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　　Finally, as the general election approaches, the main job of the opposition shifts from holding the government to account to proposing an alternative. But Labour's messages remain deeply negative and gloomy. It has repeatedly told people how much they are being ripped off by energy firms and other businesses, but has failed to put forward a hopeful vision of a prosperous Britain, grumble internal malcontents. Patrick Diamond, a former policy adviser to the party, adds that by taking advantage of public mistrust of business, Labour is at best telling voters what they already know (that the party cares about the little guy). At worst it risks alienating those working in the private sector.

　　最后，随着大选的临近，在野党的主要任务从把持政权，转变成了提出第二选择。但工党方面的消息仍旧非常负面和悲观。英国一些对现状不满的群众发牢骚道，人们被反复告知他们的钱被剥削的数额，而罪魁祸首就是能源企业和一些其他公司，但是人们并没有在经济繁荣的英国看到充满希望的前景。帕特里克·戴蒙德是一名前党内政策顾问，他补充道，通过利用公众对商业的不信任，工党最好还是告知选民自己所得到的消息(即政党很关注那个小人)。最糟糕也不过是承担与私营部门决裂的风险。

　　These three problems add up to one big one: although voters like the party's individual policies, they do not like the overall image that these convey. Until Labour corrects this, says Deborah Mattinson of Britain Thinks, a polling outfit, the gush of announcements may do it more harm than good. If people do not trust the party in the first place, she argues, they just see these as craven attempts to win their votes. The Conservatives, by contrast, can trade on their overall competence. “They are not out to please people,” one swing voter told Ms Mattinson, and “that means they can just get on with it.”

　　这三个问题加在一起，就成了一个大问题：虽然选民支持工党的独立政策，但对于整体形象的呈现却并不看好。狄波拉·马丁森来自调查机构Britain Thinks，她认为，除非工党修正了这些问题，不然各个声明的涌现只能帮倒忙。她认为，如果一开始民众就不信任政党，他们就会视这些软弱的努力只是为了赢得选票。相比之下，保守党可以好好利用他们的整体竞争力。一位摇摆不定的选民告诉狄波拉道，“他们并非试图讨好民众，这意味着他们只能继续进行下去。”

　　重点讲解

　　1.according to 根据，按照

　　例句:The route that the boatmen choose varies according to the water level.

　　船夫选择的路线会随水位的变化而有所不同。

　　2.plan to 打算;计划

　　例句:Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15th.

　　两院都打算在1月15日前对那一政策进行投票表决。

　　3.due to 由于;因为;应归于

　　例句:Council members are due to have informal discussions later on today.

　　委员会成员定于今日晚些时候进行非正式讨论。

　　4.appeal to 呼吁;要求;诉诸

　　例句:Economic change for its own sake did not appeal to him.

　　经济变化本身对他并没有吸引力。

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