为了在5月7日的英国大选中获胜，英劳动党领袖前在曼彻斯特市发表了该党竞选宣言，发起竞选攻势。
Speaking in Manchester, Miliband said:
A clear vow[1] to protect our nation's finances. A triple lock of responsibility[2].
First, we are the only party at this election who can show how every policy in our manifesto[3] will be paid for[4] - no commitments[5] requiring additional borrowing[6], not a single one.
Second, our manifesto writes the first line of Labour's first budget[7]: ' This Budget cuts the deficit[8] every year. ' That Budget will only be presented[9] when it has been verified[10] by the Office for Budget Responsibility[11].
Third, the next Labour[12] government will meet our fiscal[13] rules, with the national debt[14] falling and a surplus[15] on the current budget.
That approach is bad for the nation's books[16], and you know nothing is more dangerous to our NHS than[17] pretending you will be able to pretect it without being able to say where the money is coming from.
You can't fund[18] the NHS with an IOU[19] and the Conservative Party[20] need to learn that lesson.
The Tories[21] are the party of sums[22] that do not add up[23] and commitments that will not be kept.
We are a party that will keep our commitments[24] and every promise we make is paid for. That is the difference between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party.
Over the last four-and-a half years, I have been tested.
I am ready. Ready to put an end to[25] the tired old idea that as long as we look after the rich and powerful we will all be OK.
Ready to put into practice[26] the truth that it is only when working people succeed[27], that Britain succeeds.
Absolutely there's a challenge for us to show we're going to be fiscally[28] credible[29] and get the deficit down.
I've been quite open[30] about that and I'll tell you why - because I think there are a lot of people at home who are thinking to themselves ' I like Labour values, I like what Labour is putting forward[31] in this election, I want to know it adds up. '
And today the manifesto is proof[32] of that. It's proof it does add up - that every penny, all the commitments we make, are paid for and costed.
Amongst the commitments in the manifesto, Labour promises to:
- Raise the minimum wage[33] to £8 an hour.
- Abolish[34] non-dom[35] rules and zero-hour contracts.
- Create a £2.5bn Time to Care[36] fund for NHS[37] funded by mansion tax[38] and tobacco firm levy[39].
Time to Care - Increase income tax for those earning more than £150,000.
- Not increase income tax, VAT[40], National Insurance[41] for those on basic and higher rate income tax.
- Scrap[42] winter fuel allowance[43] for pensioners with an income of more than £42,000 a year.
- Freeze energy prices.
- Tighten tax avoidance[44] rules to yield[45] £7.5bn a year.
- Bring in[46] more powers for the Welsh and Scottish Parliament.
- Extend the vote to 16-year-olds.
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【vow】n.（尤指宗教的）誓，誓言，誓约 ↩
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【a triple lock of responsibility】三重责任 ↩
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【manifesto】n. （尤指政党或政府的）宣言，声明 ↩
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【pay for】付开销；赔偿（损失）；（为某种过失）付出代价；吃亏，受到惩罚；为...买单 ↩
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【commitment】n. 承诺，投入，许诺，保证。no ~：不做承诺，无承诺，缺乏承诺 ↩
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【borrowing】借贷，借款，贷款；借用的语言（或思想等） ↩
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【budget】n. 预算；政府的年度预算 ↩
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【deficit】n. 赤字，逆差，亏损；不足额，缺款额，缺少 ↩
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【present】v. 提供（机会等）；引起（困难等）。交出，提出；出示；呈递；交给（收据等）；兑（支票等）。显示；呈现出；陈述；描述。引见，介绍；披露，宣布。呈献；赠送，给予 ↩
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【verify】v. 核实；查对；核准。证明；证实 ↩
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【the Offfice for Budget Responsibility】英国预算责任办公室 ↩
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【Labour】英国工党，即：the Labour Party ↩
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【fiscal】adj. 财政的，国库，国家岁入的 ↩
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【national debt】国债 ↩
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【surplus】过剩；剩余；过剩量；剩余额。盈余；顺差 ↩
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【book】n. 账簿 ↩
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【nothing is more dangerous （to sb or sth）than】没能比得上...（让某人感到/对某事来说）更危险的了 ↩
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【fund】v. 为...提供资金，拨款给... ↩
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【IOU】（缩略词=I owe you）借据，欠条 ↩
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【the Conservative Party】英国保守党 ↩
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【Tory】n. 英国保守党党员；保守党支持者。the Tories（=the Tory party）英国保守党 ↩
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【sum】n. 算术，（数字的）简单计算；金额，款项；和，总和，总数； ↩
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【add up】前后一致，言之有理，有意义，合理，合乎情理，说得通。add（sth）up: （两个或两个以上的数或量）加起来 ↩
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【keep sb's commitment】坚守某人的承诺，遵守某人的承诺 ↩
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【put an end to sth】终止或平息（某事） ↩
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【put into practice】付诸实践 ↩
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【succeed】v. 达到目的，成功做成，办到；功成名就，有作为；预期效果，表现良好；接替，继任 ↩
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【fiscally】adv. 财政上，财政方面 ↩
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【credible】adj. 可信的，可靠的；（因看似可能成功而）可接受的 ↩
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【open】adj. 诚恳的，坦诚的，直率的；人人皆知的，公开的，不保密的 ↩
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【put forward】提出（计划、意见等）；建议，提倡，促进，振兴，推举（候补人等）；使突出，使显眼 ↩
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【proof】n. 证据，证明；检验，证实；证明，求证，验算；校样；（酒的）标准酒精度 ↩
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【minimum wage】最低工资，保底工资 ↩
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【abolish】v. 废除，消灭，撤销，取消。 ↩
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【non-dom】即 non-domiciled person: 非本地居民 ↩
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【Time to Care】关怀时刻，时逢关爱 ↩
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【NHS】即 National Health Service: 英国国民保健服务 ↩
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【mansion tax】豪宅税 ↩
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【tobacco firm levy】烟草公司税 ↩
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【VAT】即 value added tax: 增值税 ↩
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【National Insurance】（英国）国民保险制度 ↩
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【scrap】v. 废弃，取消，抛弃，报废 ↩
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【winter fuel allowance】冬季燃料补贴 ↩
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【tax avoidance】（合法）避税 ↩
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【yield】v. （税收或投资）产生，带来（收益或效益） ↩
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【bring in】（政府或组织）推行，采用（新的法律或制度）；赚得，挣（钱）；作出，宣布（裁决） ↩
