GRE阅读练习：英国政界派系林立谁主沉浮.docxVIP

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：英国政界派系林立谁主沉浮 GRE阅读文章：GRE阅读练习：英国政界派系林立谁主沉浮 GRE考试精品课程训练  UNION bashing, tough talk on welfare and short shrift forcriminals—in many ways it was a conventional Conservative Party conference. Butaway from the main stage, in gatherings of MPs and grassroots activists, theconference buzzed with big ideas. “We are skeptical of politics driven by focusgroups,” asserts Kwasi Kwarteng, a Tory MP. With four other members of the FreeEnterprise Group, Mr Kwarteng has just published a tract of radical free-marketpolicies designed to shift opinion. His was not the only outfit aiming to causea stir. In his closing speech, David Cameron tried to define what theConservative Party stands for (see Bagehot).At times it felt as if everybodyelse at the conference was trying to do the same.  抨击欧盟，激烈地讨论福利问题和罪犯临刑前短暂忏悔问题——从许多方面看这都是一次传统的保守党会议。但是，远离主会场的下议院议员及草根活动家却兴奋地谈论着一些好点子。托利党议员KwasiKwarteng断言，“我们对由焦点群体控制的政治抱怀疑态度”。他和其他四位自由企业派的成员刚刚公布了一系列旨在改变舆论的激进的自由市场政策。他不是唯 一一位企图用一套理论引发轰动的人。大卫·卡梅伦在总结陈词里就尝试定义保守党的主张。有时候给人的感觉是，会议里的所有人似乎都在竞相做同样一件事情。  Pressure groups of Tory politicians and activists are multiplying.Conservative Voice, launched in September to champion traditional policies oncrime, immigration and jobs, now claims thousands of supporters. Bright Bluecampaigns for “proGREssive conservatism” and pushes causes such asenvironmentalism and international development. MPs representing marginalconstituencies last year formed The Forty to devise strategies for the 2015election. And soon. Pamphlets and books are whizzing off the presses.  托利党政客和活动分子组成的压力集团越来越多。九月份成立的“保守之声”维护传统的犯罪、移民、及就业政策，现在拥有成千上万的支持者。“亮蓝”派为“进步的保守主义”奔走呼号，极力宣传环境保护主义及国际发展等事业。去年，代表“边缘选区”的议员成立了“四十”派，为2015年的选举出谋划策。各种团体名目繁多，不胜枚举。宣传书册铺天盖地从出版社涌出来。  Five strains of thought can be detected. First come the two, subtlydifferent, varieties of David Cameron’s “modernizing” project, which seeks toanchor the party in the electorally decisive centre ground. Cautious ref