1·By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.
游说者声称，如果在未来二、三十年内，每天从该保护区开采100多万桶石油，美国可以减少相当于其出口石油总量的石油进口量。
2·While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists, made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.
尽管市议会的投票在议会大厅里赢得了掌声，但这项措施的反对者，包括苏打水游说者，提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺将在法庭上对这项税收提出质疑。
3·The voters don't always agree with him but they really like the way he stands on his own feet and makes his own decisions on which way to vote, regardless of pressures from all the lobbyists.
选民们不一定都同意他的观点，但是他们倒很欣赏他在对各种提案投票时的那种独立自主精神。 不管那些游说者给他施加多大压力，他都按自己的决定投票。
4·Lord Moonie said he had an "informal conversation" about advising the lobbyists, but had not signed any contract.
穆尼议员说，他有过一个“不正式的交谈”关于游说者的建议，不过没有签署任何合同。
5·A former businessman, he is chummy with lobbyists: he was once spotted on the House floor handing out cheques from a tobacco-industry group to other members.
曾经做过商人的他对游说者非常友好：有一次他曾坐在国会的地板上把一个烟草业游说团体的支票分发给其他议员。