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  欢迎来到《英国大报头条》栏目,我们将定期为大家介绍英国各大报纸的头条新闻,通过言简意赅的标题新闻洞悉时事动态,把握时代脉搏。

  本期我们为大家带来的新闻来自《独立报》、《电讯报》、《每日镜报》、《泰晤士报》和《卫报》,你将了解到有关英国公立学校、莫妮卡·莱文斯基赴英求学以及海地儿童性奴隶等方面的最新动态。读完新闻标题后,可以参考我们提供的译文,看看你的理解是否准确。第二页是关于这几条新闻的一个小测验。
Independent
The proportion of students from state schools entering university has fallen for the first time in five years. The figures released throw into jeopardy Tony Blair's plans to widen access to higher education.

Telegraph
Gordon Brown will have to raise taxes or cut spending before the next election to balance the books, the International Monetary Fund said, as it slashed growth forecasts for the economy.

Daily Mirror
Monica Lewinsky enrolled as a student at the London School of Economics.

Times
Concerned about the media frenzysurrounding Wayne Rooney, Manchester United are to put a "protective glove" around the young striker.

Guardian
Haitian children sold as cheap labourers and prostitutes for little more than fifty pounds sterling. Dominican Republic accused of turning a blind eye to thriving trade in youngsters.
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Glossary
proportion (n.) 比例
release (v.) 发布
jeopardy (n.) 危险
slash (v.) 大幅度削减
forecast (n.) 预测
enrol (v.) 入学
frenzy (n.) 狂热
prostitute (n.) 妓女
turning a blind eye to 对......熟视无睹



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