"those cute monarchists, those silly people who are

"这些可爱的保皇派这些只看到王座
amazed at a throne," which is pretty much I think what I thought:

就吃惊的蠢人" 我最初也是这么想的
what an interesting phase in American history

历史真会开玩笑
when they were dazzled by a throne.

自由斗士也有被王权所倾倒的一天啊
Then, a couple of years ago I ended up being lucky enough to

直到几年前我曾有幸
have a Member of Parliament show me around the Houses of Parliament.

在一位议员的陪同下参观了英国国会大厦
And I was excited; it was pretty neat and I'm

我感到很兴奋那里非常整洁
being all American historian-ish,

我的表现非常有美国历史学家的风范
you know: "Oh, how similar, how interesting when you compare."

"比较下来多相似啊真有趣"
So I'm doing the geeky historian thing

就是那种历史考据控
and then this member of Parliament who's showing me around

而那位带我参观的议员
takes me in to what he describes to me as the robing chamber for the Queen,

领我到了女王的更衣室