83．In the 18th and 19th centuries, the lords had far more influence than it has today and the commons were also really gentry on the edge of aristocracy.

18世紀(jì)和19世紀(jì)，上議院比今日的影響大的多，并且下議院處于貴族的邊緣上，也相當(dāng)“貴氣”。

84．The chartist movement was, however, the first nationwide working class movement and drew attention to serious problems.

憲章運動是第一次全國范圍的工人運動，引起了對許多嚴重問題的關(guān)注。

85．In 1900, representatives of the trade unions, the ILP, and a number of socialist societies set up the labour representation for the general which changed its name to the labour party in time for the general election for 1906.

1900年，工會代表，獨立工黨和許多小型社會主義社團一起成立叻工人代表委員會。1906年的大選迫使工人代表委員會及時更名為工黨。

86．English colonial expansion began with the colonization of Newfoundland in 1583. By 1900 Britain had built up a big empire, "on which the sun never set".

英國殖民擴張始于1583年紐芬蘭的殖民化，到1900年，英國已經(jīng)建立了“太陽永不落”的大英帝國。

87．During world warⅠ， Britain lost over a million people, most of them under age of 25.

一戰(zhàn)中英國死亡100多萬人口，大多數(shù)為25歲以下的年輕人。

88．Chamberlain was not the man to lead his country in such a crisis, Winston Churchill, his first lord of admiralty took over as Prime Minster in 1940.

張伯倫在危急關(guān)頭不能領(lǐng)導(dǎo)國家，因此他的首相溫斯頓。邱吉爾于1940年接替首相職位。

89．In January, 1973, Britain finally became a member of the Europe Economic Community, which was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957.

1973年1月，英國只能終于成為歐洲經(jīng)濟共同體的正式成員國，共同體是根據(jù)1957年的《羅馬條例》成立的。

90．The election of 1979 returned the conservative party to power and Margaret Chatcher became the first woman prime minister in Britain.

1979年的選舉令保守黨再次上臺，瑪格麗特，撒切爾成為英國首位女首相。