Spaniards will head to the polls on 29 November – months before schedule – after the country’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, announced a snap general election on Monday morning.(西班牙将于11月29日提前举行大选，此前社会党首相桑切斯于周一上午宣布提前大选。) The vote, which will be Spain’s fifth general election in 10 years, is likely to be dominated(主导，支配) by growing anger over(对……日益增长的愤怒) the housing crisis.
西班牙将于11月29日提前举行大选——比原定时间提前数月——此前该国社会党首相佩德罗·桑切斯于周一上午宣布提前举行大选。这将是西班牙十年内第五次大选，预计住房危机引发的日益高涨的民愤将成为主导议题。
Why has Sánchez called the snap general election?
桑切斯为何宣布提前大选？
Although the next general election was due to be held sometime before the end of next summer, Sánchez has decided to gamble by bringing it forward in the hope that widespread anger over Spain’s housing crisis could work to his advantage and allow him to shore up his fragile mandate.(尽管下届大选原定于明年夏天结束前举行，桑切斯仍决定赌一把，将选举提前，希望民众对住房危机的普遍愤怒能对他有利，让他得以巩固脆弱的执政授权。)
尽管下届大选原定于明年夏天结束前举行，桑切斯仍决定赌一把，将选举提前，希望民众对西班牙住房危机的普遍愤怒能对他有利，让他得以巩固脆弱的执政授权。
The eviction last month of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman who was removed from the home in Madrid where she had lived for 70 years, unleashed huge protests.(上个月，87岁的玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔被逐出她住了70年的马德里住所，引发了大规模抗议。) Sánchez’s minority coalition government(少数派联合政府) responded by putting together emergency measures that were put before congress at the end of last week. Despite the evident strength of public feeling, the conservative People’s party (PP), the far-right Vox(西班牙极右翼政党) party and the rightwing, pro-independence Catalan party Junts(加泰罗尼亚独立派政党) voted down(投票否决) the measures, infuriating(激怒的) housing campaigners and many ordinary Spaniards.
上个月，87岁的玛丽卡门·阿巴斯卡尔被逐出她住了70年的马德里住所，引发了大规模抗议。桑切斯领导的少数派联合政府随即推出紧急措施，并于上周提交议会。尽管民意显然强烈，保守派人民党、极右翼Vox党以及右翼加泰罗尼亚独立派政党Junts仍投票否决了这些措施，激怒了住房维权人士和许多普通西班牙人。
How are the polls looking?
民调情况如何？
What would such a coalition mean for Spanish politics?
这样的联合政府对西班牙政治意味着什么？
It sounds like quite a gamble, then. Why is Sánchez prepared to risk the early election?
听起来这确实是一场豪赌。桑切斯为何愿意冒险提前大选？
What happens now?
接下来会发生什么？