时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

   ACT party member John Banks had a cup of tea with Prime Minister John Key this morning in a café in the Epsom electorate 1 in Auckland. Although John Key cannot say, “Vote for John Banks,” he said that if Banks wins, the National Party will be happy to have ACT as a coalition 2 partner. It is interesting that the National candidate in Epsom, Paul Goldsmith is trying to win support for his party not for himself. He wants people to give the party vote to National. If ACT wins in Epsom, they could get 2 or 3 MPs in Parliament to support a National government. This depends on the percentage of votes for the ACT party. However, if Paul Goldsmith wins, that is only one MP.


  After the 2008 election, ACT, the Maori Party and United Future were coalition partners who supported National. This gave National enough MPs to form a coalition government.
  John Banks is a well-known politician. He was elected as a National MP in 1981. In 1990, he became the Minister of Police, the Minister of Tourism and the Minister of Sport. After he left Parliament, he was Mayor of Auckland from 2001 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2010. However, he was defeated in 2010 when Len Brown became the new mayor.
  Vocabulary
  Coalition – a government made up of two or more political parties; the party which has the most votes forms the government but a coalition party supports that government on most issues
  Defeated – beaten, did not win
  Questions
  Many people are unhappy about the National Party using the MMP voting system to gain more MPs to support them. Other people think it is good to have a coalition government because the minor 3 parties have some control over the National government. What do you think?

n.全体选民;选区
  • The government was responsible to the electorate.政府对全体选民负责。
  • He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.他得到了几乎1/4选民的支持。
n.结合体,同盟,结合,联合
  • 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。
adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修
  • The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
  • I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
学英语单词
Albanella
aluminium alkyl halides
ambipolar
arbitrators.
Asia-Pacific economic circle
Associate in Arts
be gooseberry
beat mass
Bitot spots
blowing gas
Bungay
cars-driving
cathisma
chromatostrip
cigartoxin
comr
conjecturation
criscopic method
cyclical movement
cysts
degenerate surface of second order
diesel auger
dispelling pathogenic wind for improving eyesight
double-cone gasket
drop letter
eaves ceiling
eurominutes
exclusive usage mode
extensor digitorum brevis
fault list
first stage regression
fixed telephone
flail around
flashbulbs
flexuosities
genus Gypaetus
glyoxals
grimstons
hemorrhage per diabrosin
hermetically sealed switchbox
high-paids
Hilbert basis theorem
Hocktide
Huermann
hyboma
icstiss
international energy programme
iridesis
irritant gas poisoning
jack-engine
ligament injuries of ankle joint
long-distance cable
loss of charge
lykabettos
meimuna multivocalis
mico
middle-tone
money order business
multiple fibre structure
mycophagists
narrativized
Nierembergia repens
noticable
omansky
one-component system piezoelectric ceramic
overhand stitch
pan-shot
Pesqueira
petrolia
Phoebe lichuanensis
plain fixed gap gage
polarized armature
ponograbh
Portes-lès-Valence
Poubi
pourpe
Pseudoephemerum
pumping plant capacity
quest constant
rocks on
Saratovskiy Rayon
second lieutenants
seek through
Sir Charles Hardy Is.
spegazzinia tessarthra
stromboid
superficial tonsillitis
Tajiri
taper-shank
thermistor-type thermostat
three-address
tie up capital
tretinoin
tv monitors
unco guid
valenciennea longipinnis
VECR
visible ore
well-hoarded
wet grinding attachment
without reluctance
wood glue