Lastly, he entered the Houses of Parliament, and stood in the silent debating chamber of the Commons, breathing the stale air.

最后，他进入了国会大厦，站在国会下院寂静的辩论室里，呼吸着呆滞的空气。

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Politicians here have come to rely on mobile technology such as BlackBerrys so much that parliamentary authorities now allow their use in the House of Commons main debating chamber, albeit silently.

英国的政坛人物十分依赖黑莓等移动科技，因此议会机关目前允许在下院主辩论厅使用手机，不过要调为静音。

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The Senate's defenders argue that it works well as a revising chamber, applying greater thought and less partisanship to legislation than does the Commons.

参议院的捍卫者认为参议院作为一个修整中的议院运作良好，较之下议院运用更多的思想和更少的党派偏见。

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But she suspects this is in spite of raucousness in the Commons chamber rather than because of it.

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By tradition, MPs stayed in the Commons chamber, waiting to be summoned to hear the speech in the Lords by Black Rod.

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