夏说英语新闻晨读 第643期:英保守党开启党魁之争（在线收听）

Conservative MPs will begin the process of choosing their new leader and the next prime minister later when a first round of voting is held in Parliament. Voting will take place by secret ballot in the Commons, with a result expected some time after 13.00 BST. Any of the 10 candidates who fails to secure at least 17 votes will be eliminated from the contest.

conservative: 保守的

Conservative Party: 保守党

Labour Party: 工党

process: n. 流程

prime minister: 首相

secret ballot: 无记名投票

the House of Commons: 下议院

the House of Lords: 上议院

BST: abbr. 英国夏令时（British Summer Time）

candidate: n. 候选人

secure: vt. 获得 adj. 安全的

security: n. 安全 adj. 安全的

eliminate: vt. 淘汰

front runner: n. 领跑者

candidate: n. 候选人