VOA慢速英語：緬甸大選昂山素季獲壓倒性勝利

Election results in Myanmarshow big victories for Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) party she leads.

緬甸大選結果顯示，昂山素季及她領導的反對派全國民主聯(lián)盟(民盟)獲得壓倒性勝利。

Voter turnout reached 80 percent, according to the Guardian news site. The NLD received 90 percent of the entire vote, reported CNN. That amount of votes for one party is called a "landslide."

據(jù)《衛(wèi)報》新聞網(wǎng)站報道，選民投票率達80%。美國CNN報道，全國民主聯(lián)盟獲得90％的全部選票。大量投票支持一方，被稱為“壓倒性勝利”。

Supporters of Myanmar's National League for Democracy party cheer as election results are posted outside the NLD headquarters in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Close to 7,000 people from 91 political parties ran for office in Sunday's election.

本次選舉中，91個政黨的候選人以及獨立候選人接近7000人角逐緬甸各級議會議席。

Election results were slow to be announced. The first results reported that NLD won 12 seats. A second report said NLD had won 15 more spots. It was also reported that seven NLD winners were women.

選舉結果遲遲沒有公布。初步結果報道全國民主聯(lián)盟贏得了12個席位。第二次結果稱全國民主聯(lián)盟贏得超過15個議席。另外據(jù)報道，有七個民盟獲勝者為婦女。

Aung San Suu Kyi spoke with supporters at NLD headquarters.

全國民主聯(lián)盟主席昂山素季在黨總部對支持者講話。

"I think everyone already knows or has guessed what the election result is," she said.

她說；“ 我認為，你們都知道或已經(jīng)猜到結果將是什么”。

The parliament in Myanmar has 498 seats. The ruling party in Myanmar – also known as Burma - is the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). The military supports the USDP. Visit the website www.chinavoa.com to get more information!

緬甸議會有498個席位。緬甸執(zhí)政黨——也被稱為Burma（緬甸）——是聯(lián)邦鞏固與發(fā)展黨（USDP）。軍方支持聯(lián)邦鞏固與發(fā)展黨。

The ruling military party holds 25 percent of the seats in parliament. The NLD needs 333 seats – or 67 percent - to overcome a military veto.

執(zhí)政軍事正當在議會中擁有25%的席位。全國民主聯(lián)盟需要獲得333個議席或67%的議席來戰(zhàn)勝軍隊否決。

The election was the first in Myanmar since 2011. The legislature is called the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. It consists of an upper and lower house. One of its tasks is to select Myanmar's president.

自2011年在緬甸進行首次選舉。立法機關被稱為聯(lián)邦議會（Pyidaungsu Hluttaw）。它由上議院與下議院組成。它的職責之一是選擇緬甸總統(tǒng)。

I'm Jonathan Evans.

我是喬納森·埃文斯。

Jim Dresbach adapted this story for VOA Learning English. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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Words in This Story

turnout– n. the number of people who go to or participate in something

landslide– n. an election which the winner gets many more votes than the loser

task – n. a job for someone to do