II.Parliament
議會
1.The United Kingdom is a unitary, not a federal, state. Parliament consists of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
英國是中央集權國家，而不是聯邦制國家。議會由君主，上議院和下議院組成。
2.The main functions of Parliament are: (1) to pass laws; (2) to provide, by voting for taxation, the means of carrying on the work of government; (3) to examine government Policy and administrations, including proposal for expenditure; and (4) to debate the major issues of the day.
議會的主要作用是：（1）通過立法；（2）投票批準稅為政府工作提供資金；（3）檢查政府政策和行政管理，包括撥款提議；（4）當天的議題辯論。
3.The House of Lords is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. The main function of the House of Lords is to bring the wide experience of its members into the process of lawmaking. In other words, the non-elected House is to act as a chamber of revision, complementing but not rivaling the elect House.
貴族院（上議院）由神職貴族和世俗貴族組成。它的主要作用是用議員的豐富經驗幫助立法。換而言之，非選舉的上議院是修正議院，補充而非反對由選舉產生的下議院。
4.The House of Common is elected by universal adult suffrage and consists of 651 Members of Parliament (MPs). It is in the House of Commons that the ultimate authority.
下議院（平民院）由成人普選產生，由651名議員組成。下議院擁有最終立法權。
5.Britain is divided 651 constituencies. Each of the constituencies returns one member to the House of Commons. A general Election must be held every five years and is often held at more frequent intervals.
英國被劃分為651個選區(qū)，每個選區(qū)選一名下議院議員。大選必須五年舉行一次，但經常不到五年就進行一次選舉。
6.Britain has a number of parties, but there are only two major parties. These two parties are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. Since 1945, either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party has held power. The party which wins sufficient seats at a General Election to command a majority of Government. The leader of the majority party is appointed Prime Minister. The party which wins the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition, with its own leader and "shadow cabinet ". The rule of Opposition is to help the formulation of policy. Criticizes the Government and debate with the Government.
英國有很多政黨，但有兩個主要的政黨-保守黨和工黨。從1945年以來，兩黨一直輪流執(zhí)政，在大選中獲多數議席因而在下議院擁有多數支持者的政黨組建政府，多數黨領袖由君主任命為首相。獲得第二多數議席的政黨則正式成為"*"，有自己的領袖和影子內閣。*的目的是幫助制定政策，它可以經常給政府提出批評性的建議和修正議案
議會
1.The United Kingdom is a unitary, not a federal, state. Parliament consists of the Sovereign, the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
英國是中央集權國家，而不是聯邦制國家。議會由君主，上議院和下議院組成。
2.The main functions of Parliament are: (1) to pass laws; (2) to provide, by voting for taxation, the means of carrying on the work of government; (3) to examine government Policy and administrations, including proposal for expenditure; and (4) to debate the major issues of the day.
議會的主要作用是：（1）通過立法；（2）投票批準稅為政府工作提供資金；（3）檢查政府政策和行政管理，包括撥款提議；（4）當天的議題辯論。
3.The House of Lords is made up of the Lords Spiritual and the Lords Temporal. The main function of the House of Lords is to bring the wide experience of its members into the process of lawmaking. In other words, the non-elected House is to act as a chamber of revision, complementing but not rivaling the elect House.
貴族院（上議院）由神職貴族和世俗貴族組成。它的主要作用是用議員的豐富經驗幫助立法。換而言之，非選舉的上議院是修正議院，補充而非反對由選舉產生的下議院。
4.The House of Common is elected by universal adult suffrage and consists of 651 Members of Parliament (MPs). It is in the House of Commons that the ultimate authority.
下議院（平民院）由成人普選產生，由651名議員組成。下議院擁有最終立法權。
5.Britain is divided 651 constituencies. Each of the constituencies returns one member to the House of Commons. A general Election must be held every five years and is often held at more frequent intervals.
英國被劃分為651個選區(qū)，每個選區(qū)選一名下議院議員。大選必須五年舉行一次，但經常不到五年就進行一次選舉。
6.Britain has a number of parties, but there are only two major parties. These two parties are the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. Since 1945, either the Conservative Party or the Labour Party has held power. The party which wins sufficient seats at a General Election to command a majority of Government. The leader of the majority party is appointed Prime Minister. The party which wins the second largest number of seats becomes the Official Opposition, with its own leader and "shadow cabinet ". The rule of Opposition is to help the formulation of policy. Criticizes the Government and debate with the Government.
英國有很多政黨，但有兩個主要的政黨-保守黨和工黨。從1945年以來，兩黨一直輪流執(zhí)政，在大選中獲多數議席因而在下議院擁有多數支持者的政黨組建政府，多數黨領袖由君主任命為首相。獲得第二多數議席的政黨則正式成為"*"，有自己的領袖和影子內閣。*的目的是幫助制定政策，它可以經常給政府提出批評性的建議和修正議案