英国表决脱欧

英国表决了脱欧，有人认为好像是一个政治地震。在星期四的公投，大约百分之五十二的英国人表示他们希望离开欧盟。货币市场立即被影响了，英镑汇率比美元到了1985年以来最低。英国脱欧引起了政治动荡。苏格兰和北爱尔兰都表决了，（表示愿意）留在欧盟，这两个国家的政治家现正考虑从英国独立（这里表意有些不明，政治家本人如何从英国“独立”？在这里独立的限定词应该是国家的某一部分）。欧洲的右翼政治家对英国脱欧表示欣喜。有一个说：“这是英国的独立日。人民投票了，他们决定了，欧盟的政治联盟失败了。”

曼彻斯特大学的政治教授Rob Ford总结了此次结果的重要（总结此次结果的重要意义或指出此次结果的重要性，这样的表达更加准确、书面化，比较符合整篇文风）：“这是从柏林墙的倒塌至今最大的欧洲政治震动。”公投的结果已经引起卡梅隆首相辞职。他领导了留在欧盟（的）支持组，他在十月要下台（一句话里两次重复主语有些啰嗦，并且“下台”的词性偏贬义，这里不是很符合语境。整句可以精简一下“他领导了留欧派，并声明将在十月份辞职”）。他说英国需要“新鲜领导”（“新鲜”这词在这里有些不够严肃）。330万非英国人（英籍）的（“的”在这里可以去掉，行文会更简明）欧盟国民住居在英国的情况不确定，并且有130万英国人住居在其他欧盟国家中。其他国家可能跟随英国的步伐。荷兰的荷兰自由党和法国的国民党的代表都说：“现在轮到我们了。”

U.K. Votes to Leave European Union

The United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union in what is being seen as a political earthquake. Just over 52 per cent* of Britons expressed their desire to exit the EU in a referendum on Thursday. Currency markets were immediately affected as the British pound fell to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985. Britain's decision to leave has caused political upheaval. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU and so politicians in both countries are now contemplating breaking from the UK. Right-wing politicians in Europe congratulated the UK for leaving. One said: "It is Great Britain's independence day. The people were asked, and they decided. The European Union as a political union has failed."

The magnitude of the result was summed up by Rob Ford, professor of politics at Manchester University, who said: "This is the biggest shock to European politics since the fall of the Berlin Wall." The vote has already prompted Britain's leader David Cameron to resign. He led the campaign to stay part of the EU and will step down in October. He said the country needed "fresh leadership". Less certain is the plight of the 3.3 million non-British EU citizens living in Britain, and the 1.3 million Britons living in other EU countries. Others may follow the UK's lead in exiting the EU. Representatives from Holland's Dutch Freedom Party and France's National Front Party said: "Now it is our turn."