1、2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊17（含翻译与重点词汇短语注解）What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?Answer:The Senate and House (of Representatives)Explanation:In the United States, the wordCongressis used torefer to(or talk about) thelegislative(or lawmaking) part of American government.Most people know this meaning o
2、f the word.But did you know that there is another meaning of the wordcongress?Congress also means a meeting oflegislators(or the people who make laws).In the U.S. government, you will hear both meanings of this word used.In fact, a new congressmeaning a new meetingstarts every two years.The first co
3、ngress was held in 1774.The current congress, then, is the 110th Congress, which firstconvened(or met) on January 4, 2007.When the first congress was held in 1774, Congress was stillunicameral, meaning that it had only one part or group of legislators.However, the leaders of the country very quickly
4、 realized (or noticed) that the new American government was not very efficient (or didnt do things very quickly or very well), so they wanted to change the system.One of the majordisputes(or disagreements) about Congress was how the 50 states would be represented in thefederal(or national) governmen
5、t.People from small states thought that each state should be represented equally (or in the same way).People from large states thought that states with a higherpopulation(or more people living there) should have more power to make decisions.Thesolution(or the way to fix the problem) was to write a n
6、ewconstitution(ordocumentthat creates the government for a country) and make the Congress becomebicameral(or with two parts).How does abicameralCongress allow people in large and small states to have better representation?The answer is in how the Congress works.The two parts of the Congress arethe S
7、enateandthe House of Representatives.The Senate has equal representation, which means that each state has two representatives.The House of Representatives is different: larger states have more representatives and smaller states have fewer.The Senate and the House of Representatives have to work toge
8、ther to make new laws.This way,neitherbignorsmall states have more power than other states.With this solution, both sides of the dispute were satisfied (or pleased).翻译和笔记What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?美国国会的两个部分是？Answer:The Senate and House (of Representatives)参议院和众议院 the senate/snt/n. 参
9、议院 the House of Representatives众议院Explanation:In the United States, the wordCongressis used torefer to(or talk about) thelegislative(or lawmaking) part of American government.Most people know this meaning of the word.But did you know that there is another meaning of the wordcongress?Congress also me
10、ans a meeting oflegislators(or the people who make laws).In the U.S. government, you will hear both meanings of this word used.在美国，“国会”一词是用来指美国政府的立法机构。大多数人都知道这个词的这层含义。但你知道“国会”这个词的另外一层含义吗？国会还有议员会议的意思（或者说是制定法律的人）。在美国政府中，你会听到这个词的两种意思都在使用。 congress国会 congress/kgres/（政党的）大会a large meeting of members of a
11、 political groupHis resignation came on the final day of the partycongress.他的辞呈是在该党集会的最后一天上交的。 refer to指的是 legislative/ldsletv/adj. 立法的 legislator/ldslet/n. 立法委员;议员;立法者In fact, a new congressmeaning a new meetingstarts every two years.The first congress was held in 1774.The current congress, then, i
12、s the 110th Congress, which firstconvened(or met) on January 4, 2007.When the first congress was held in 1774, Congress was stillunicameral, meaning that it had only one part or group of legislators.However, the leaders of the country very quickly realized (or noticed) that the new American governme
13、nt was not very efficient (or didnt do things very quickly or very well), so they wanted to change the system.事实上，新的国会意思是新的会议每两年召开一次。第一届国会在1774年召开。当前的国会，也就是第110届国会，它首次在2007年1月4号召开。1774年第一届国会召开时，国会仍然是单院制，意思是它只有一部分或一组立法者。但是，美国国家领导人很快就意识到，新政府的效率低下，因此他们打算改变这种制度。 convene/knvin/召集（会议）；集合开会to arrange a for
14、mal meeting , or to gather for a meeting unicameral/junkmrl/（立法机构）一院制的(of a legislative body) having a single legislative chamberOne of the majordisputes(or disagreements) about Congress was how the 50 states would be represented in thefederal(or national) government.People from small states thought
15、 that each state should be represented equally (or in the same way).People from large states thought that states with a higherpopulation(or more people living there) should have more power to make decisions.Thesolution(or the way to fix the problem) was to write a newconstitution(ordocumentthat crea
16、tes the government for a country) and make the Congress becomebicameral(or with two parts).关于国会的主要争端之一就是如何让联邦政府代表50个州。小州的人认为每个州都应该平等地代表这个国家。大州的人认为人口数量更大的州应该拥有更多的决定权。该问题的解决方法就是撰写新宪法（或者说是一个国家创建政府的法律文件），让国会变成两院制。 dispute/dspjut/争论，辩论；争端，纠纷a serious argument or disagreement federal/fdrl/adj.联邦政府的 consti
17、tution/knsttju()n/n. 宪法 bicameral/bakmrl/adj. 有两个议会的How does abicameralCongress allow people in large and small states to have better representation?The answer is in how the Congress works.The two parts of the Congress arethe Senateandthe House of Representatives.The Senate has equal representation,
18、 which means that each state has two representatives.The House of Representatives is different: larger states have more representatives and smaller states have fewer.The Senate and the House of Representatives have to work together to make new laws.This way,neitherbignorsmall states have more power than other states.With this solution, both sides of the dispute were satisfied (or pleased).两院制国会如何让大小州的人的代表性更强呢？答案就在国会的运作方式中。国会的两个部分分别是参议院和众议院。参议院有相同数量的代表，也就是说每个州都有两个参议员。众议院的代表数量是不相同的：大州的代表更多，小州的代表更少。参众两院必须共同制定新法律。这样的话，无论是大州还是小州都不会比其他州的权力更大。由于这个解决方案，两边的争端都得到了满意的解决。
