文/ Rex Lo

緬甸軍政府公開宣布國會議員補選的結果，翁山蘇姬領導的全國民主聯盟在這場補選中大獲全勝，雖然仍是國會少數，卻開啟了緬甸政經改革的新篇章。翁山蘇姬在勝利演說中表示，這是緬甸人民的勝利，更希望這是新時代的起點。

進入本文前，請想想以下單字：
(A) 不可能的
(B) 貧瘠的
(C) 演說

The boisterous, joyful scenes throughout the evening of April 1st outside the headquarters in Yangon of the National League for Democracy (NLD) said it all. Myanmar’s main opposition party was on course for a huge victory in the day’s historic by-elections. Every ten minutes or so news of yet another (A) unfeasibly good result would be posted up on a digital display screen facing the street, provoking even more ecstatic cheering from the huge crowd gathered outside. These were extraordinary scenes in a country that just over a year ago was a hushed and fearful military dictatorship.

今年4月1日當天傍晚，緬甸全國民主聯盟在仰光的總部外頭瀰漫著一股歡欣鼓舞景象。這個緬甸主要的反對黨正準備贏得這次選舉。有關選舉的新聞或是任何不可置信的好消息每10分鐘就會在面對街道的大型液晶看板上播放，都刺激外頭群聚的支持者發出狂喜的歡呼聲。這是相當意外的場景，特別是這個國家在一年前還處於軍政府的高壓統治。

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