别的: else, other...
软: soft...
称作: to be called, to be known as...
疏通: to unblock, to dredge, to clear the way, to get things flowing, to facilitate, to mediate, to lobby, to explicate (a text)...
遮挡: to shelter, to shelter from...
范围: range, scope, limit, extent...
漫长: very long, endless...
议员: member (of a legislative body), representative...
联手: to join hands, to act together...
普通话: Mandarin (common language), Putonghua (common speech of the Chinese language), ordinary speech...