(单词翻译:单击)
7.How many amendments does the Constitution have?
7.宪法有多少条修正案?
Answer: Twenty-seven (27)
答案:27条
Explanation: When the Founding Fathers (or the men who made the U.S. government) wrote the Constitution in 1787,
解释:美国开国元勋们(或者说是成立美国政府的人)在1787年撰写宪法的时候,
they wanted a government that would grow and change as America grew and changed.
就希望政府能够随着美国的发展而发展 。
Everything they had written seemed like a good idea,
他们写下的所有内容似乎都是好想法,
but they knew that people might need or want to change parts of the Constitution later.
但他们知道后人可能需要改变部分宪法 。
The Founding Fathers wanted their new government to last a long time,
美国开国元勋们希望他们的新政府能长久存在下去,
and allowing Constitutional Amendments was their way to make sure that the government could change to meet the changing country's needs.
所以允许宪法修正案是他们的一种手段,该手段确保政府能顺应不断改变的国家需要 。
The word amendment comes from the verb to amend, which means to change something, so an amendment is a change to the Constitution.
“Amendment”一词源自动词“修正”,它是改变某事的意思,因此,修正案就是对宪法的修改 。
Because the Constitution is always changing and being reinterpreted (or read again and understood differently),
因为宪法总是在发生变化和被重新诠释(或者说再次解读并以不同的方式理解),
many people call it a "living document."
因此,很多人称之为“活文件” 。
Amendments are added to the Constitution for many reasons:
在宪法中添加修正案的原因有很多:
to overrule (or cancel or undo) a decision made by the Supreme Court (the highest court of the United States),
诸如推翻最高法院的裁决,
to change something that was written in the Constitution, or to change something in society.
改变宪法中的某些条款,或改变社会中的某事 。
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