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After weeks of speculation¹, Queensland premier² Annastacia Palaszczuk has called an election. Ms Palaszczuk this morning asked the acting³ governor to dissolve parliament and call an election for November 25th. It followed her move on Friday to dis-endorse the member for Pumicestone, Rick Williams, over a complaint that he threatened a local constituent⁴.

经过数周的猜测以后，澳大利亚昆士兰州总理安娜斯蒂西亚·帕拉斯祖克宣布举行选举。今天早上，帕拉斯祖克要求代理州长解散议会，并在11月25日举行选举。此前，她于周五宣布不支持帕米塞斯通议员里克·威廉姆斯，因为他被控威胁一名当地选民。

Labor⁵ says it would be "outrageous⁶" to change the constitution over citizenship⁷ concerns. On Friday, the high court ruled five politicians had fallen foul⁸ of the constitution because they held dual⁹ citizenship. The prime minister has referred the ruling to a parliamentary committee, to determine if changes to the constitution need to be made.

澳大利亚工党表示，因为双重国籍问题而修改宪法很“荒唐”。上周五，澳大利亚最高法院裁定，5名政治家因持有双重国籍而违反宪法。澳大利亚总理将这一裁决提交议会委员会，以确定是否有必要修改宪法。

Thousands of protesters in Madrid have called for a united Spain after the Catalonia region was stripped of its autonomy. The show of support for Spain's central government comes as the country is gripped by a constitutional crisis sparked by Catalonia's independence referendum. Spain's central government has ordered fresh regional elections for December.

数千名抗议者聚集在马德里，呼吁西班牙团结统一，此前西班牙加泰罗尼亚地区被剥夺自治权。西班牙因加泰罗尼亚的独立公投而面临宪法危机时，西班牙中央政府得到了支持。西班牙中央政府要求12月重新举行地区选举。

And in England the city of Oxford¹⁰ is planning to become the first major centre in the world with a zero emissions¹¹ zone. Petrol and diesel¹² cars, taxis and trucks, will be phased out from 2020 in favour of electric vehicles.

英国城市牛津计划成为世界上首个拥有零排放区的主要中心。从2020年开始，汽油车、柴油车、出租车和卡车将逐步被淘汰，以电动车取而代之。

1 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 constituent   

n.选民；成分，组分；adj.组成的，构成的

参考例句：

• Sugar is the main constituent of candy.食糖是糖果的主要成分。
• Fibre is a natural constituent of a healthy diet.纤维是健康饮食的天然组成部分。

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

6 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

7 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

8 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

9 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

10 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

11 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

12 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。