美国有线新闻 CNN 西班牙反对独立公投获欧盟力挺英国君主航空公司破产-英语课

时间：2018-12-20 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2017年10月

英语课

AZUZ: Next, the political crisis in the European nation of Spain.

The government of Catalonia, a region of Spain, says its people have earned the right to independence. It says 90 percent of those who voted in a controversial referendum on Sunday were in favor of splitting off from Spain. But turnout was 42 percent of Catalans. Spain's government had banned the vote and police raided polling stations, pulling voters away and confiscating 1 ballot 2 boxes.

Catalan officials say almost 900 people were injured in violence during the referendum. They've called on the European Union to step in and mediate 3 the crisis.

But the E.U., which spoke 4 out against the violence has sided with the Spanish government in calling the Catalan vote illegal. The E.U. says it trust Spain's president to manage the issue. More details on the vote and the responses to it are in yesterday's show at CNN10.com.

Staying in Europe but moving north. It's not the first time an airline has gone out of business, but this is the first time that one this big suddenly collapsed 5 and cancelled all of its flight.

The carrier is Monarch 6 Airlines. It's been around since the 1960s, giving budget flights around Europe and the Mediterranean 7. And its failure affects 110,000 people stuck without a flight home to the U.K. and 750,000 booked on future flights. It's the third European airline to go out of business since August.

More competition, a shortage of pilots and terrorist attacks in some destination countries have all factored in.

SAMUEL BURKE, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Disruption is inevitable 8. That's something that no traveler ever wants to hear but that's exactly what the U.K. government is saying is bound to happen now that Monarch Airlines is non-functional. The U.K. is essentially 9 setting up its own temporary mini-airline to go and get the people who are in various countries who are supposed to come back to the U.K. today and in the following weeks.

And take a look at this incredible statement from the head of the authority that's now overseeing these flights. Chris Grayling say, quote: That is why I have immediately ordered the country's biggest ever peacetime repatriation 10, to fly about 110,000 passengers who could have otherwise been left stranded 11 abroad.

Now, the U.K. government is telling those people, do not go to the airport. They want those folks to go to a new temporary Website replacing the previous Monarch Airlines' Website.

1 confiscating

没收（confiscate的现在分词形式）

There was Mame by my side confiscating my intellects and attention. 有玛米坐在我身边，害得我心不在焉。
Intimidate book sellers by confiscating books deemed unfavourable to the Barisan government. 充公被视为对国阵不利的书籍，威胁书商。

2 ballot

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

3 mediate

vi.调解，斡旋；vt.经调解解决；经斡旋促成

The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。

4 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

美国有线新闻 CNN 西班牙反对独立公投获欧盟力挺 英国君主航空公司破产

美国有线新闻 CNN 西班牙反对独立公投获欧盟力挺英国君主航空公司破产