新西兰英语 521 Minor Political Parties
英语课
Don’t forget to vote next Saturday if you are eligible 1 to vote. Did you receive your voting package last week? The envelope contains a list of all parties and candidates as well as your voting card which you take to the polling booth.
Are the minor 2 political parties important? That depends on how many votes they get. In the last election, National won 45% of the vote and Labour won 34%. National was able to form a government because it had the support of two minor parties, the Maori Party and ACT.
In the same election, the Green Party won 7% of the party vote. This gave them 9 seats. This was enough for a coalition 3 with National but the Greens do not usually agree with National Party policies. The Greens are closer to Labour but 34% and 7% is only 41% and this is not a majority.
Election Vocabulary
Minor parties are the smaller ones. They probably cannot win a majority of the votes.
A majority is more than half.
There is only one candidate from each party in an electorate 4.
There are 63 general electorates 5 and 7 Maori electorates. This is a total of 70 electorates.
A poll before elections is often a telephone vote
You go to a polling booth to vote
In a coalition government, a smaller party or parties supports the main party
You are eligible to vote when you are 18 years old, and are a Permanent Resident or a New Zealand citizen and have lived in NZ for 1 year or more
How do you know what party and candidate to vote for?
Nearly all political parties and candidates have a website.
adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
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。
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。
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。
全体选民( electorate的名词复数 )
- The assembly's 15 seats have electorates as small as 190. 大会的15个议席只有很少的190选民参加。
- Restricting hedge funds is something they can sell to their electorates. 限制对冲基金是他们能够向选民兜售的东西。