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19.We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
19.我們選出的美國參議員任職幾年？
Answer: Six (6)
答案：6年
Explanation: U.S. senators serve (or work in their public position) for six-year terms that are staggered, which means they don't all begin and end at the same time.
解釋：美國參議員一任（在政府部門工作）六年，其任期交錯，這就意味著參議員們不是同時開始和同時結束任期的。
One-third of the senators are elected every two years.
三分之一的參議員是每隔兩年選出來的。
With staggered terms, there are always some senators who have experience and can guide the new senators.
由于任期錯開，參議院總會有一些資深參議員引導新進參議員。
This gives the Senate continuity.
這就讓參議院有了連續性。
In any organization, continuity (or the way that something stays the same over time) is extremely important.
在任何組織里，連續性（隨著時間的流逝某事保持不變的方式）都是十分重要的。
The United States Senate is no exception (or no different).
美國參議院也不例外。
If all the senators started and ended their terms (or the period of time they work in their public position) at the same time, then all the new senators would begin at the same time and nobody, or only very few people, would know how Senate meetings should be.
如果所有參議員同時開始并同時結束任期（在政府部門中工作的時間段），那么所有新進參議員將同時開始任職，這樣他們中沒有人，或只有少數幾個人知道參議院會議是怎樣召開的。
All of the senators would be trying to learn their new job at the same time and the Senate would not run very smoothly or easily until they did.
所有參議員都要同時熟悉他們的新工作，因而，直到參議員們都熟悉了自己的工作，參議院才能很順暢或很容易地運行下去。
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