“逼宫”大战落下帷幕，莫里森成为新任总理！,文波英语微信公众号文章

这一周的澳洲政坛可以说是一场活脱脱的“逼宫”大戏，其精彩程度让小编连延禧攻略都不追了（怎么可能）！！

就在今天，这场激烈的角逐终于有了结果，斯科特·莫里森45:40击败彼得·达顿，成为澳大利亚第30任总理！

不知道是不是像世界杯冠军下届小组出局一样的“魔咒”，近十年以来，澳大利亚总理就没有一个是顺利干满任期的...

（澳大利亚第29任总理 - Malcolm Turnbull）

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一起来看一下ABC新闻 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 今天的这篇报道：

Scott Morrison elected Liberal Leader and will be Australia's next Prime Minister

Scott Morrison has been elected Liberal Leader and will become Australia's next Prime Minister after beating Peter Dutton 45-40 in a leadership ballot.

ballot: n. 投票；投票用纸；投票总数 v.（使）投票；抽签决定；拉选票

The Liberal decision ends Malcolm Turnbull's three years as PM.

PM: Prime Minister 总理

After being defeated, Mr Dutton said he would provide "absolute loyalty" to Mr Morrison.

defeat: v. 击败；战胜；挫败；使···失败 n. 失败的事实/行为

loyalty: n. 忠诚；忠心；忠实；忠于···感情

"To make sure we win the election, that we defeat Bill Shorten to make sure that he's never Prime Minister," Mr Dutton said.

His supporters had been pushing for the leadership change including circulating the petition to force a meeting.

circulating (原形circulate): v.（使）传播；（使）流通；（使）传播

petition: n. 请愿；请愿书；祈求；[法]诉状 v. 请愿；请求

force: v. 促使，推动；强迫；强加 n. 力量；武力；军队；魄力

But the move backfired with Mr Morrison winning the ballot.

backfire: v. 放出逆火；预先放火；产生出乎意料及事与愿违的结果 n. 逆火；回火

Long-serving deputy leader Julie Bishop has also lost her position to Victorian Josh Frydenberg who defeated Greg Hunt and Steve Ciobo with an absolute majority.

deputy: adj. 副的；代理的 n. 代理人；代表

majority: n. 多数；成年

Mr Morrison will emerge from a chaotic and crisis-filled week in Federal Parliament as the nation's 30th PM.

emerge: v. 浮现；摆脱；暴露

chaotic: adj. 混沌的；混乱的，无秩序的

Federal Parliament (Parliament of Australia 或 Commonwealth Parliament): 澳大利亚联邦议会

The 50 year old has served as Mr Turnbull's Treasurer since the last leadership change in September 2015.

Treasurer: 财政部长

He will now need to reshape the ministry which has been rocked by resignations this week as frontbenchers agitated to dump Mr Turnbull.

reshape: v. 改造；再成形

ministry: 内阁

resignation: n. 辞职；放弃；辞职书；顺从