将选举限定年龄降低到16岁是最近提出的一项 Lowering the voting age to 16 is an idea currently being proposed
意在使人们重新参与到政治活动中来的举措 as a way of reengaging people with politics.
拥护者声称这将会使年轻人参与到选举活动中来 Its advocates argue that it will socialize young people into voting,
增加选举出席者数量 raise turnout,
并且如果我们向16岁的年轻人收税 and that it is unfair to deny the vote to people at 16
却不承认其选举权是不公平的 when we ask them to do other things like pay tax.
麻烦的是反对这项提案的声音很强烈 The trouble is the case against is at least as strong if not stronger.
首先 实际上在英国 For one thing, actually the current age
如今获得选举权的年龄 at which most people gain rights in Britain at the moment
是18岁而不是16岁 is 18 not 16
如果朝什么方向努力的话 也是朝着18岁这个年龄 and if we're moving in any direction, we're moving up towards 18.
用不投票而不是投票的方式让人们社会化 There's a real risk that we socialize people into not voting
存在风险 rather than voting.
很少有迹象显示人们尤其是年轻人想要 And there's very little evidence that people,
降低选举年龄的限制 even young people, want it.
绝大多数的调查显示70%到80%的人 Most surveys show 70 to 80% of the population
反对这项提案 are opposed to the idea.
而让大多数人去做他们不喜欢的事情来 And it's a very strange way of reengaging people with politics
使其参与到政治活动中的做法很奇怪 to do something that the majority of the population don't like.
我说的很不错 好的 I was going really well. Right.