1、2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊18（含翻译与重点词汇短语注解）How many U.S.Senatorsare there?Answer:One hundred (100)Explanation:The government of the United States was founded (or created) on the idea that the people who live in a country should be able toparticipate inthe government. However, more than three hundred millio
2、n people live in the United States.It would bevirtually(or almost) impossible to get all of those people to meet together and make decisions as such a large group.That is why the U.S. government is based ona system of representation, with a few people voting and making decisions for larger groups of
3、 people.This representation is in two parts:the Senateandthe House of Representatives.The Senate has only 100representativesand they are calledsenators.These senators represent the three hundred million people who live in the United States. This is a big job!Two senators are elected (or chosen) from
4、 each state, no matter how many people live in each state.This gives all fifty states equal representation.When people want to participate in their government, they should contact (or speak with or write to) their senators and other representatives.Each of the senators has only one vote, so one sena
5、tor is not more powerful than another senator.However, there are some special roles (or positions) in the Senate.For example, the vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate, but can vote only tobreak a tie, which is when an equal number of senators votefor and againstsomethin
6、g. The senators also elect apresidentpro temwho acts as the president of the Senate when the vice president of the United States cannot participate.Apolitical partyis a group of people who have the same political beliefs and belong to the same political organization.In the U.S., there are currently
7、two major political parties:the Democratsandthe Republicans.In the Senate, each political party elects a leader.The leader of the party with the most number of senators is known as themajority leaderand the leader for the party with fewer senators is called theminority leader.These people are someti
8、mes called thefloor leaders. They are thespokespeople, or the people who represent the political party in public.翻译和笔记How many U.S. Senators are there?美国有多少名参议员？ senator/sent/n. 参议员Answer:One hundred100名Explanation:The government of the United States was founded (or created) on the idea that the peo
9、ple who live in a country should be able toparticipate inthegovernment. However, more than three hundred million people live in the United States.It would bevirtually(or almost) impossible to get all of those people to meet together and make decisions as such a large group.That is why the U.S. gover
10、nment is based ona system of representation, with a few people voting and making decisions for larger groups of people.This representation is in two parts:the Senateandthe House of Representatives.美国政府是建立在这样的构想之上的那就是国民能够参与到政府事务中来。然而，美国有三亿多人口。把所有这些人都召集在一起、让如此大的群体来作决定几乎是不可能的。因此美国政府是建立在代议制基础之上的，也就是由少数人
11、代替多数人进行选举和决策。这样的代表分为两个部分：参议院和众议院。 virtually/vtli/ adv 差不多；实质上；实际上used for emphasizing that a statement is almost completely truevirtually impossible/certain/unknownItsvirtually impossibleto convince him to eat vegetables.要说服他吃蔬菜几乎是不可能的。 a system of representation代议制 the Senate参议院 the House of Repres
12、entatives众议院The Senate has only 100representativesand they are calledsenators.These senators represent the three hundred million people who live in the United States. This is a big job!Two senators are elected (or chosen) from each state, no matter how many people live in each state.This gives all f
13、ifty states equal representation.参议院只有100名代表，他们被称为参议员。这些参议员代表着三亿美国人民。所以，这是一个任重而道远的工作！不管每个州有多少人口，它都选出两名参议员。这就给予了所有50个州平等的代表权。 representative/reprzenttv/n. 代表an electedrepresentativeof the people 民选代表When people want to participate in their government, they should contact (or speak with or write to) t
14、heir senators and other representatives.Each of the senators has only one vote, so one senator is not more powerful than another senator.However, there are some special roles (or positions) in the Senate.For example, the vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate, but can vot
15、e only tobreak a tie, which is when an equal number of senators votefor and againstsomething. The senators also elect apresidentpro temwho acts as the president of the Senate when the vice president of the United States cannot participate.当人们想要参与到政府事务中来的时候，就应该联系（与之交谈或写信）他们的参议员和其他代表。每个参议员都只能投一票，因此一个参
16、议员的权力不会比其他参议员的权力更大。但是，参议院中有一些特殊的职位。比如，美国副总统是参议院主席，但其只能投打破僵局的票，也就是在正反双方表决结果平手的时候。当美国副总统不在场时，参议员也可以选出参议院临时主席代行主席职务。 tie平局；平分；相同的票数a result of a game or competition in which each person or team has the same number of points, votes etcThe game finished in atie.比赛以平局结束。 pro tem/prtem/暂时的，临时的happening or
17、existing now, but only for a short timethepresident pro temof the Senate 参议院临时议长Apolitical partyis a group of people who have the same political beliefs and belong to the same political organization.In the U.S., there are currently two major political parties:the Democratsandthe Republicans.In the S
18、enate, each political party elects a leader.The leader of the party with the most number of senators is known asthe majority leaderand the leader for the party with fewer senators is calledthe minority leader.These people are sometimes called thefloor leaders. They are thespokespeople, or the people
19、 who represent the political party in public.政党就是一群有着相同政治信仰并属于相同政治组织的人。美国目前有两大政党：民主党和共和党。在参议院里，每个政党选出一名领导。担任院内多数席位政党的参议员被称为多数党领袖，担任院内少数席位政党的参议员被称为少数党领袖，这些人有时又被称为议席领袖。他们是其政党的发言人，或者说他们是党对外的代表。 political party政党 the Democrats民主党 the Republicans共和党 the majority leader多数党领袖 the minority leader少数党领袖 floor leaders议会中的政党领袖;议席领袖 spokespeople/spuksp:sn/n. 众发言人,众代言人
