VOA慢速英语2016 德国反移民政党来势汹汹

AS IT IS 2016-03-16 Anti-Immigrant Party Wins Seats in Germany 德国反移民政党来势汹汹

In Germany, a political party opposed to immigration has won seats in three elections on Sunday.

13日德国反移民党在3州选举中选情看涨。

The Alternative for Deuthschland (AfD) party won spots in southwestern Germany, which is rich, and in Saxony-Anhalt, which is poor.

德国另类选择党(AfD)在德国西南部支持者众多，在萨克森-安哈尔特州支持者较少。

The party was started three years ago. It has seats in half of Germany’s 16 state parliaments, according to German state TV.

该党成立于3年前。据德国国家电视台，该党在德国16个州议会中占半数席位。

In Baden-Wuerttemberg, the AfD party won 15 percent of the vote. In the Rhineland area, the party received almost 13 percent. In Saxony, it won 24 percent of the vote.

在巴登符腾堡州，德国另类选择党囊括15%选票。在莱茵兰地区，该党的支持率为13%。在萨克森，该党获得24%的选票。

An official with the AfD party said, “People want an alternative; they want a real opposition¹, and we want to take on that task.”

德国另类选择党的一名官员说：“人们想要另一种选择，他们期望一个真正的反对派，我们要承担这一任务。”

The loss is a setback² for German Chancellor³ Angela Merkel. She favors an open immigration policy.

损失选票对德国总理默克尔来说一个打击。她主张开放的移民政策。

Merkel is pressured to close Germany to migrants. Merkel is trying to reach an agreement between the European Union and Turkey to slow the flow of migrants.

默克尔被迫向难民关闭德国大门，她试图在欧盟和土耳其之间达成协议，缓解难民潮。

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alternative - n. something that can be chosen instead of something else

task - n. a piece of work that has been given to someone; a job for someone to do

setback – n. a problem that makes progress more difficult or success less likely

favors – v. helping⁴ someone or something in an unfair way; to approve or or support something

migrants – n. a person who goes from one place to another, especially to find work

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

3 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。