1. Big Ben's movement has caused cracks in the walls of other parts of the House of Commons, including corridors where ministers have their offices. 大本钟的运动造成了下议院其它部分墙面出现裂纹,其中包括大臣办公室的走廊墙面。
2. The commons is next to the gym. 学生公共食堂在体育馆的旁边。
3. They both sat as MPs in the House of Commons. 他们两人都曾是下议院议员。
4. If everyone lets their goats graze in the commons, it turns into a devastated wasteland with no grass left for anyone. 如果每个人都让他们的山羊在共有地吃草,那么最终草地会被破坏变成一个荒地,没有草留给任何人。
5. "We've got a societal debate going on about access to our public commons, as it were, about famous faces," says Lilian Edwards at Newcastle University. 纽卡斯尔大学的莉莉安·爱德华兹说:“我们就公众使用权展开了一场社会辩论,就比如名人肖像方面的讨论。”