2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊[22]美国众议员的任期是几年？（含注解与翻译）.docx

1、2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊22（含翻译与重点词汇短语注解）全文速览We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?Answer:TwoExplanation:In most jobs, if you do your work well, you cancontinue workingthere almost as long as you like.In general, this is a good thing, but some people think that the United States Congress shou

2、ld be different.When weelect(or choose) aU.S. Representative, he or she works as a representative for only two years.Thisis known ashis or herterm, or thelengthof time that a person works in a public position.Once those two years have ended, if he or she wants tocontinue to workas a representative,

3、he or she can bereelectedfor another two years.This can continueindefinitely(or forever or without end).Some people think that this is a good idea, because it lets us reward representatives who do their work well by allowing them to continue to represent us.But other people believe that there should

4、 be aterm limit, which would be amaximumnumber of times that a representative can be reelected for two-year terms.The U.S. President, for example, has aterm limitand can be president for only two four-year terms, fora total ofeight years.The people whoadvocate for(or arein favor of) term limits beli

5、eve that this would let more peopleparticipate inthe House of Representatives,bringing new ideas and enthusiasm (or interest and desire to do something) to their work.Americans have debated (or argued for and against) term limits for many years, but there is still no agreement.In 2003, a popular new

6、spaper called the Wall Street Journalconducted(or carried out) a study about term limits and found that 2/3 of all Americans would like to haveterm limitsin Congress.Because term limits are such a popular idea in many parts of the country,many representatives havepledged(or said that they would do s

7、omething) to limit the number of terms that they serve (or work in a public position as representatives).However, there is no legal requirement for them to do this.It might, however, help them to get elected if this is something that is important to voters in their area.翻译和笔记We elect a U.S. Represen

8、tative for how many years?美国众议员的任期是几年？Answer:Two答案：两年Explanation:In most jobs, if you do your work well, you cancontinue workingthere almost as long as you like.In general, this is a good thing, but some people think that the United States Congress should be different.When weelect(or choose) aU.S. R

9、epresentative, he or she works as a representative for only two years.Thisis known ashis or herterm, or thelengthof time that a person works in a public position.Once those two years have ended, if he or she wants tocontinue to workas a representative, he or she can bereelectedfor another two years.

10、This can continueindefinitely(or forever or without end).对大多数的工作来说，如果你工作干得很出色，那么只要你想你就可以继续在那工作。一般来说，这是件好事，但是有些人认为美国国会应该有所不同。我们选出一位美国众议员的时候，他或她只能担任两年众议员。这也就是他或她的任期，或者说是这个人担任公职的时长。一旦两年期满，如果他或她想继续担任众议员，他或她可以连任，再当两年。这是可以无期限地（或永远或没有终点的）持续下去的。 continue to do sth/continue doing sth继续做某事 in general一般来说 aU.S

11、. Representative一位美国众议员 term任期 re-elect/rilekt/再次选to elect someone againMorris wasre-electedfor a third term.莫里斯第三届再次当选。 indefinitely/ndfntli/adv. 无限期地for a period of time for which no definite end has been arrangedThe project has been postponedindefinitely.这项工程无限期地延期。Some people think that this is

12、a good idea, because it lets us reward representatives who do their work well by allowing them to continue to represent us.But other people believe that there should be aterm limit, which would bea maximum number of timesthat a representative can bereelectedfor two-year terms.有些人认为这样很好，因为对于那些工作出色的众议

13、员来说，我们可以奖励他们继续代表我们。但其他人认为国会中应该有个任期限制，也就是两年任期的众议员最多连任的次数。 term limit任期限制 a maximum number of times最多的次数The U.S. President, for example, has aterm limitand can be president for only two four-year terms, fora total ofeight years.The people whoadvocate for(or arein favor of) term limits believe that thi

14、s would let more peopleparticipate inthe House of Representatives,bringing new ideas and enthusiasm (or interest and desire to do something) to their work.例如，美国总统有任期限制，只能担任两个四年期限也就是八年。倡导（或支持）任期限制的人认为这样能让更多的人加入到众议院中来，从而给他们的工作带来新想法和激情（或感兴趣或想要做某事）。 a total ofeight years总共八年 advocate for sth倡导Americans

15、have debated (or argued for and against) term limits for many years, but there is still no agreement.In 2003, a popular newspaper called the Wall Street Journalconducted(or carried out) a study about term limits and found that 2/3 of all Americans would like to haveterm limitsin Congress.Because ter

16、m limits are such a popular idea in many parts of the country,many representatives havepledged(or said that they would do something) to limit the number of terms that they serve (or work in a public position as representatives).However, there is no legal requirement for them to do this.It might, how

17、ever, help them to get elected if this is something that is important to voters in their area.美国人对任期限制一事争论（或争辩并反对）过很多年，但仍然没有达成共识。2003年，一家名叫华尔街日报的知名报社进行了一项关于任期限制的研究，发现有三分之二的美国人支持国会议员的任期限制。由于任期限制在全国许多地方受到欢迎，因此，许多众议员承诺（或宣布他们要做某事）限制他们的任期（或担任众议员）总数。但是他们并不受法律约束。但是，如果这对他们区域的选民来说很重要的话，这样承诺就可能有助于他们当选。 conduct(or carryout) a study about sth开展一项关于.的研究 pledge/pled/发誓，作保证to make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do somethingpledge to do sthThe new governorpledged toreduce crime.新州长保证要减少犯罪。