美国有线新闻 CNN 特朗普准备发表国情咨文 英国正式脱欧

Today is another big day in American politics. At 9 o'clock tonight President Trump¹ is scheduled to fulfill² a Constitutional requirement found in Article II, Section 3. Quote, "he shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient³." The televised address as we know it and the opposing party's response have become tradition though they're not required by the Constitution.

 

今天是美国政坛的又一个重要日子。特朗普总统计划在今晚9点履行宪法第二条第三款的规定。即“总统应经常向国会报告联邦情况，并向国会提出他认为必要和适当的措施，供其考虑”。众所周知，电视讲话和反对党的回应讲话已经成为传统，尽管宪法对此并没有要求。

The European Union, an economic and political alliance, now has 27 member countries. The United Kingdom has officially left it in what was called Brexit, the British exit from the EU. Britain is the first country to leave the alliance. It had been a founding member of the EU when it was formed in 1993 but in June of 2016, Britains voted 52 percent to 48 percent to leave the Union basically because the didn't agree with its economic and political policies. In election in December, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's conservative party won enough seats in parliament to finally push through Brexit. Now Britain has until the end of the year to negotiate it's new relationship with the EU.

欧盟是经济和政治联盟，目前有27个成员国。英国已经正式退出欧盟，这被称为“英国脱欧”，即英国脱离欧盟。英国是第一个退出欧盟的国家。英国是欧盟在1993年成立时的创始成员国，但英国在2016年6月以52%支持、48%反对的投票结果决定退出欧盟，根本原因是该国不赞同欧盟的经济和政治政策。在去年12月举行的大选中，英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊的保守党赢得了足够的议会席位，最终推动英国成功脱欧。现在，英国要在年底前与欧盟就新关系进行协商。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 fulfill   

vt.履行，实现，完成；满足，使满意

参考例句：

• If you make a promise you should fulfill it.如果你许诺了，你就要履行你的诺言。
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements.这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。

3 expedient   

adj.有用的，有利的；n.紧急的办法，权宜之计

参考例句：

• The government found it expedient to relax censorship a little.政府发现略微放宽审查是可取的。
• Every kind of expedient was devised by our friends.我们的朋友想出了各种各样的应急办法。