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22.We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
22.美國眾議員的任期是幾年？
Answer: Two (2)
答案：兩年
Explanation: In most jobs, if you do your work well, you can continue working there almost as long as you like.
解釋：對大多說的工作來說，如果你工作干得很出色，那么只要你想你就可以繼續在那工作。
In general, this is a good thing, but some people think that the United States Congress should be different.
一般來說，這是件好事，但是有些人認為美國國會應該有所不同。
When we elect (or choose) a U.S. Representative, he or she works as a representative for only two years.
我們選出一位美國眾議員的時候，他或她只能擔任兩年眾議員。
This is known as his or her term, or the length of time that a person works in a public position.
這也就是他或她的任期，或者說是這個人擔任公職的時長。
Once those two years have ended, if he or she wants to continue to work as a representative, he or she can be reelected for another two years.
一旦兩年期滿，如果他或她想繼續擔任眾議員，他或她可以連任，再當兩年。
This can continue indefinitely (or forever or without end).
這是可以無期限地（或永遠或沒有終點的）持續下去的。
Some people think that this is a good idea, because it lets us reward representatives who do their work well by allowing them to continue to represent us.
有些人認為這樣很好，因為對于那些工作出色的眾議員來說，我們可以獎勵他們繼續代表我們。
But other people believe that there should be a term limit, which would be a maximum number of times that a representative can be reelected for two-year terms.
但其他人認為應該國會中有個任期限制，也就是兩年任期的眾議員最多連任的次數。
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