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今天，我们说一件大事。

这件事，

发生在英国。

英国，

是一个很有名的国家。

在很远的西边。

这件大事，

和英国，

最大的官有关。

英国最大的官，

叫首相。

首相，

有点像别的国家的，

总统或者总理。

这个首相，

名字叫斯塔默。

就在这个星期，

他说：

我不干了。

我要辞职。

这件事，

为什么让人吃惊呢？

因为，

就在两年前，

他还非常风光。

那时候，

英国选新的领导。

斯塔默，

赢得非常大。

很多很多人，

都投票给他。

可以说，

他是带着大家的希望，

上台的。

但是，

只过了两年，

情况就，

完全反过来了。

今天的他，

非常不受欢迎。

那么，

到底发生了什么？

第一个大问题，

是钱。

这两年，

英国的东西，

越来越贵。

很多普通人，

觉得日子越来越难过。

他们本来希望，

新首相能帮他们。

但是，

日子并没有变好。

慢慢地，

大家就，

对他失望了。

除了老百姓不满意，

他自己这边的人，

也开始离开他。

和他一起工作的，

很多重要的官，

一个接一个地，

辞职了。

有管医院的，

也有管军队的。

他们就像在说：

我们不想，

再跟着你了。

最后，

还有一个人，

特别关键。

这个人，

叫伯纳姆。

伯纳姆，

是英国一个大城市的市长。

和斯塔默不一样，

他现在，

非常受老百姓欢迎。

就在这个星期，

他刚刚，

赢得了一场选举。

现在，

很多人都觉得：

下一个首相，

很可能就是他。

前面有人逼，

后面有人追，

斯塔默，

终于撑不住了。

于是，

他选择了辞职。

说到这里，

我想和你聊一聊。

两年前，

他是万众期待的，

大赢家。

两年后，

他成了，

不得不离开的人。

在政治里，

风向变得，

真的可以很快。

最后，

我想问你一个问题：

如果你是领导，

当大家，

开始对你失望的时候，

你会选择，

坚持到底，

还是，

体面地，

转身离开？

English transcript reference

Today, we'll talk about a big event.

This thing

happened in Britain.

Britain

is a very famous country,

far away in the west.

This big event

is connected to Britain's

highest official.

Britain's highest official

is called the prime minister.

A prime minister

is a bit like, in other countries,

a president or a premier.

This prime minister's

name is Starmer.

Just this week,

he said:

I'm done.

I'm going to resign.

This event —

why is it surprising?

Because,

just two years ago,

he was riding very high.

At that time,

Britain was choosing a new leader.

Starmer

won by a huge margin.

Very, very many people

voted for him.

You could say

he, carrying everyone's hopes,

came to power.

But

after only two years,

the situation

completely reversed.

The Starmer of today

is deeply unpopular.

So,

what exactly happened?

The first big problem

is money.

These two years,

things in Britain

have gotten more and more expensive.

Many ordinary people

feel life is harder and harder.

They had hoped

the new PM could help them.

But

life did not get better.

Slowly,

people

grew disappointed in him.

Besides ordinary people being unhappy,

the people on his own side

also began to leave him.

Working alongside him,

many important officials

one after another

resigned.

Some ran the hospitals,

some ran the army.

It was as if they were saying:

we don't want

to follow you anymore.

Finally,

there's one more person,

especially crucial.

This person

is called Burnham.

Burnham

is the mayor of a big British city.

Unlike Starmer,

he is, right now,

very popular with ordinary people.

Just this week,

he had just

won an election.

Now,

many people feel:

the next prime minister

is very likely to be him.

Pushed from the front,

chased from behind,

Starmer

finally couldn't hold on.

And so,

he chose to resign.

Speaking of this,

I'd like to talk with you.

Two years ago,

he was the long-awaited

big winner.

Two years later,

he became

the one who had to leave.

In politics,

the wind can change

really very fast.

Finally,

I want to ask you a question:

if you were the leader,

when people

begin to lose faith in you,

would you choose

to hold on to the end,

or

to gracefully

turn and walk away?

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