Anthony Charles Blair 安东尼•查尔斯•林顿•布莱尔

Part One

【词汇扫描】
minister 部长

讲解
【逐句对照】
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)
was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service,
Leader of the Labour Party,
and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield
in the North East of England.
As a member of the British Cabinet
he is also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

【多学一点】
minister 部长
部 ministry
教育部 Ministry of Education
教育部长 Minister of Education
外交部 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
分安部 Ministry of Public Security
Ministry of Commerce 商务部

Part Two

【词汇扫描】
Labour Party 工党
abandon 放弃
consecutive 连续的

【逐句对照】
Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in July 1994
following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith.
Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many decades-old policy
goals.
Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election,
ending 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party;
it was the worst Conservative defeat since 1832.
Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister,
the only person to have led the party
to three consecutive general election victories,
and the only Labour prime minister
to serve more than one full consecutive term.

【多学一点】
Labour Party 工党
Conservative party
the Democratic Party
the Republican Party
abandon 放弃，抛弃
give up
abandon a friend in trouble
abandon oneself to 沉溺于，陷于…之中
She abandoned herself to despair.
consecutive 连续不断的，连贯的
It has rained for four consecutive days.
in a row
one after the other without a break
She won the competition three times in a row.
running
It has snowed for three days running.

【故事原文】
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)
was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service,
Leader of the Labour Party,
and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield
in the North East of England.
As a member of the British Cabinet
he is also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.
Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in July 1994
following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith.
Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many decades-old policy
goals.
Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election,
ending 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party;
it was the worst Conservative defeat since 1832.
Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister,
the only person to have led the party
to three consecutive general election victories,
and the only Labour prime minister
to serve more than one full consecutive term.
On May 10, 2007 he announced in his constituency of Sedgefield
his intention to resign as Labour Party leader immediately,
and that his last day as Prime Minister would be 27 June 2007.