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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：英国大选意外结果事后反思 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：英国大选意外结果事后反思 GRE考试精品课程指导  The Conservative Party began the election campaign with an enormous lead and even on election day was expecting to increase its majority.  保守党以一个大党派开始竞选，甚至期望在选举日增加多的席位。  What went wrong?  到底哪里出了错?  The biggest unknown ahead of the election was turnout.  选举前最 大的未知是投票率。  Labour was wildly popular among the young, but polling firms differed in their estimates of how many young people would vote at all.  工党在年轻人中广受欢迎，但民意调查公司对最终有多少年轻人投票评估不同。  In the event, Labours young fans excelled themselves: turnout among people aged 18-24 was 57%, according to a large post-election survey by YouGov, a pollster.  在这次事件中，工党的年轻粉丝超越了他们自己：根据一家民意调查站YouGov选举后大型的民意调查，18到24岁这个年龄段人的投票率占57%。  That is 14 percentage points greater than in 2015.  这比2015年多了14个百分点。  Age is now the main determining factor affecting party choice.  现在，年龄已经成为政党选择的主要决定因素。  The “phenomenal” generational divide has never before been so stark, according to John Curtice of NatCen Social Research.  根据英国国家社会研究中心的John Curtice所说，代沟现象从来没有像现在这么突出。  Mr Corbyn pulled in young people in droves by promising free university tuition.  Corbyn先生通过承诺大学免学费来拉拢年轻人。  Labour won 43 of the 60 constituencies where full-time students make up 15% or more of the adult population, five of which it gained from the Tories.  工党赢得了60个选区中的43个，其中全日制学生占成年人口的15%或更多，其中有5个得自保守党。  Overall, turnout rose by 2.5 points to 68.7%, the highest since 1997.  总体来说，投票率上升了2.5个百分点到达68.7%，是自1997年以来的最高点。  Seat-by-seat analysis shows that it increased most in areas with large populations of well-educated under-45s; areas that are ethnically diverse; and areas that voted to remain in the European Union last year.  Seat-by-seat分析显示：这现象(投票率上升)在那些受过良好教育的45岁以下的大人口地区，那些多民族地区和去年投票留在欧盟的地区最为明显。  That probably cost the Conservatives.  这可能会让保守党付出代价。  Turnout i