西部落：英国学生街上游行 抗议学费上涨

Clashes on the streets of London as British parliamentarians debate increasing student fees.

英国议会下院于表决通过大幅提高大学学费计划，伦敦街头再现冲突。

Demostrators angry a plan to raise the amount of students pay for their university education confront authorities.

示威者对大幅提高大学学费计划十分愤怒，与政府对抗。

Mounted police then try to break up the crowd in chaotic¹ scenes.

骑警队试图在混乱中驱散人群。

Police say they arrested seven people.

他们承认逮捕了7名学生。

"No, don't stand there. Out of way."

“这里不许站人，闪开。”

At least three police officers were injured and later taken to the hospital.

至少有3名警官受伤被送往医院。

Then came the vote.

之后投票表决开始了。

"Order. Order."

“肃静，肃静”

"The eyes to the right 323, the noes to the left 302."

“323票赞同，302票反对。”

The new plan raising concerns will allow English universities to charge student fees of up to 9,000 pounds or about 14,000 dollars, almost triple the current limit.

这项新计划引起广泛关注，意味着英格兰大学本科学费上限将升至9000英镑或14000英镑左右，上涨达三倍之多。

The government has made cutting a record peace time budget deficit² its priority, and government departments have to reduce spending by some 19% over the next four years.

政府把降低和平时期财政预算赤字记录视为优先考虑的事。并且在未来四年政府各部门必须削减19%的开支。

Analysts³ say the vote is the biggest challenge faced by Britain coalition⁴ government during its seven months in office.

分析学家把这次投票表决看作是联合政府组建7个月以来面临的最大考验。

Some fear the clashes could herald⁵ further unrest as austerity measures bite.

也有人担心这次冲突只是开始，当削减开支方案生效后，会有更多人因生事被逮捕。

Deborah Lutterbeck, Reuters.

Deborah Lutterbeck，路透社。

1 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

2 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

4 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

5 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。