2006年VOA标准英语-Hungary's Prime Minister Survives Confidence Vo
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（十月）
By Stefan Bos
Budapest
06 October 2006
Hungary's prime minister, who has been under pressure to resign, has survived a vote of confidence. Before the vote, he apologized to parliament for not facing the reality of the dire 1 state of the economy. Following the vote, thousands of people joined a mass protest outside parliament to press demands for the prime minister to resign.
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After hours of debate and an emotional speech by the prime minister, the parliamentary chairwoman announced the results of the confidence vote.
She says the vote was 207 to 165 in support of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany.
Ferenc Gyurcsany
Mr. Gyurcsany requested the confidence vote to boost support for planned austerity measures. He has been fighting a battle for his political life since last month, after he admitted lying about the dire state of the economy.
The revelation sparked three weeks of sometimes violent protests and calls for his resignation.
On Sunday, Mr. Gyurcsany's Socialist 2 Party and its coalition 3 partner suffered large losses in nationwide municipal elections. The right-leaning opposition 4 party, Fidesz, said that result amounted to a referendum on the government and its unpopular austerity measures, aimed at reducing Hungary's budget deficit 5, the highest within the European Union.
Addressing parliament before the vote, Mr. Gyurcsany said he wanted to apologize for his Socialist-led government's failure to, in his words, confront an unsustainable policy, and for luring 6 voters into believing that the country's problems would solve themselves.
But he rejected accusations 7 that he knowingly misled the country.
And, he said, the daily protests in the square outside Parliament of recent weeks could not unseat him.
"After finishing this vote of confidence, we have to see how to solve Hungary's problems." But, he adds "we have to do it here, and not on Lajos Kossuth Square, in front of the parliament building."
In the evening, following the vote, Fidesz organized another rally, calling on the prime minister to resign.
- There were dire warnings about the dangers of watching too much TV.曾经有人就看电视太多的危害性提出严重警告。
- We were indeed in dire straits.But we pulled through.那时我们的困难真是大极了，但是我们渡过了困难。
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
- Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
- Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。
- There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
- He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。