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原文

Ever since the UK left the EU on 31 January, both sides have been talking about what the new rules should be.

The negotiations went to the wire, as the current arrangement ends on 31 December.

The deal contains new rules for how the UK and EU will live, work and trade together.

But we don't know a lot of the detail yet because the full document - expected to be well over 1,000 pages long - has not been released.

语言点

1.go (down) to the wire 到最后一刻(俚语，源自赛马比赛)

· wire n. (赛马比赛跑道的)终点线

· They were absolutely evenly matched and went right to the wire.

他们旗鼓相当，一直到最后一刻胜负才见分晓。

2. current arrangement 现有协议

3. deal n. 协议(arrangement)

· reach/strike a deal 达成协议

· With a deadline closing in fast, negotiators were racing to strike a deal.

截止日期近在眼前，谈判者们竞相达成协议。

4. contain v. 包括，包含(include)

5. expect v. 预计，预料

6. well adv. 远远超过(＋介词表强调)

· do sth. well 某事做得很好

· The results are well above what we expected.

结果比我们预想的要好得多。

7. release v. 公开，公布

拓展

1. 现在完成进行时have been doing sth.：表示动作从某一时间开始，一直持续到现在，或者刚刚终止，或者可能仍然要继续下去，强调动作进行的过程、和持续进行的这么一个状态。

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