1、2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊20（含翻译与重点词汇短语注解）Who is one of your states U.S. Senators?Answer:Answers will vary. (For District of Columbia residents and residents ofU.S.territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.)Explanation:If you are walking outdoor
2、s in the United States, especially in front of a university, library, or public building, dont be too surprised (or shocked) if you are asked toparticipate inaletter-writing campaignto your U.S. Senator.American citizens who are unhappy about something that the government is doing can communicate (o
3、r speak) with their representatives, which include senators from their state.Aletter-writing campaignisan attempt toget many people to write to their senator on a single topic.For organizations, writing letters tosenatorsor other representatives is an effective way to doadvocacy(or to show what they
4、 think and to tell the government how things should be done).Whenthe Senateis going to vote on an important topic,someadvocacy groupsstart aletter-writing campaignto show that the issue is important and to try to get a senator to vote a certain way.When asenatorreceives many letters from his or herc
5、onstituency(or the people who live in an area that the senator represents),then the senator knows that the topic is important for many of the people who elected him or her.This information might help the senator decide to vote a certain way.Sometimes the people who organizeletter-writing campaignsha
6、vepre-printed(or already written) letters that people can just sign (or write ones name) and send to the senators office.Other organizationsrequest(or ask) that people write their own letter.This is more effective than apre-printedletter,because it shows the senator that that person cares enough abo
7、ut the topic totake the time towrite a letter about it.Sometimes people also call their senators office when theyhave strong feelings abouta topic.If you are a citizen of the United States and you want to find out who your senator is and to get his or hercontact information, such as their address, t
8、elephone number, or email address,you can go to the official website for the U.S. Senate and look at the list of senators representing all 50 states.翻译和笔记Who is one of your states U.S. Senators?你们州的一位参议员是谁？Answer:Answers will vary. (For District of Columbia residents and residents ofU.S.territories,
9、 the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.)答案依所在州不同而异。（对于住在哥伦比亚特区和未成立州府之属土的居民来说，答案是哥伦比亚特区（或应试居民所在领地）没有美国参议员。） U.S.territories美国领土是指美国行政区划的一种分类，其领土由美国政府管理但不属于美国任何一个州。Explanation:If you are walking outdoors in the United States, especially in front of a
10、 university, library, or public building, dont be too surprised (or shocked) if you are asked toparticipate inaletter-writing campaignto your U.S. Senator.American citizens who are unhappy about something that the government is doing can communicate (or speak) with theirrepresentatives, which includ
11、e senators from their state.如果你正在美国户外散步，尤其是在大学、图书馆或公共建筑附近，要是你被邀请参与投书给你的美国参议员的运动，千万不要过于惊讶。对政府的所作所为不满的美国公民可以与他们的代表沟通，这样的代表就包括他们州的参议员。Aletter-writing campaignisan attempt toget many people to write to their senator on a single topic.For organizations, writing letters tosenatorsor other representatives
12、is an effective way to doadvocacy(or to show what they think and to tell the government how things should be done).Whenthe Senateis going to vote on an important topic,someadvocacy groupsstart a letter-writing campaign to show that the issue is important and to try to get a senator to vote a certain
13、 way.投书运动就是让更多的人就某一议题写信给他们的参议员。就组织而言，写信给参议员或其他代表是一种有效的游说（表明他们的想法，告诉政府事情该如何去做）方式。当参议员要对某一重要议题进行投票时，一些游说团体会发起投书运动来表明该问题很重要并试图获得参议员的投票。 advocacy/dvks/ n.public support for a course of action or way of doing things支持，拥护，提倡 the Senate参议院 advocacy group拥护组织，倡导团a group of people who work to support an issu
14、e or protect and defend a group of peopleWhen asenatorreceives many letters from his or herconstituency(or the people who live in an area that the senator represents),then the senator knows that the topic is important for many of the people who elected him or her.This information might help the sena
15、tor decide to vote a certain way.Sometimes the people who organizeletter-writing campaignshavepre-printed(or already written) letters that people can just sign (or write ones name) and send to the senators office.Other organizationsrequest(or ask) that people write their own letter.This is more effe
16、ctive than apre-printedletter,because it shows the senator that that person cares enough about the topic totake the time towrite a letter about it.Sometimes people also call their senators office when theyhave strong feelings abouta topic.当参议员收到许多来自他或她选民（或者是说生活在参议员所代表的地区的居民）的书信时，参议员就会知道这个议题对很多选举他或她的
17、人来说是非常重要的。这样的信息有助于参议员下定投票的决心。有时候，组织投书运动的人会预先印好人们可以直接在上面签名的书信，然后送至参议员办公室。其它组织会要求人们亲自写信。这比预先印好书信的方式更有效率。因为它向参议员表明这个人足够关心该议题，愿意花时间写关于该议题的信。有时候，当人们非常关心某个议题时，他们还会给他们参议员的办公室打电话。 senator/sent/n. 参议员 pre-printedadj. 预先印好的 constituency/knsttjns/选区的全体选民the people who live and vote in a particular areaIf you a
18、re a citizen of the United States and you want to find out who your senator is and to get his or hercontact information, such as their address, telephone number, or email address,you can go to the official website for the U.S. Senate and look at the list of senators representing all 50 states.如果你是美国公民，你想知道你的参议员是谁和他或她的联系信息，例如他们的地址、电话号码或电子邮件地址,你可以去美国参议院官网查看代表所有50个州的参议员名单。 contact information联系方式
