经济学人:英国投票到底哪里出了错?(1)

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The Conservative Party began the election campaign with an enormous lead and even on election day was expecting to increase its majority.
保守党以一个大党派开始竞选，甚至期望在选举日增加多的席位。

Labour was wildly popular among the young, but polling firms differed in their estimates of how many young people would vote at all.
工党在年轻人中广受欢迎，但民意调查公司对最终有多少年轻人投票评估不同。

In the event, Labour's young fans excelled themselves: turnout among people aged 18-24 was 57%, according to a large post-election survey by YouGov, a pollster.
在这次事件中，工党的年轻粉丝超越了他们自己：根据一家民意调查站YouGov选举后大型的民意调查，18到24岁这个年龄段人的投票率占57%。

The "phenomenal" generational divide has never before been so stark, according to John Curtice of NatCen Social Research.
根据英国国家社会研究中心的John Curtice所说，代沟现象从来没有像现在这么突出。

Mr Corbyn pulled in young people in droves by promising free university tuition.
Corbyn先生通过承诺大学免学费来拉拢年轻人。

Labour won 43 of the 60 constituencies where full-time students make up 15% or more of the adult population, five of which it gained from the Tories.
工党赢得了60个选区中的43个，其中全日制学生占成年人口的15%或更多，其中有5个得自保守党。

Seat-by-seat analysis shows that it increased most in areas with large populations of well-educated under-45s;
Seat-by-seat分析显示：这现象（投票率上升）在那些受过良好教育的45岁以下的大人口地区，

areas that are ethnically diverse; and areas that voted to remain in the European Union last year.
那些多民族地区和去年投票留在欧盟的地区最为明显。

Turnout in pro-EU London, where they lost six seats, increased by five points to surpass 70% for the first time since 1992.
在支持欧盟的伦敦，他们失去了6个席位，在1992年以来第一次增长了5个百分点，首次超过了70%。

In 2015 the UK Independence Party won 12.6% of the vote with an anti-EU message.
2015，英国独立党以反对欧盟的信息赢得了12.6%的选票。

About 60% of those who voted for UKIP in 2015 defected to the Conservatives, according to a post-election survey by Lord Ashcroft.
在2015年投奔了保守党中大约有60%的人投票赞成独立党，根据选举后的阿什克罗夫特勋爵的调查。

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1.the election campaign 竞选活动

例句:He has already been blamed for his party's lackluster performance during the election campaign.
他的政党在竞选活动中表现平平，他因此已受到指责。

2.go wrong 出错；出岔子

例句:When things go wrong, all of us naturally feel disappointed and frustrated.
出问题时，我们大家自然都感到失望和沮丧。

3.according to 通过

例句:They both played the game according to the rules.
他们俩都依章行事。

4.make up 组成；化妆；编造

例句:I think it's very unkind of you to make up stories about him.
我认为你编造他的谣言很不厚道。

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election	[i'lekʃən]	想一想再看 n. 选举	联想记忆 X 单词election 联想记忆： elect选择，收集+ion→选举
disappointed	[.disə'pɔintid]	想一想再看 adj. 失望的
independence	[.indi'pendəns]	想一想再看 n. 独立，自主，自立
social	['səuʃəl]	想一想再看 adj. 社会的，社交的 n. 社交聚会
campaign	[kæm'pein]	想一想再看 n. 运动，活动，战役，竞选运动 v. 从事运	联想记忆 X 单词campaign 联想记忆： camp（n 田野，营地），aign名词后缀－营地－备战的地方
population	[.pɔpju'leiʃən]	想一想再看 n. 人口，(全体)居民，人数	联想记忆 X 单词population 联想记忆： popul人民+ation→人口
performance	[pə'fɔ:məns]	想一想再看 n. 表演，表现; 履行，实行 n. 性能，本	联想记忆 X 单词performance 联想记忆： perform表演+ance→表现；表演
surpass	[sə'pɑ:s]	想一想再看 vt. 超越，凌驾，胜过	联想记忆 X 单词surpass 联想记忆： sur超过+pass通过→通过并超过→优于，胜过
unknown	['ʌn'nəun]	想一想再看 adj. 未知的，不出名的
promising	['prɔmisiŋ]	想一想再看 adj. 有希望的，有前途的