2017考研英语拓展阅读：伦敦市长指责奥巴马“虚伪”

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    2017考研英语拓展阅读：伦敦市长指责奥巴马“虚伪”
    The London mayor, who backs EU exit, told the BBC the
Americans "wouldn’t dream of sharing [their] sovereignty" as the UK had done.
   
    The US president is expected to repeat his support for
Britain’s EU membership when he visits the UK next week.
   
    Backers of Remain dismissed Mr Johnson’s remarks as "nonsense", citing US
membership of Nato and trade bodies.
    The White House has indicated Mr Obama is ready to offer his view on the
issue but will stress the decision is for UK voters.
    Speaking in Washington, Chancellor George Osborne said it was the
"overwhelming view" of foreign governments and international institutions such
as the IMF and Nato that the UK should remain.
    Backing from Mr Obama could boost Prime Minister David
Cameron’s efforts to persuade the country to vote to remain in the EU in the 23
June referendum.
   
    Asked about the US president, the London mayor said everything about the
history of the US suggested they would never share sovereignty.
    "I don’t know what he is going to say but, if that is the American argument
then it is nakedly hypocritical. The Americans would never dream of it," he told
the BBC.
    ’Absolutely bizarre’
    "I think that President Obama has got a perfect right to make any
intervention that he wants. Indeed I welcome the views of everybody in this
debate.
    "I just find it absolutely bizarre that we are being
lectured by the Americans about giving up our sovereignty and giving up control
when the Americans won’t even sign up to the international convention on the law
of the seas, let alone the International Criminal Court."
   
    Labour MP Stephen Kinnock dismissed Mr Johnson’s comments as "utter
nonsense".
    "The last time I checked, the United States was a member of Nato. You look
at article five of Nato, it says any attack on a Nato member is an attack on
all. You couldn’t have a greater pooling of sovereignty than that," he said.
    "The United States is a member of the WTO [World Trade Organization] and a
range of other international organisations. We pool our sovereignty in order to
make ourselves stronger."
    伦敦市长鲍里斯·约翰逊一直是英国退欧的有力支持者。近日他告诉BBC说，跟英国相比，美国人“绝不会分享他们的主权”。
    美国总统奥巴马下周将出访英国，届时他将重申自己支持英国留在欧盟的立场。
    然而支持英国留在欧盟的人们却认为约翰逊的的言论简直是“胡说八道”。他们援引美国作为北约和贸易机构的成员资格，说明美国在英国退欧一事上具有发言权。
    白宫方面表示说奥巴马将会就此事发表自己的观点，但同时也强调他的意见的目的是为了英国选民的利益着想。
    英国财政大臣奥斯本在华盛顿发表演说，表示“希望英国留在欧盟”是外国政府间“压倒性的观点”，同时那些英国希望保持成员身份的国际组织--例如国际货币基金组织和北约--都认为英国不应该退出欧盟。
    来自奥巴马的支持可能将在很大程度上改善首相卡梅伦的窘境，以便于他在6月23日举行的全国公投上说服选民让英国继续留在欧盟。
    当问及对美国总统的看法时，伦敦市长鲍里斯说一切美国的历史都表明美国人绝不不会分享他们的主权。
    他告诉BBC：“我不知道奥巴马要说些什么，但如果只是一些美国式的言论的话，那么他就太虚伪了。那些话连美国人自己都不相信。”
    “非常奇怪”
    “在此事上，我认为奥巴马总统完全有权利作出任何他想要作的干预。事实上，在这场辩论中我欢迎所有人的意见。”
    “只不过有一件事情让我觉得非常奇怪，那就是为什么我们要被美国人教育要放弃主权和控制权，而他们却不会在国际海洋法公约上签字，更不用说国际刑事法院了。”
    工党议员史蒂芬·诺克批评约翰逊的言论“完全是胡说八道”。
    他说：“我再重申一次，美国是北约成员国。你可以看一看北约联盟条例第五条，上面说任何针对某一北约盟国的袭击就是针对北约全体盟国的袭击。你还能找到更大的共用主权的情况吗?”
    “美国是WTO和许多其他国际组织的成员。我们共用主权的目的是为了让我们自己变得更加强大。”