词汇提示 1.Tories 保守党 2.utter 彻底的 3.eroded 侵蚀 4.devastation 破坏 5.mortgage 抵押贷款 6.derelic 废弃的 7.vulnerable 脆弱的 8.negotiating 谈判 原文 ArthurScargill: ' Criticism of Tory Policies' (1) Todayour nation, after eight years under the Tories, is on the brink of utter chaos,facing both social and economic collapse. Ourbasic industries have been butchered. Ourmanufacturing base has been eroded with hundreds of businesses, large andsmall, gone to the wall while the nation has become increasingly dependent onimported goods. Thehuman consequences of this industrial and economic devastation are terrible. Overeight million people struggle for survival on or below the poverty line andfour and a half million people are unemployed. Thousandsof families are homeless: the number of homeless families in Britain hasdoubled since 1978, while the enforced repossession of homesis at an all-time record because so many can no longer manage to maintainmortgage payments. Evenmore people, meanwhile, try to cope as best they can in derelict, oftendangerous dwellings - one and a quarter million homes are unfit to live in, whilehouse-building investment throughout Britain has been slashed by sixty per centsince 1979. Sicknessand ill health of all kinds are rampant, and they are made even more terribleby the crisis in the National Health Service and throughout the welfare system. TheTories have been utterly ruthless in their butchery of health and welfareprovisions. TheNHS, once the pride of our nation, has been reduced to a critical conditionthrough hospital closures, medical staff cutbacks, the lack and withdrawal ofresources and vital equipment, and the privatization of key services. Approximately700,000 people wait today for hospital treatment and an increasing number willnot receive that treatment before it is too late. Thousandsof people who are suffering from serious, often fatal diseases are being turnedaway through lack of hospital beds and staff. Oursocial services are faced with ever-increasing family and community problems asTory attacks take their toll, with children and old people among those mostvulnerable. Oureducation system is also in chaos, as students and teachers struggle againstyet more cutbacks, fewer resources - and for our youngsters it must seem oftena pointless exercise, with jobs, training and access to higher education becomingmore and more difficult to attain. Theirteachers meanwhile, like many other trade unionists, have had their negotiatingrights removed by the Government, and their commitment to teaching the nation'schildren treated with contempt. Thishas become a grim and desperate society - fulled by unemployment and its socialconsequences, frustration, rage and despair are rampant all around us. Moreand more people, I believe, are coming to see themselves as under attack - andthey are correct. 翻译 阿瑟·斯卡吉尔:“对保守党政策的批评”(1)今天，在保守党执政八年后，我们的国家正处于彻底混乱的边缘，面临着社会和经济的崩溃。我们的基础工业遭到了破坏。我们的制造业基础受到侵蚀，数以百计的大大小小的企业倒闭，而这个国家越来越依赖进口商品。这种工业和经济破坏对人类造成的后果是可怕的。800多万人在贫困线上或贫困线以下挣扎求生，450万人失业。成千上万的家庭无家可归:自1978年以来，英国无家可归家庭的数量翻了一番，而强制收回房屋的数量达到了历史最高水平，因为许多人无法再支付抵押贷款。与此同时，更多的人试图在废弃的，往往是危险的住房中尽可能地应对——125万套住房不适合居住，而自1979年以来，英国的住房建设投资已经削减了60%。各种各样的疾病和不健康状况都很严重，而国民医疗服务体系和整个福利体系的危机使它们变得更加可怕。托利党在削减医疗和福利方面一直非常