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20.Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators?
20.你們州的一位參議員是誰？
Answer: Answers will vary. (For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.)
答案：答案依所在州不同而異。（對于住在哥倫比亞特區(qū)和未成立州府之屬土的居民來說，答案是哥倫比亞特區(qū)（或應(yīng)試居民所在領(lǐng)地）沒有美國參議員。）
Explanation: If you are walking outdoors in the United States, especially in front of a university, library, or public building, don't be too surprised (or shocked) if you are asked to participate in a letter-writing campaign to your U.S. Senator.
解釋：如果你正在美國戶外散步，尤其是在大學(xué)、圖書館或公共建筑附近，要是你被邀請參與投書給你的美國參議員的運動，千萬不要過于驚訝。
American citizens who are unhappy about something that the government is doing can communicate (or speak) with their representatives, which include senators from their state.
對政府的所作所為不滿的美國公民可以與他們的代表溝通，這樣的代表就包括他們州的參議員。
A letter-writing campaign is an attempt to get many people to write to their senator on a single topic.
投書運動就是讓更多的人就某一議題寫信給他們的參議員。
For organizations, writing letters to senators or other representatives is an effective way to do advocacy (or to show what they think and to tell the government how things should be done).
就組織而言，寫信給參議員或其他代表是一種有效的游說（表明他們的想法，告訴政府事情該如何去做）方式。
When the Senate is going to vote on an important topic,
當(dāng)參議員要對某一重要議題進(jìn)行投票時，
some advocacy groups start a letter-writing campaign to show that the issue is important and to try to get a senator to vote a certain way.
一些游說團(tuán)體會發(fā)起投書運動來表明該問題很重要并試圖獲得參議員的投票。
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