英伦广角 2010-05-09 克莱格：改革需彻底

Clearly the result of the election means that politicians have a duty to speak to each other because people deserve good, stable government and that is why I am very keen that the Liberal Democrats¹ should enter into any discussion with other parties as we are doing in a constructive² spirit and that is precisely³ what we will do in the coming hours and days.

And Throughout, we will be very much making the case for the four big priorities that we always said, well before this election took place, would guide us in any circumstances that are there right on the face of our manifesto⁴:

Firstly, fair tax reform; secondly⁵, a new approach in education to provide the fair start that all children deserve in school; thirdly, a new approach to the economy so that we can build a new economy from the rubble⁶ of the old; and fourthly, fundamental political reform to our political system.

And it is precisely those four changes which will guide us in the talks ahead.
 

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

3 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

4 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

5 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

6 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。