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Some objected. In May they were given another year's breathing space.

有些州表示了反对，在今年5月国会决定给予这些州一年的时间去调整。

But then, Mrs Keen is the Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth, and one of the politicians most vilified over the parliamentary-expenses scandal.

她的丈夫Alan是邻区Feltham 和 Heston的一位工党国会议员。

Although Brentford is just eight miles from Westminster, Mrs Keen and her husband, Alan, who is MP for neighbouring Feltham and Heston, claimed for the cost of maintaining a second home close to Parliament.

尽管Brentford离Westminster仅仅8英里远，但是Keen太太和她丈夫Alan竟要求获赔在国会附近重新安家的费用。

If Constitution Square, the Parliament, and the Grande Bretagne are the heart of the new upscale Athens, then Omonia is the heart of the old.

如果说宪法广场、国会大厦和大不列颠饭店是新雅典繁荣发达的中心，那么Omonia 广场就是老城区的象征。

In recent weeks Mr Breton met some 200 parliamentarians for aboutone hour each to explain the merits of the deal.

最近几周Breton为解释这笔交易而会见了大约200位国会议员。

You must act fast to bring these transaction to a halt.

国会必须立即采取行动并停止这些活动。

But what I hope is that we can avoid the political posturing and ideological brinksmanship (=brinkmanship 边缘政策) that has bogged down this process, and Congress, in the past.

但是我希望我们不要搞可笑的政治作秀、搞边缘化，这种可耻的伎俩过去曾经使正常的投票进程受阻，甚至阻碍了国会的正常工作。

If GM misses the deadline—possible, given displays of reckless brinkmanship by the parties involved—or scrambles over the line but still needs more money to stay in business, it will be at the mercy of congressional Democrats who would like to make it an instrument of their environmental agenda.

如果通用公司没能在最终期限前达到要求——它可能面临多方采取的不计后果的边缘政策——或者在破产边缘徘徊，但仍旧需要更多的资金才能维持运营，这样国会里的民主党人将掌握它的命运，并以此推进他们的环境问题议程。

The first broadcast of an official presidential address occurred when President Calvin Coolidge gave his second annual address to Congress.

在总统的正式报告中首次播出时发生了总统卡尔文柯立芝他的第二次年度报告中向国会。

President Assad spoke to the parliament in Damascus, in a rare address broadcast widely across the Middle East.

阿萨德总统在大马士革对国会发表了讲话，这次讲话十分罕见地向整个中东地区广播。

The X-ray diffract was used to analyze the crystal structure of the composite. Results show that after the talc was treated with blend coupling agent, the crystal structure of talc changed, and effect Intercalation phenomenon.

通过X射线衍射分析可知，用混合偶联剂对滑石粉进行预处理后，滑石粉晶体结构发生改变，产生了插层现象，使PP／滑石粉复合材料为纳米复合材料。

An authentic Maui wedding might require the services of a 'kahu', which is a Hawaiian minister.

毛伊可能需要一个真实婚礼服务'kahu'，这是夏威夷部长。