The US House of Representatives on Thursday approved a pair of gun control bills as Democrats seized upon a shifting political landscape that they said improved chances for enacting new laws.

美國眾議院週四準許了兩項槍支管制法案，因為民主黨人抓住了政治格局的變化，他們說這改善了制定新法律的機會。

After years of failed attempts.

經過多年的嘗試失敗後。

The first measure passed the House 227 to 203 with support from eight Republicans.

在8名共和黨人的支持下，第一項措施以227票對203票通過了眾議院。

It would close a longstanding loophole in gun laws by expanding background checks to those purchasing weapons over the Internet, at gun shows and through certain private transactions.

它將通過擴大對那些通過互聯網、槍展和某些私人交易購買武器的人的背景調查來填補槍支法律中的一個長期漏洞。

The bill is passed.

該法案獲得通過。

The second bill passed 219 to 210 with two Republicans supporting it.

第二項法案在兩名共和黨人的支持下，以219比210通過。

It would give authorities 10 business days for federal background checks to be completed before a gun sale can be licensed.

它將給當局10個工作日的時間，讓聯邦背景調查在槍支銷售前完成，然後才能獲得許可。

Currently, it's three days.

目前，是三天。

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said bipartisan support for the bills would lead the drumbeat of change across America.

眾議院議長南希-佩洛西表示，兩黨對這些法案的支持將引領全美變革的鼓點。

If you're afraid to vote for gun violence prevention because of your political survival, understand this.

如果你因為政治生存而不敢投預防槍支暴力的票，請明白這一點。

The political survival of none of us is more important than the survival of our Children.

我們任何人的政治生存都不比我們孩子的生存更重要。

Republicans opposing the bills argued that the legislation would not make streets safer and would infringe upon the constitutional right to bear arms.

反對法案的共和黨人認為，立法不會讓街道更安全，會侵犯憲法規定的持槍權。

President Joe Biden is a supporter of expanded gun control measures, but the legislation will face a tougher battle in the U.

總統喬-拜登是擴大槍支管制措施的支持者，但該立法在美國將面臨更艱難的戰鬥。

S Senate, where Democrats and Republicans are split 50 50.

S參議院，民主黨和共和黨各佔50%。

The Bills would likely need 60 votes to pass.

該法案很可能需要60票才能通過。

Many Democrats want to go even further than Thursday's measures by banning sales of some high capacity, military style rifles that can fire ammunition rapidly.

許多民主黨人希望比周四的措施更進一步，禁止銷售一些高容量、能快速發射彈藥的軍用式步槍。