每日新聞(5-31) | 英國首相梅姨宣布將辭職，「我已經儘力了」

Brexit has destroyed another British Prime Minister. Three years after voters in the UK mandated（授權）their government to take Britain out of the European Union, Theresa Mays failure to do so has finally caught up with her.

"I have done my best," she said in an emotional （情緒激動的）statement on the steps of Downing Street（唐寧街）. But as she admitted, it wasnt enough.

It always seems to end like this for leaders of Mays Conservative Party（保守黨）, divided for years over Britains relationship with the European Union. Her predecessor（上一任）, David Cameron, quit the morning after 52% of the UK voted to leave the EU, having presided over his own political miscalculation（判斷錯誤）.

1. Three years after voters /in the UK /mandated their government /to take Britain out of the European Union, /Theresa Mays failure to do so /has finally caught up with her.

【快速讀詞】

voter [?v??t?(r)] n.投票人

mandate [?m?nde?t] v.授權

failure [?fe?lj?(r)] n.失敗

【拓展解析】

1）mandate是授權的意思，比如：How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation? 獨立檢察官受命調查這件事還要多長時間？

2）caught up with 的意思是趕上了…比如：He managed to catch up with the others. 他設法趕上了別人。

【句子翻譯】

自投票者授權他們的政府負責英國脫歐以來，已經有3年了。特雷莎·梅帶領英國脫歐失敗的事情終於發生了。

2. Her predecessor, /David Cameron, /quit the morning /after 52% of the UK /voted to leave the EU,/ having presided over his own political miscalculation.

【快速讀詞】

predecessor [?pri?d?ses?(r)] n.前任

quit [kw?t] v.離開，離任

preside [pr??za?d] v.主持（會議）

miscalculation [?m?s?k?lkj??le???n] n.誤算，判斷錯誤

【拓展解析】

1）preside over在這裡是負責（重要局面），主持大局的意思，比如：It is beyond his power to preside over such an important meeting. 主持這樣重要的會議是他力所不能及的。

2）miscalculation是誤算，判斷錯誤的意思，比如：Well, theres always the risk of a miscalculation or an accident at sea. 呃，在海上總會有誤算的風險，也有發生事故的風險。

【句子翻譯】

特雷莎·梅的上一任戴維·卡梅倫，在52%的英國人投票同意脫歐後，選擇了離任。卡梅倫已經為自己的政治失誤負責了。

大家可以在本貼下，把答案寫出來，我們一起相互討論。

1. 「授權」用英語怎麼說？

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2. 「情緒激動的」用英語怎麼說？

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3. 「上一任」用英語怎麼說？

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4. 請嘗試翻譯下面一段話

"I have done my best," she said in an emotional （情緒激動的）statement on the steps of Downing Street（唐寧街）. But as she admitted, it wasnt enough.

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