看新聞，學英語(112)香港立法會選舉

Hong Kong Holds Elections

香港舉行立法會選舉

【新聞關鍵字】

1.opposition : n. 反對黨

2.election : n. 選舉

3.influence : n. 影響

4.colony : n. 殖民地

5.poll : n. 投票結果

6.communist : n. 共產黨

7.candidate : n. 候選人

8.canvass : v. 拉票

9.swing voters : n. 搖擺的選民

Anchor:

Hong Kong’s opposition pro-democracy parties gained a surprise victory in elections over the weekend. They now have enough seats to have some influence over future political reforms in the former British colony .

新聞主播：

香港反對黨泛民主黨於週末選舉贏得驚人的勝利，現在他們有足夠的席次可以對未來前英國殖民政治改革產生影響。

STORY:

Sunday’s polls were the most fiercely fought since Hong Kong changed to communist rule in 1997. A record number of candidates were out in the city with banners canvassing last minute swing voters . 週日（9/7）的選舉是香港自1997年改為共黨統治以來最激烈的一戰，候選人走上街頭在最後一分鐘向中間選民拉票。

【新聞關鍵字】

10.surge : n. 上揚

11.nationalism : n. 國家主義

12.constituency : n. 選舉區

13.activist : n. 活動人士

14.veteran : n. 老手

15.retain : v. 保留

Despite party infighting and a surge in post-Olympic nationalism the democrats managed to win 21 out of the 60 seats. They got 19 of the 30 directly elected seats and at least two seats in functional constituencies … seats traditionally dominated by pro-CCP forces. 儘管黨內內鬥與奧運後民族主義的上揚，民主黨設法在60個席次中贏得21席。直接選舉30席，他們贏了19席，有效選區至少二席，傳統上是由親共勢力所把持。

Activist lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung won re-election, and veteran democratic lawmaker Emily Lau retained her seat.

活動派立法委員梁國雄贏得連任，資深的民主黨立委劉慧卿也保住席位。

【新聞關鍵字】

16. backwards : adv. 後退

17. uphold : v. 悍衛

18. suffrage : n. 投票

19. water down 緩和

20. leash : n. 控制

[Emily Lau, Elected Legislator]:

“Hong Kong cannot go backwards . We have gone backwards -democracy, human rights and the rule of law. So now that I am back in, I’m going to uphold these core values. And I don’t think the Hong Kong people don’t want them, it’s just that the powers that be do not want us to talk about it.”

當選的劉慧卿說：「香港不能走回頭路，我們已經落後了：民主、人權和法治。所以我要悍衛這些核心價值，而且，我不認為香港人不想要這些，而是當權者不想讓我們討論。」

The Democrats have been pressuring Beijing’s communist leaders to allow direct polls as promised in the city’s Basic Law. But the CCP has only allowed universal suffrage in 2017, a move the pro-democracy parties fear will be watered down .

民主人士曾施壓北京共產黨領導人，履行當初承諾的城市基本法，允許直接選舉。但是中國共產黨只同意2017年普選，支持民主的政黨擔心這個議案也將會被延緩。

Since 1997, the Chinese regime has kept Hong Kong on a tight political leash . 自1997統治以來，中國對香港一直採嚴格的政治控制。

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