A major fire ripped through South Africa's parliament complex in Cape Town.

南非开普敦议会大厦发生大火。

I didn't really see myself in the Houses of Parliament.

我真没想象过自己进入议会大厦。

Typically, they gather at their local state houses and award their electoral votes, in most cases to whoever gathered the most popular votes in their state.

通常情况下，他们会聚集在议会大厦投出自己选举人票。大多数情况下，谁在他们获得了最多普选票，谁就获得了他们选举人票。

I think of Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, The London Eye, the Houses of Parliament.

我想到了大本钟、白金汉宫、伦敦眼、议会大厦。

Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

之后向左转，前往议会大厦和大本钟。

He entered the Parliament flanked by ceremonial guards before taking the oath of office.

他走进议会大厦宣誓就职，两边是仪仗队成员。

Yes, he built the Houses of Parliament, or at least he finished them.

嗯，他还建了议会大厦，还是给建完了。

A savvy legislator, Hirono spent 13 years in the Hawaii statehouse, eight years as the state's lieutenant governor and six years in the U.S. House before winning her U.S. Senate race in 2012.

庆子已经是一名非常老练议员了，在2012年赢得参议员竞选之前，她曾在夏威夷议会大厦工作了13年，她先是了8年副长，又了6年众议院议员。

And there - what is going to happen is that they will take her coffin from the houses of Parliament by a state gun carriage over to Westminster Abbey, which is, of course, just across the street.

接下来，他们将会用一辆国家炮车把女王灵柩从议会大厦抬到威斯敏斯特，然，威斯敏斯特就在街对面。

It occurred to me only that their presence was magical, and that seeing them on the grassy wastelands around my council estate, as I stumbled home from parties and nightclubs, was everything I loved about being alive.

我只觉得它们存在是神奇，我从派对和夜总会跌跌撞撞回家时，看到它们在我议会大厦周围草上，这就是我热爱生活一切。

Not everyone, though - an angry and vocal minority resented what they viewed as intrusions on their personal liberty, including a group that marched on the state capitol with guns hanging effigies of her.

然而，并不是所有人都这样—一小部分人愤怒直言，怨恨认为这侵犯了他们个人自由，其中一群人拿着枪在议会大厦游行，上面挂着她肖像。

Top South California officials including senator Lindsey Graham and governor Nikki Haley had called for the Confederate flag to come down at the State Capitol in the wake of the deadly shooting in a historic black church.

为了哀悼黑人枪杀案死难者，包括参议员林赛·格雷厄姆以及长海利在内南加高层官员要求旗在议会大厦降半旗致哀。

They agreed to place her in a new job at the opposite end of the state Capitol from where the governor's office is located. She later left that job.

她们同意在长办公室所在议会大厦对面给她安排一份新工作。她后来辞去了那份工作。

In conservative Tennessee, protesters gathered at the state Capitol building to demand more gun laws after six people were killed at a religious elementary school last month.

在保守田纳西，抗议者聚集在议会大厦，要求出台更多枪支法律。上个月，一所宗小学发生枪击事件，造成6人死亡。

And Florida Senator Bill Nelson dropped to the floor of the Capitol and did 46 push-ups after losing a Stanley Cup wager to Illinois Senator Dick Durbin.

佛罗里达参议员比尔·尼尔森在议会大厦做了46个俯卧撑，之前他与伊利诺伊参议员迪克·德宾就斯坦利杯打赌，他赌输了。

Conservative Oregonians say the non-binding votes in the Central and Eastern counties are as much about sending a message to lawmakers in the state capitol.

保守俄勒冈人表示，中部和东部县非约束性投票，都是为了向议会大厦立法者传达一个信息。

Now the sand is reaching the walls of the main hospital and the state house, and both could be buried if it's not stopped.

现在沙子到达了主要医院和议会大厦墙壁，如果不阻止话，这两个方都可能被掩埋。

As the first female governor of South Carolina, Haley supported the removal of the Confederate battle flag at the state Capitol building.

作为南卡罗来纳首位女长，黑莉支持在议会大厦撤除“邦联旗”。

Records of internet activity in the Palace of Westminster show that monthly visits to YouTube have overtaken those to Parliament's information pages.

议会大厦网络活动记录显示，YouTube月访问量已经超过了议会信息网页。

Jump on the London Eye for fantastic views of the city then head over to see the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

跳上伦敦眼欣赏城市迷人景色，然后去参观议会大厦和大本钟。