2025届高三英语二轮复习之培优外刊阅读导学案：英国又双叒叕迎来新首相（含答案）.docxVIP

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高三英语培优外刊阅读

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外刊精选｜英国又双叒叕迎来新首相，他能收拾好烂摊子吗？

英国首相又双叒叕换人了，这是该国8年来第6任首相。当地时间7月5日，英国2024年大选计票结束，已执政长达14年的保守党惨遭滑铁卢，其主要对手工党以绝对优势获胜、成为执政党，并由其党魁基尔·斯塔默（KeirStarmer）出任新一任首相。5日当天，斯塔默携妻子正式入主唐宁街10号。作为新任首相，斯塔默作出了怎样的承诺？又面临怎样的困难？

U.K.sLabourPartyWinsElectionLandslideasConservativeVoteCollapses

ByMaxColchesterandDavidLuhnow

BritainsLabourPartywonalandslideelectionvictoryasvotershandeditsleaderKeirStarmeroneofthebiggestparliamentarymajoritiesinBritishhistory,placingacenter-leftgovernmentintoDowningStreetforthefirsttimein14years.

AftermeetingwithKingCharlesIIIandofficiallybeingnamedprimeminister,StarmeraddressedthenationfromDowningStreet.HepromisedtofixBritainbutwarneditcouldtaketime.

ThursdayselectionwasaparticularlyheavyrepudiationofformerPrimeMinisterRishiSunaksConservativeParty,whichwasinpowerduringatumultuousdecadeinBritishpoliticsthatincludedBritainsdeparturefromtheEuropeanUnion,politicalinfighting,scandalsandarunoffourprimeministersinfiveyears.

StarmerhaspledgedtobringaperiodofpragmaticcalmtoBritishpolitics.

Sincethe2019election,BritainhasbeenbruisedbythedisruptionofBrexit,itsdivorcefromtheEUwhichtookeffectinearly2020andfurtherslowedeconomicgrowth.AbigchallengeforStarmerandLabouristheywonthavemuchmoneytospendtoimprovepublicservicessuchasthehealthcaresystemandanagingnetworkofrailways.

Yourestuckwithacakethatisntgrowing,sohowdoyoucutupthecaketogivepeoplemoreofwhattheywant?saidTonyTravers,aprofessorofpoliticsattheLondonSchoolofEconomics.

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2.landslide英[?l?ndsla?d]美[?l?ndsla?d]n.__________________________

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4.DowningStreet英[?da?n??stri?t]美[?da?n??stri?t]n.________________