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Getting two-thirds of Congress and three-quarters of the states to agree is not an easy thing to do, and that is why there are not very many amendments to the Constitution.
得到三分之二的國會議員和四分之三的州的贊同并不容易，這就是沒有太多憲法修正案的原因。
The President cannot create amendments and does not have the right (or power or ability) to veto, or say no to, amendments.
美國總統(tǒng)既不能創(chuàng)造修正案，也不能否決修正案。
After three-fourths of the states approve the amendment that has already been approved by Congress, the amendment officially becomes part of the Constitution.
四分之三的州批準(zhǔn)已由三分之二的國會議員通過的修正案后，這個修正案才能正式納入到憲法中。
Many of the rights that Americans believe are extremely important in the United States are actually not in the original Constitution of 1787.
美國人認(rèn)為美國的很多極其重要的權(quán)利實(shí)際上并沒有寫入1787年最初的憲法中。
Instead they are in amendments to the Constitution.
而是出現(xiàn)在憲法的修正案中。
Freedom of religion, the right to vote regardless of someone's skin color or sex (being a man or woman), and who can be a citizen are all described in different amendments to the Constitution.
宗教自由、無膚色或性別歧視的選舉權(quán)和成為美國公民條件的界定都是在不同的憲法修正案中提出來的。
Amendments can be repealed (or taken back) by passing other amendments.
修正案可被其他通過的修正案廢除。
Only one amendment has been repealed in the history of the United States.
美國史上只廢除了一個修正案。
The Eighteenth Amendment made it illegal (or against the law) to make or sell alcohol, such as beer and wine.
第十八次修正案將制造或銷售啤酒或葡萄酒等酒定為犯罪。
This amendment was called the Prohibition amendment, because to prohibit means not to allow something, or to make something illegal.
此修正案被稱為“禁酒令修正案”，因?yàn)椤敖埂币馕吨辉试S某事，或使某事不合法。
The Eighteenth Amendment was approved in 1919.
第十八次修正案于1919年通過。
However, the Twenty-First Amendment, passed in 1933, repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, so today Americans can make and sell alcohol again.
然而，1933年通過的第二十一次修正案廢除了第十八次修正案，所以現(xiàn)在美國人又能制造和銷售酒品了。
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