昂山素季领导的缅甸反对派赢得缅甸大选胜利

AS IT IS 2015-11-10 Major Victory for Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar 昂山素季领导的缅甸反对派赢得缅甸大选胜利

Election results in Myanmar show big victories for Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) party she leads.

Voter turnout reached 80 percent, according to the Guardian¹ news site. The NLD received 90 percent of the entire vote, reported CNN. That amount of votes for one party is called a “landslide².”

Close to 7,000 people from 91 political parties ran for office in Sunday’s election.

Election results were slow to be announced. The first results reported that NLD won 12 seats. A second report said NLD had won 15 more spots. It was also reported that seven NLD winners were women.

Aung San Suu Kyi spoke³ with supporters at NLD headquarters.

“I think everyone already knows or has guessed what the election result is,” she said.

The parliament in Myanmar has 498 seats. The ruling party in Myanmar – also known as Burma - is the Union Solidarity⁴ and Development Party (USDP). The military supports the USDP.   

The ruling military party holds 25 percent of the seats in parliament. The NLD needs 333 seats – or 67 percent - to overcome a military veto.

The election was the first in Myanmar since 2011. The legislature is called the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. It consists of an upper and lower house. One of its tasks is to select Myanmar’s president.

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turnout – n. the number of people who go to or participate in something

landslide – n. an election which the winner gets many more votes than the loser

task – n. a job for someone to do

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

2 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。