泛民主派    the pan-democratic force

自由党同时宣布，主席田北俊已向行政长官提出辞去行政会议成员一职，实时生效。    The party also announces that its chairman James Tien has tendered his resignation from the Executive Council to the chief executive with immediate effect.

该党将继续疏远政府，务求在九月的选举中收复失地。    The party is set to further dissociate itself from the government to help recover its lost ground in the September polls.

或会修改党章。    The party manifesto may be amended.

（民主党）支持度在下跌    the party‘s popularity was on the decline

乘客留助警方落口供。    The passengers

专利配方    the patented formula

公务员薪酬制度    the pay scale of the civil servants

繁忙时间班次维持不变，每两分钟一班车。    The peak-hour frequency will remain the same， with trains arriving every two minutes.？？？

五角大厦    the Pentagon

民众很支持政党政治。    The people have clearly embraced party politics enthusiastically.

人民英雄    the people‘s hero/a national hero

中文学校是次等学校的印象    the perception that the Chinese-medium schools are second-tier

《个人资料（私隐）条例》    the Personal Data （Privacy） Ordinance

先驱社    The Pioneer

路轨中央、救生糟    the pit between the

该计划旨在提高市民两文三语的能力，提升他们中英文的读写能力和广东话、普通话及英语的听讲能力。    The plan aims for every Hong Kong citizen to be biliterate and trilingual - competent in reading and writing Chinese and English， and fluent in Cantonese， Putonghua and English.

在车底放置炸弹    the planting of a bomb under a car

已被分化的美国大众    the polarised US public

警方会继续调查。    The police

警方行动会阻吓公众人士和其它学生，令他们不敢再参与示威行动。    The police action will scare off members of the public and other students from joining any demonstrations.？？？

警察很野蛮，我像返回六十年代。    The police are so

警察经常检查有否超载。    The police constantly check for overloading.

警方称有五名警员于冲突中受轻伤，两名学生因袭警而被拘捕。    The police said five officers suffered mild injuries during the scuffle and two students were arrested for assaulting police officers.

警方的破案率    the police‘s detection rate

可是，该政策仍然在国家其它地方严格执行。    The policy is， however， still rigidly enforced in other parts of the country.

制订政策的过程    the policy-making process

政治局常委    the Politburo Standing Committee

政治气候转趋缓和    the political atmosphere has relaxed

近月政治气候变得轻松。    The political atmosphere in recent months had become more relaxed.

香港的政治气候    the political climate in Hong Kong

公务员应保持政治中立。    The political neutrality of the civil service should be kept intact.

政治光谱    the political spectrum

政治风暴    the political storm

政治动荡    the political unrest

香港大学民意研究计划的民意调查显示，百分之八十一的市民支持于二零零七年普选行政长官。    The poll， conducted by the University of Hong Kong‘s public opinion programme， found 81 per cent of respondents support electing the chief executive through universal suffrage in 2007.

投票站的开放时间为早上七时三十分至晚上十时三十分。    The polls open at 7.30 am and close at 10.30 pm.

贫苦大众    the poor

知名工会领袖刘千石，由于其前？党席和民主党有冲突，可能于今个月被正式逐出民主党。    The popular labour rights campaigner， whose membership with The Frontier is at odds with the party， faces formal expulsion this month.

周一发表的一份民意调查显示，董特首的民望跌至历史新低。    The popularity of Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa has plunged to a historic low， a new poll released on Monday found.

由于刘慧卿能吸引大量选票，致使选单上排第二的候选人大有机会胜出，所以他们都想和她列在同一张选单。    The position is coveted because the large number of votes Ms Lau attracts makes it likely the second person on her ticket will also be elected.

据本报了解，小学的小一自行收生率将由百分之六十五降至百分之十五，但是中学的中一自行收生率则由百分之十升至百分之三十。    The Post understands that primary schools will only be allowed to select 15 per cent of their Primary One intake， instead of the present 65 per cent. However secondary schools will be able to increase their discretionary intake from 10 % to 30 %.