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For example, the Nineteenth Amendment changed something very important for half of the country—it gave women the right to vote in 1920.
例如，第十九條修正案作出的改變對(duì)支撐這半個(gè)國(guó)家的人來(lái)說(shuō)非常重要——它在1920年賦予了女性選舉權(quán)。
Before then, women were not allowed to vote.
在此之前，女性不能投票。
This Amendment forced society to change the way it thought about women and it eventually led to other changes and more equal rights for women in the United States.
這條修正案迫使整個(gè)社會(huì)改變對(duì)女性的固有觀念并最終促成了其它的改變、使美國(guó)女性獲得了更多的平等權(quán)。
A proposed amendment (or one that has been suggested but not yet approved) must be approved by both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
修正案議案（或者說(shuō)是已經(jīng)提出但未被通過(guò)的修正案）必須由參議院和眾議院議員批準(zhǔn)通過(guò)。
Once it is approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives,
一經(jīng)參議院和眾議院議員批準(zhǔn)通過(guò)，
the amendment must be approved by three-fourths (or 75%) of the states before it can be added to the Constitution.
它還必須由四分之三的州批準(zhǔn)通過(guò)才能添加到憲法當(dāng)中。
The Constitution says that another way to make amendments is to have another Constitutional Convention (or meeting of the states' representatives), but this has never been done.
憲法規(guī)定了另外一個(gè)產(chǎn)生修正案的辦法，那就是召開(kāi)另一個(gè)制憲會(huì)議（也就是州代表會(huì)議），但這個(gè)辦法從未實(shí)行過(guò)。
The U.S. presidents do not participate in the passage (or approval) of an amendment,
美國(guó)總統(tǒng)不參與修正案的批準(zhǔn)，
but they can tell the public what they think about it.
但他們可以對(duì)修正案發(fā)表看法。
Currently, there are 27 amendments to the Constitution.
目前，憲法有二十七條修正案。
The first 10 are collectively (or as a group) known as the Bill of Rights.
前十條修正案統(tǒng)稱(chēng)為《權(quán)利法案》。
The amendments included in the Bill of Rights were added long ago, in 1791.
包括《權(quán)利法案》在內(nèi)的修正案早在1791就添加到了憲法當(dāng)中。
The most recent amendment (Amendment 27) was ratified (or approved) in 1992.
最近的修正案也就是第二十七條修正案在1992年獲得通過(guò)。
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