英國大本鐘或將更名爲"伊麗莎白塔"

A campaign to rename the tower housing Big Ben after the Queen has received the backing of the majority of MPs.

日前，一項將大本鐘以女王的名字重命名的運動得到了大多數國會議員的支持。

More than half have signed up to the proposal to name the iconic east tower of the Palace of Westminster the Elizabeth Tower.

超過半數的國會議員已經簽字同意了這項將溫斯特敏斯特宮（英國國會所在地）標誌性的東塔改名爲“伊麗莎白塔”的提議。

Conservative Tobias Ellwood's motion is backed by all three main party leaders and comes as Britain prepares to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

這項提案在慶祝女王登基60週年之際由保守黨議員Tobias Ellwood提出，目前已經得到了三個主要黨派領導人的支持。

He said the clock tower should be formally named in honour of the Queen, in recognition of 60 years' of unbroken public service for her country.

Tobias Ellwood認爲，這座鐘塔應該正式以女王的名字來命名，以報答她60年來爲了這個國家盡職盡責，從不間斷。

At present the famous central London landmark is described by the Palace of Westminster as the Clock Tower.

目前，這座倫敦中心的地標性建築僅被國會議員們簡單地稱爲“鐘塔”。

When the Palace of Westminster was rebuilt in 1860, the west tower, then known as the King's Tower, was renamed the Victoria Tower to commemorate the long reign of Queen is the only other monarch to complete 60 years on the throne.

溫斯特敏斯特宮於1860年重建時，建築的西塔（當時被稱爲國王塔）被重命名爲“維多利亞塔”，以紀念維多利亞女王長久的統治。而維多利亞女王是伊麗莎白女王之外唯一一位曾在位超過60年的英國君王。