18.How many U.S. Senators are there?
18.美国有多少名参议员？
Answer: One hundred (100)
答案：100名
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 to participate in the government.
解释：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8*s^3iGUPeN1WF)H。
However, more than three hundred million people live in the United States.
然而，美国有三亿多人口&|o_j0LcdLz@;bElW~)%。
It would be virtually (or almost) impossible to get all of those people to meet together and make decisions as such a large group.
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kZQmP#1PF!rQ-IH[4。
That is why the U.S. government is based on a system of representation, with a few people voting and making decisions for larger groups of people.
因此美国政府是建立在代议制基础之上的，也就是由少数人代替多数人进行选举和决策S-2ZhKQi]N;0uIv*1.。
This representation is in two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
这样的代表分为两个部分：参议院和众议院%O]tuSMyv&]O&j);G。
The Senate has only 100 representatives and they are called senators.
参议院只有100名代表，他们被称为参议员ZeF.YDed^bEvS。
These senators represent the three hundred million people who live in the United States. This is a big job!
这些参议员代表着三亿美国人民JhI.[DvOI2。所以，这是一个任重而道远的工作！
Two senators are elected (or chosen) from each state, no matter how many people live in each state.
不管每个州有多少人口，它都选出两名参议员.LGl%(d;TZMlc^9_I_yG。
This gives all fifty states equal representation.
这就给予了所有50个州平等的代表权X2gYJqM,&@i5。

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