Britain's exit, or Brexit, from one of the world's most powerful trading blocs

英國脫離歐盟，簡稱脫歐

will happen if Brits vote to leave in a national referendum on June 23

若英國人以於6月23日舉行的全民公投表示希望脫歐，英國將離開極為強大的貿易聯盟

Polls show the Brexit vote could go either way

民調指出脫歐與否皆有可能發生

So here's how we got to the situation

我們是這樣走到這步的

The camp that wants to leave the EU are the so-called Euroskeptics

想要脫離歐盟的陣營叫做歐洲懷疑主義者

They kept the UK from adopting the Euro

他們在歐元開始發行時

when it was launched in 1999

阻止英國使用歐元

Nowadays, they're more worried about the surge of immigration

現在，他們比較擔憂遷入英國的移民潮

The UK gets about 500 people added to its population every day

英國人口一天增加約500人

Since EU citizens have the freedom to live in any country they choose

由於歐盟公民能隨心所欲居住在任何（歐盟）國家

leaving the bloc is the only sure way to stem the flow of people

離開歐盟是唯一能有效阻斷移民潮的辦法

Arguing "stay in" is Prime Minister David Cameron

希望留在歐盟的是首相大衛·卡麥隆

He negotiated new terms to the UK's EU membership

他重新與歐盟談判英國入盟條款

including some reassurances for London's financial industry

包括一些對倫敦金融業的保障

and the right to restrict welfare payments to migrants

以及限制發放給移民福利金的權利

He says a breakup would be an economic disaster

他指出脫歐會促使一場經濟大災難的爆發

Europe accounts for nearly half of the UK exports

歐洲佔英國出口將近一半

and he says a Brexit would create a decade of uncertainty

他認為英國出走歐盟會造成

for financial markets, investments, and the wider economy

金融市場、投資、以及更廣層面的經濟長達十年的不確定性

The debate is whiplashing markets

這場爭議重挫市場

and send the pound tumbling

使得英鎊大跌

Now, here's the argument

目前的爭點是

Those pushing for a Brexit say the EU has morphed from a free trade zone

希望脫歐的陣營認為歐盟已從自由貿易區演變成

into a super state that's eating away Britain's national sovereignty

削弱英國主權的超國家

The vote will likely come down to two issues

公投到最後應會圍繞著兩個議題

The economic risks of an exit versus concern about a flow of immigrants

脫歐帶來的經濟風險，以及

that can't be stopped

對於無法抵抗的移民潮的擔憂

Whichever way the vote goes

無論公投結果如何

Britain's long love-hate relationship with the EU

英國以及歐盟長久以來的愛恨情仇

will rumble on

將持續進行下去