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Script The leader of the British Conservative Party, David Cameron has been appointed Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth five days after the inconclusive election. The election resulted in the Conservatives winning the largest number of seats, but failing to secure an overall majority, leaving Britain’s third party, the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power. Within the past time, Mr. Cameron was driven from Buckingham Palace to the Prime Minister’s official residence in Downing Street, where he made this announcement to the waiting crowd. “Our country has a hung parliament where no party has an overall majority. And we have some deep and pressing problems: a huge deficit, deep social problems and a political system in need of reform. For those reasons, I aim to form a proper and full coalition between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats. I believe that is the right way to provide this country with the strong, the stable, the good and decent government that I think we need so badly.” Read the NewspaperOnce Rivals, Now Colleagues IN the dappled light of the garden of 10 Downing Street, new British Prime Minister David Cameron and his new political “wife”, Nick Clegg, smiled for the cameras.Their “shotgun wedding” took no shine off the moment. They quipped and bantered through their first press conference.They even sounded hopeful of spending five years together: “Compromise, give and take, reasonable, civilized, grown-up behavior is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength,” said Cameron. shotgun wedding：强制婚姻，勉强的妥协 Henry and Janet had a shotgun wedding last week. 【误译】亨利和珍妮特上周举行了有猎枪保卫的婚礼。 【正译】亨利和珍妮特因怀孕所迫上周举行了婚礼。 【说明】 shotgun wedding or shotgun marriage为美国口语， 意为“为怀孕所迫而举行的婚礼。 源自这样的实例:未婚先孕时 女方父亲就以猎枪（shotgun） 强迫男方快娶其女儿进门， 不然，无情的猎枪一响就会 叫他丧命。 Think and Discuss: Britain’s new coalition government is forcing political rivals to work together. How can you get along with people who have different values, personalities and cultures? Meth