万花筒 2011-07-05&07-07 他信他妹--英禄成为泰国第一位女总理

 A warring cheer for Thailand’s new political leader in the fourth election in seven years, voters made a historic decision for the vary first time, Thailand will be headed by a female prime minister.  

 

Yingluck Shinawatra--Puea Thai Party, took a slim majority over the Democratic Party headed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

 

--The first thing that we, of course, we have to help people out economic problems. 

 

Yingluck is the younger sister of one of Thailand's polarizing political figures, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted² in 2006 military coup³. Two years later, he fled the country after been convicted on conflict venturous charges.  

 

Yingluck’s critics worry she will simply do her brother’s bidding, something she denies. But before she even gave her victory speech, her brother shared his comments from exile in Dubai.

 

I will tell them that I really want to go back, but I will wait for a right moment and the right situation. 

 

The Puea Thai Party is still fiercely behind Thaksin and want him back. The so-called Yellow Shirts initially⁴ formed to oust¹ Thaksin would do whatever they can to stop that from happening. 

 

What does his sister say about all this? We asked her just before the election.

 

If you become Prime Minister, will you pardon your brother Thaksin and allow him back into the country?

 

--I can’t do anything special for my brother. So as long as if, my brother would be included in this, so he would get the same as everyone have. So make sure that every process will follow by the rule of law. 

 

But the average voter in Thailand is not so caught up follow this, the main thing they want is for their leaders to shrink the gap between what they earn and the skyrocketing cost of living. 

 

Free education is good; care for the elder is also good. In fact, every party’s policy is great. The question is if they will ever implement⁵ them, she says.

 

Despite the animosity between the two major parties, they are making similar promises to the public: free education, a better overall economy and a major increase in the minimum wage. But analysts⁷ want to give voters a reality check, in looking at how much that would cost. It is more than Thailand can afford. 

 

It will be something that we have to spend, somewhere between an additional 1.5 trillion baht, up to 7.5 trillion baht with all the extravagance programs which is 5 times that national budgets. I mean we will be broken in one year. 

 

No one wants to see that. But the analyst⁶ is right. That means Thai voters may end up disappointing with political leaders yet again.

1 oust   

vt.剥夺，取代，驱逐

参考例句：

• The committee wanted to oust him from the union.委员会想把他从工会中驱逐出去。
• The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.这些领导人被民族主义者赶下了台。

2 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

3 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

4 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 analyst   

n.分析家，化验员；心理分析学家

参考例句：

• What can you contribute to the position of a market analyst?你有什么技能可有助于市场分析员的职务？
• The analyst is required to interpolate values between standards.分析人员需要在这些标准中插入一些值。

7 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。