男友太凶猛1v1高h,大地资源在线资源免费观看 ,人妻少妇精品视频二区,极度sm残忍bdsm变态

您現在的位置: Language Tips> Easy English> Today in History  
   
 





 
June 15
1971: Councils defy ban on free milk
[ 2009-06-15 10:59 ]

June 15

June 15
Mrs Thatcher's milk cuts earned her the nickname 'Thatcher milk snatcher'
1971: Councils defy ban on free milk

England have

Opposition is growing to Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's plans to end free school milk for children over the age of seven.

The bill received its second reading last night. It was passed by 281 votes to 248, a government majority of 33.

The Conservatives have issued a warning to local authorities not to go ahead with any plans to break the law deliberately.

Some Labour-controlled councils have threatened to put up the rates in order to continue supplying free milk.

New buildings

But Mrs Thatcher said increasing the rates would, in turn, mean that central government would have to provide more money through the rate support grant.

She has argued that ending free milk for all but nursery and primary children would free up more money to spend on other areas of education, like new buildings.

At present free milk for primary school children costs ?4m a year - twice as much as is being spent on school books.

In a full year the saving on milk provision will be about ?m.

Mrs Thatcher told MPs the Chief Medical Officer had been consulted on the plans and he had advised that it was not possible to predict whether the withdrawal of free milk would harm children's diets and overall health.

However, the government has asked for the effects to be monitored and promised to carry out a review if necessary.

Labour's education spokesman Edward Short attacked the Tories' proposals as "the meanest and most unworthy thing" he had seen in his 20 years in the House of Commons.

Labour reckons the number of children getting free milk will be reduced from five million to just over two million.

Harold Wilson's Labour government stopped free milk for secondary school pupils in 1968.

June 15
More than 300 troops will stay behind

2000: British marines leave Sierra Leone

Artificially 1969:
The The major contingent of the British military task-force sent to help restore order in Sierra Leone has left the country.

The departure of the prestigious Royal Marines was overseen by UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who said his government was proud of what they had done to restore stability.

Britain, the former colonial power in Sierra Leone, is handing responsibility for security to the United Nations.

About 300 UK troops and support staff will stay on in the war-torn African country for the next six to eight weeks to help establish a UK military advisory training team.

Most people in Freetown would prefer to see the British military continuing their confidence-building street patrols, but UK ministers always insisted their mission to help the UN forces there was a short-term one.

"They did appear on the verge of collapse." Brigadier David Richards said.

Brigadier David Richards, commander of the British forces in Sierra Leone, told BBC Radio's Today programme: "The UN have a much stronger resolve now and are clearer about their mandate and have shown that they have the resolve to fight.

"When we arrived here about six weeks ago, they did appear on the verge of collapse. Today they have been transformed."

At the core of the continuing British effort will be the retraining of thedemoralisedSierra Leone army.

Many of its soldiers are poorly trained and equipped and their ranks have featured children.

Sierra Leone continues to facehorrendousproblems. A war is being fought in the countryside about which there is little reliable information.

The UN says that one million people have been affected.

The rebels hold the main diamond-producing area, which deprives the government of revenue and, it is alleged, attracts support for the rebels from neighbouring Liberia.

Vocabulary:
 

demoralize:to undermine the confidence or morale of;dishearten (士氣受挫)

horrendous:hideous; dreadful(可怕的)










英語點津版權說明:凡注明來源為“英語點津:XXX(署名)”的原創作品,除與中國日報網簽署英語點津內容授權協議的網站外,其他任何網站或單位未經允許不得非法盜鏈、轉載和使用,違者必究。如需使用,請與010-84883631聯系;凡本網注明“來源:XXX(非英語點津)”的作品,均轉載自其它媒體,目的在于傳播更多信息,其他媒體如需轉載,請與稿件來源方聯系,如產生任何問題與本網無關;本網所發布的歌曲、電影片段,版權歸原作者所有,僅供學習與研究,如果侵權,請提供版權證明,以便盡快刪除。
相關文章 Related Story
 
 
 
本頻道最新推薦
 
男性鐘情普通身材女性 不愛模特女郎
小金庫英文怎么說?
貝克漢姆代言廣告 半裸出鏡性感無敵
不能直譯的常用詞匯及句子
Deferred Happiness Syndrome
翻吧推薦
 
論壇熱貼
 
人格分裂如何翻譯
工齡的英文怎么說?
看Marley & Me 學英語
漂亮女孩最愛說的10句口語
余光中《尺素寸心》(節選)譯

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 岚皋县| 弋阳县| 灵丘县| 杭州市| 上虞市| 峡江县| 泸水县| 福州市| 礼泉县| 扎鲁特旗| 白水县| 上虞市| 平利县| 瑞昌市| 沙湾县| 苍溪县| 泉州市| 霍邱县| 长沙市| 攀枝花市| 五大连池市| 宜君县| 静乐县| 邯郸市| 兴和县| 南通市| 花莲县| 佛教| 疏附县| 五峰| 手机| 伊通| 蒙山县| 当阳市| 宁乡县| 克什克腾旗| 安达市| 朝阳县| 成安县| 仙桃市| 明水县|