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On Friday British Prime Minister Theresa May announced she would resign as her nation's leader. The main reason, what the prime minister described as a deep regret that she was unable to deliver the Brexit, an international agreement on how Britain would leave the European Union. The deal that Prime Minister May had with the EU needed to be approved by Britain's parliament to take effect and it never was.

She said that though it was right for her to keep trying, even when the odds¹ against success seemed high, it's now clear to her that a new prime minister would be in Britain's best interest. There are several members of her political party, Britain's Conservative² Party, who are hoping to replace May as prime minister. Lawmakers say they plan to choose a new leader by July 20th and May will serve until then.

But whoever gets the job will still have the challenge of forging³ a Brexit plan that both Britain's parliament and the European Union agree to. If one isn't reached, what's called a No-Deal Brexit could happen, when Britain suddenly breaks off from the union of 27 other countries leaving a lot of questions in the air about economics⁴, immigration, trade deals basically how Britain conducts business in politics with the rest of Europe and the rest of the world.

1 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

2 conservative   

adj.保守的，守旧的；n.保守的人，保守派

参考例句：

• He is a conservative member of the church.他是一个守旧教会教友。
• The young man is very conservative.这个年轻人很守旧。

3 forging   

锻炼，伪造

参考例句：

• The blacksmith is forging the horseshoe. 铁匠正在打造马蹄铁。
• They are forging ahead with their plans. 他们正在慢慢推行他们的计划。

4 economics   

n.经济学，经济情况

参考例句：

• He is studying economics,which subject is very important.他正在学习经济学，该学科是很重要的。
• One can't separate politics from economics.不能把政治与经济割裂开来。