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【对应原书83课】

1.中英文逐句转述 

自从前任首相莱恩先生在最近的大选中惨败之后，有些不可思议的事情发生了。

Some really unbelievable things have happened, since the former Prime Minister, Mr. Lane, suffered a crushing defeat in the recent elections.

【注意：former  adj.从前的  former也可以用“ex-”这个前缀来表达

former president = ex-president                    

former boss = ex-boss

former colleague = ex-colleague

crush v.原义是压垮，压扁a crushing defeat就是“被彻底压垮的失败”】

上周，我在莱恩先生的住处外执勤，一个叫做Patrick的人走到我跟前问我是否莱恩先生住在那。

Last week, when I was on duty outside Mr. Lane’s house, a man called Patrick went up to me and asked me whether Mr. Lane lived there.【注意：go up to sb = go very close to sb】

我告诉他说莱恩先生已经不住在那了，因为自败选之后，他已经搬到国外去了。

I told him Mr. Lane no longer lived there as he had moved abroad since his defeat.  

面带着奇怪的微笑，这个人离开了。

With a weird smile, the man went away.

令我很惊讶的是，这个家伙第二天又回来了，并且问了同一个问题。

Much to my surprise, the same guy came back the following day , and asked me the same question.  

尽管他有点可疑，我还是给了他同样的回答，心里想这家伙到底是健忘还聋子。

Although something smelt fishy about him, I still gave him the same answer, wondering whether that guy was forgetful or deaf.

带着一个神秘的微笑，这个人走了。

With a mysterious smile, the man walked away.

又过了一天，我很惊讶地看到这个家伙又出现了，他重复问了完全一样的问题。

One day later, I was so astonished to see the guy once again, who repeated exactly the same question.

这次，我实在忍不住发火了，大声对他喊: “我已经一遍又一遍告诉过你。莱恩先生已经在大选中落败，并且已经从政界退出了。

This time I couldn’t help losing my temper , shouting “I told you over and over again. Mr. Lane has been defeated and has retired from political life.”

令人没想到的是，这个人用非常平静的声音回答我说，他知道，但他只是喜欢听我这样说。

Unexpectedly, the man answered me in a very calm voice that he knew it but he just enjoyed hearing me say it.  

【注意：常用句首强调副词比如：fortunately , unfortunately, excitingly , sadly, obviously等等】

原来，这个人一直狂热地反对莱恩先生激进党的政策。

It turns out that the man has been fanatically opposed to the policies of Mr.Lane’s radical progressive party.

【注意：opposed adj.反对的  oppose v.反对

我们可以用：be opposed to sth或oppose sth表示反对一件事】

这似乎很难令人相信，但是有时政治的确可以把人们搞疯。

It seems hard to believe, but sometimes politics can indeed drive people crazy.

2.全英文转述 

Some really unbelievable things have happened, since the former Prime Minister, Mr. Lane, suffered a crushing defeat in the recent elections. Last week, when I was on duty outside Mr. Lane’s house , a man called Patrick went up to me and asked me whether Mr. Lane lived there.

I told him Mr. Lane no longer lived there as he had moved abroad since his defeat. With a weird smile, the man went away. Much to my surprise, the same guy came back the following day , and asked me the same question. 

Although something smelt fishy about him, I still gave him the same answer, wondering whether that guy was forgetful or deaf. With a mysterious smile, the man walked away.                    

One day later , I was so astonished to see the guy once again, who repeated exactly the same question. This time I couldn’t help losing my temper , shouting“I told you over and over again. Mr. Lane has been defeated and has retired from political life.”

Unexpectedly, the man answered me in a very calm voice that he knew it but he just enjoyed hearing me say it. It turns out that the man has been fanatically opposed to the policies of Mr.Lane’s radical progressive party.

It seems hard to believe, but sometimes politics can indeed drive people crazy.

3.东欣文化点睛： 

美国总统怎么选出来的？

How the US President is Elected

You may think that the President of the United States is just voted on by all the people in the country and then the person with the most votes wins. But it's not that simple.

The president is actually elected by something called the Electoral College. The members of the U.S. Electoral College are known as electors. In total, the Electoral College consists of 538 electors. Each state has a certain number of delegates in the Electoral College based on the population of the state.

In almost all states, if one candidate wins the popular vote in a state, then the candidate will win all the electoral votes for that state.

【注意：美国大选采用了“winner-takes-all”system】

A candidate must receive at least 270 electoral votes to be elected to the office of President. Interestingly, it is possible for the winner of the popular vote to end up losing the election. For example,in the 2016 presidential election，Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but still lost the election.

Why? Because even though Hillary won more votes overall, a large number of them came from the same few states, like California and New York.

As a result , Hillary received fewer electoral votes than Donald Trump.