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18.How many U.S. Senators are there?
18.美國有多少名參議員？
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.
解釋：美國政府是建立在這樣的構想之上的——那就是國民能夠參與到政府事務中來。
However, more than three hundred million people live in the United States.
然而，美國有三億多人口。
It would be virtually (or almost) impossible to get all of those people to meet together and make decisions as such a large group.
把所有這些人都召集在一起、讓如此大的群體來作決定幾乎是不可能的。
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.
因此美國政府是建立在代議制基礎之上的，也就是由少數人代替多數人進行選舉和決策。
This representation is in two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
這樣的代表分為兩個部分：參議院和眾議院。
The Senate has only 100 representatives and they are called senators.
參議院只有100名代表，他們被稱為參議員。
These senators represent the three hundred million people who live in the United States. This is a big job!
這些參議員代表著三億美國人民。所以，這是一個任重而道遠的工作！
Two senators are elected (or chosen) from each state, no matter how many people live in each state.
不管每個州有多少人口，它都選出兩名參議員。
This gives all fifty states equal representation.
這就給予了所有50個州平等的代表權。
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