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1·Congress has been in recess for weeks.

国会已休会数周。

2·Congress is in recess for the holiday season.

国会在假期期间正休会中。

3·Both the house and the senate are in recess all next week.

下周，众议院和参议院都将休会。

4·Senate staff were paid overtime even when the chamber was in recess.

即使在议会休会期间，议员们也照样有薪水。

5·Both Chambers are scheduled to be in recess for part of next week, to mark Veteran's Day.

为了纪念退伍军人节，下周两院都将安排休息一段时间。

6·Court was in recess and only the clerk and a young man in custody wearing handcuffs were in the courtroom.

法庭休庭了，只有一位员工，还有一位带着手铐拘留的小伙子在法院。

7·The House and Senate will be in recess next week, but negotiators for both Chambers are expected to reach a compromise on the legislation soon after lawmakers return in early June.

国会下星期休会，但预计在六月初参众两院复会后不久，两院的谈判人员将会很快就两院法案的不同版本达成妥协。

8·With MPs in recess for the summer, technocrats in the ministry have quietly been taking some cautious steps towards turning Iraq into the global hydrocarbon giant it says it wants to be.

国会议员还在暑休期间，石油部技术官僚不动声色地采取一些低调措施，要使伊拉克摇身一变成为他们梦想的全球能源大国。

9·Consider the potential perks of a career in teaching：a pet gerbil in your office, and a mandatory recess every day.

试想一下做老师的潜在特殊待遇：在办公室里养一只沙鼠做宠物，每天享受强制性的休息时间。

10·In the face of this accumulated wisdom, the question is why so many educators decided that it is acceptable to reduce or eliminate recess.

面对这些积累起来的智慧，问题是为什么这么多的教育工作者认为减少或取消课间休息是可以接受的。