英文句摘：英劳动党领袖——竞选宣言

为了在5月7日的英国大选中获胜，英劳动党领袖前在曼彻斯特市发表了该党竞选宣言，发起竞选攻势。

The Leader of the British Labour Party：Ed Miliband

Speaking in Manchester, Miliband said:

1. A clear vow^[1] to protect our nation's finances. A triple lock of responsibility^[2].

2. First, we are the only party at this election who can show how every policy in our manifesto^[3] will be paid for^[4] - no commitments^[5] requiring additional borrowing^[6], not a single one.

3. Second, our manifesto writes the first line of Labour's first budget^[7]: ' This Budget cuts the deficit^[8] every year. ' That Budget will only be presented^[9] when it has been verified^[10] by the Office for Budget Responsibility^[11].

4. Third, the next Labour^[12] government will meet our fiscal^[13] rules, with the national debt^[14] falling and a surplus^[15] on the current budget.

Labour

5. That approach is bad for the nation's books^[16], and you know nothing is more dangerous to our NHS than^[17] pretending you will be able to pretect it without being able to say where the money is coming from.

6. You can't fund^[18] the NHS with an IOU^[19] and the Conservative Party^[20] need to learn that lesson.

7. The Tories^[21] are the party of sums^[22] that do not add up^[23] and commitments that will not be kept.

8. We are a party that will keep our commitments^[24] and every promise we make is paid for. That is the difference between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party.

9. Over the last four-and-a half years, I have been tested.

10. I am ready. Ready to put an end to^[25] the tired old idea that as long as we look after the rich and powerful we will all be OK.

11. Ready to put into practice^[26] the truth that it is only when working people succeed^[27], that Britain succeeds.

12. Absolutely there's a challenge for us to show we're going to be fiscally^[28] credible^[29] and get the deficit down.

13. I've been quite open^[30] about that and I'll tell you why - because I think there are a lot of people at home who are thinking to themselves ' I like Labour values, I like what Labour is putting forward^[31] in this election, I want to know it adds up. '

14. And today the manifesto is proof^[32] of that. It's proof it does add up - that every penny, all the commitments we make, are paid for and costed.

Amongst the commitments in the manifesto, Labour promises to:

• Raise the minimum wage^[33] to £8 an hour.
• Abolish^[34] non-dom^[35] rules and zero-hour contracts.
• Create a £2.5bn Time to Care^[36] fund for NHS^[37] funded by mansion tax^[38] and tobacco firm levy^[39].
  Time to Care
• Increase income tax for those earning more than £150,000.
• Not increase income tax, VAT^[40], National Insurance^[41] for those on basic and higher rate income tax.
• Scrap^[42] winter fuel allowance^[43] for pensioners with an income of more than £42,000 a year.
• Freeze energy prices.
• Tighten tax avoidance^[44] rules to yield^[45] £7.5bn a year.
• Bring in^[46] more powers for the Welsh and Scottish Parliament.
• Extend the vote to 16-year-olds.

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1. 【vow】n.（尤指宗教的）誓，誓言，誓约 ↩

2. 【a triple lock of responsibility】三重责任 ↩

3. 【manifesto】n. （尤指政党或政府的）宣言，声明 ↩

4. 【pay for】付开销；赔偿（损失）；（为某种过失）付出代价；吃亏，受到惩罚；为...买单 ↩

5. 【commitment】n. 承诺，投入，许诺，保证。no ~：不做承诺，无承诺，缺乏承诺 ↩

6. 【borrowing】借贷，借款，贷款；借用的语言（或思想等） ↩

7. 【budget】n. 预算；政府的年度预算 ↩

8. 【deficit】n. 赤字，逆差，亏损；不足额，缺款额，缺少 ↩

9. 【present】v. 提供（机会等）；引起（困难等）。交出，提出；出示；呈递；交给（收据等）；兑（支票等）。显示；呈现出；陈述；描述。引见，介绍；披露，宣布。呈献；赠送，给予 ↩

10. 【verify】v. 核实；查对；核准。证明；证实 ↩

11. 【the Offfice for Budget Responsibility】英国预算责任办公室 ↩

12. 【Labour】英国工党，即：the Labour Party ↩

13. 【fiscal】adj. 财政的，国库，国家岁入的 ↩

14. 【national debt】国债 ↩

15. 【surplus】过剩；剩余；过剩量；剩余额。盈余；顺差 ↩

16. 【book】n. 账簿 ↩

17. 【nothing is more dangerous （to sb or sth）than】没能比得上...（让某人感到/对某事来说）更危险的了 ↩

18. 【fund】v. 为...提供资金，拨款给... ↩

19. 【IOU】（缩略词=I owe you）借据，欠条 ↩

20. 【the Conservative Party】英国保守党 ↩

21. 【Tory】n. 英国保守党党员；保守党支持者。the Tories（=the Tory party）英国保守党 ↩

22. 【sum】n. 算术，（数字的）简单计算；金额，款项；和，总和，总数； ↩

23. 【add up】前后一致，言之有理，有意义，合理，合乎情理，说得通。add（sth）up: （两个或两个以上的数或量）加起来 ↩

24. 【keep sb's commitment】坚守某人的承诺，遵守某人的承诺 ↩

25. 【put an end to sth】终止或平息（某事） ↩

26. 【put into practice】付诸实践 ↩

27. 【succeed】v. 达到目的，成功做成，办到；功成名就，有作为；预期效果，表现良好；接替，继任 ↩

28. 【fiscally】adv. 财政上，财政方面 ↩

29. 【credible】adj. 可信的，可靠的；（因看似可能成功而）可接受的 ↩

30. 【open】adj. 诚恳的，坦诚的，直率的；人人皆知的，公开的，不保密的 ↩

31. 【put forward】提出（计划、意见等）；建议，提倡，促进，振兴，推举（候补人等）；使突出，使显眼 ↩

32. 【proof】n. 证据，证明；检验，证实；证明，求证，验算；校样；（酒的）标准酒精度 ↩

33. 【minimum wage】最低工资，保底工资 ↩

34. 【abolish】v. 废除，消灭，撤销，取消。 ↩

35. 【non-dom】即 non-domiciled person: 非本地居民 ↩

36. 【Time to Care】关怀时刻，时逢关爱 ↩

37. 【NHS】即 National Health Service: 英国国民保健服务 ↩

38. 【mansion tax】豪宅税 ↩

39. 【tobacco firm levy】烟草公司税 ↩

40. 【VAT】即 value added tax: 增值税 ↩

41. 【National Insurance】（英国）国民保险制度 ↩

42. 【scrap】v. 废弃，取消，抛弃，报废 ↩

43. 【winter fuel allowance】冬季燃料补贴 ↩

44. 【tax avoidance】（合法）避税 ↩

45. 【yield】v. （税收或投资）产生，带来（收益或效益） ↩

46. 【bring in】（政府或组织）推行，采用（新的法律或制度）；赚得，挣（钱）；作出，宣布（裁决） ↩