure groups can raise awareness of issues.

你是對(duì)的。但較小的政治和壓力團(tuán)體往往可以影響大型政黨。任何議員都可以提出立法，政黨和壓力團(tuán)體可以提高人們對(duì)問(wèn)題的認(rèn)識(shí)。

A: most people are not very politically aware. They often don’t understand the issues fully.

大多數(shù)人沒(méi)有很強(qiáng)的政治意識(shí)，他們往往不完全了解這些問(wèn)題。

B: that’s true. But it’s a little strange because the media often reports on political events. You can read about them in newspaper or hear them on tv.

的確如此。但這有點(diǎn)奇怪，因?yàn)槊襟w經(jīng)常報(bào)道政治事件。你可以在報(bào)紙上讀到，也可以在電視上聽(tīng)到。

Intermediate

A: how does the political system work in your country?

你們國(guó)家的政治體制是如何運(yùn)作的？

B: we have hundreds of constituencies and the votes in each one elect a member of parliament. Most people call them mp’s.

我們有數(shù)百個(gè)選區(qū)，每個(gè)選區(qū)的選票選出一名議員。大多數(shù)人稱(chēng)他們?yōu)樽h員。

A: each mp belongs to a political party, right?

每個(gè)議員都屬于一個(gè)政黨，對(duì)吧？

B: almost all of them do. A few are independent. That means that they do not belong to a party. If one party more than half of the mp’s. they form a government. That means that they choose a prime minister can cabinet members.

幾乎所有人都是這樣。少數(shù)人是獨(dú)立的。這意味著他們不屬于一個(gè)政黨。如果一個(gè)政黨超過(guò)了議員的一半，他們就會(huì)組建政府。也就是說(shuō)，他們選擇一位首相可以成為內(nèi)閣成員。

A: what’s a cabinet?

什么是柜子？

B: this is a small group of people-perhaps 25 mp’s who are usually ministers. They make all the big decision and discuss laws and policy.

這是一小群人，可能是25名議員，他們通常是部長(zhǎng)。他們做出所有重大決定，討論法律和政策。

A: can any mp make a law?

任何議員都能制定法律嗎？

B: any mp can present a law to parliament. The proposed law is debated and voted on. If it is accepted, it becomes law.

任何議員都可以向議會(huì)提交一項(xiàng)法律。擬議的法律經(jīng)過(guò)辯論和投票。如果被接受，它就成為法律。

A: I suppose a proposed a law needs the support of the big political parties.

我認(rèn)為一項(xiàng)擬議的法律需要大政黨的支持。

B: yes, it does, because they have most of the mp’s. most mp’s vote the way their party wants them to.

是的，確實(shí)如此，因?yàn)樗麄儞碛写蠖鄶?shù)議員的選票。大多數(shù)議員的投票方式都是他們政黨希望的。

A: how do people choose which party or candidate to vote for?

人們?nèi)绾芜x擇投票給哪個(gè)政黨或候選人？

B: they produce manifesto. These documents which states their policies. Some people just vote for the same party every time there is an election. Votes who often change the party they vote for are called floating voters.

他們發(fā)表宣言。這些文件闡述了他們的政策。有些人每次選舉都會(huì)投票給同一個(gè)政黨。經(jīng)常改變他們投票的政黨的選民被稱(chēng)為流動(dòng)選民。