BBC新闻100篇 News Item 21-英语听力

[00:00.00]After days of political horse-trading
英国工党的戈登·布朗于周二晚辞职后， [00:02.79]the UK finally has a new government and a new Prime Minister,
经历数天的政治角逐， [00:06.92]following the resignation of Labour's Gordon Brown on Tuesday evening.
英国最终组建了新的政府，选举出了新的首相。 [00:10.73]Since last Thursday's general election resulted in a hung parliament,
由于上周四的大选形成了悬浮议会， [00:15.16]a situation in which none of the political parties has an overall majority,
形成了没有一个政党拥有绝对多数票的局面。 [00:19.95]British politicians have been attempting to form a coalition government.
英国政客尝试组建一个 [00:24.78]Such a government is comparatively rare in the UK.
在英国历史上很罕见的联合政府。 [00:28.96]Indeed this is the first coalition since the Second World War.
事实上这是英国二战以来的第一个联合政府。