Q and A

Q and A

老师:

你好，有这么一个句子Tony Blair has won a third term of office, albeit with a much-reduced majority. But how will he handle the big challenges ahead? And how soon will he pass them on to his expected successor, Gordon Brown? 
最后一句的his expected successor 是否可能存在歧义？

原文见http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3933079。

谢谢。

X

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X同学, 你好!

   看了你提的问题之后, 我又阅读了英国大选的相关文章。根据我所了解的情况, 回答如下：工党内的财政大臣Gordon Brown在经济领域成绩突出, 而且对首相之职虎视眈眈。布莱尔与布朗之间的摩擦早已是公开的秘密。据说，布莱尔本人又贵体有恙，因此，在英国,有一种声音, 即, Blair干不满任期就会提前下台。而Gordon Brown则是舆论看好的Blair的继承人，即Gordon Brown可望成为Blair的继任人。也就是你文中据说的his expected successor.

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