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新西兰英语 815 New government for Australia

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 　　Australia voted for a new government and new Prime Minister on Saturday. The Labor1 Party, led by Kevin Rudd, was defeated. The new government will be the Coalition2 party, a coalition of Liberal and National parties. The Coalition party is conservative.

　　The leader of the Coalition, Tony Abbott is also conservative. He does not support gay marriage, he will remove the carbon tax and the mining tax and he does not want Australia to become a republic. He supports the royal family.
　　How will a new Prime Minister and government affect New Zealand? John Key said that he has met Tony Abbott many times and thinks they will get on well together because the New Zealand National government is also conservative. Margaret Abbott, the wife of Tony Abbott, was born in New Zealand.
　　Australia is our number one trading partner for exports and imports. If the economy of Australia improves, that will be good for New Zealand.
　　Vocabulary
　　?defeated – did not win, failed
　　?coalition – 2 (or more) parties join together
　　?conservative – conservatives do not like change
　　?republic – has a President not a Queen

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1 labor P9Tzs     
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。
2 coalition pWlyi     
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。

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