Parliamentary Elections in Thailand
Thailand: The ruling Democrat Party has accepted defeat in the parliamentary elections. Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai says the people wanted political change. Early unofficial results show the party of businessman Tocksin Shanavatra winning a major victory(1). Opinion studies show the Thai Wok Thai Party winning as many as 230 parliamentary seats. The Democrat Party reportedly has won 120 seats. Official results are expected Sunday. However, Mr. Tocksin is charged with failing to declare all his financial property(2)serving in a former Thai government. The businessman denies any wrongdoing(3). Mr. Tocksin could be banned(4)from politics for 5 years if the Thai Constitutional Court finds him guilty.
聽音瓶頸詞匯
1. victory []n.勝利
2. property[]n.財產(chǎn)
3. wrongdoing []n.罪行
4. ban []v.禁止
聽音高級短語
as many as 和…一樣多
聽音超級句型
…is charged with failing to declare all his financial property serving in...
…被指控在…工作期間財產(chǎn)不明罪。
泰國國會選舉
泰國消息:執(zhí)政民主黨承認(rèn)在國會選舉中慘敗。總理川立派說人民要求政治的變革。早前非正式結(jié)果顯示以商人托克森為首的黨派獲得了多數(shù)的勝利。輿論調(diào)查顯示Thai Wok Thai黨在國會獲得230個國會席位。報道說民主黨獲得120個席位。官方結(jié)果將在星期天公布。然而,托克森先生被指控在上屆政府工作期間財產(chǎn)不明罪,但他卻否認(rèn)有任何罪行。如果泰國憲法法院發(fā)現(xiàn)其有違法行為,托克森先生將會被禁止從政5年。