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29.What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
29.美國2005年的副總統(tǒng)是誰？
Answer:Richard Cheney；Dick Cheney；Cheney
答案：理查德·切尼；迪克·切尼；切尼
Explanation: While the president of the United States has an exciting and important job running the country, the vice president does not have as big a role (or job) in the U.S. government.
解釋：當美國總統(tǒng)在政府中擔任要職時，副總統(tǒng)并沒有表面上那么光彩。
According to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president does only two things.
美國憲法規(guī)定，副總統(tǒng)的職能只有兩項：
First, if the president is unable to continue working as president, the vice president becomes the new president.
第一，當總統(tǒng)無法履行職責時替代他；
Second, the vice president is the president of the Senate (or lawmaking part of government) and can vote to break ties (or decide which side wins when each side has an equal number of votes).
第二，副總統(tǒng)是參議院議長（政府的立法機構）且能投打破僵局的票（當兩邊的投票數相等時決定哪邊獲勝）。
In addition to these two main jobs, the vice president has some other duties (or responsibilities) that the president can give to him or her.
除此之外，總統(tǒng)還會給他些其他的任務（或職責）。
Normally the vice president is elected (or chosen by the people) with the president during the normal presidential elections.
通常，副總統(tǒng)是和總統(tǒng)一起在總統(tǒng)競選中選出的。
But this is something interesting: Two men have been vice presidents without ever being elected — and one of them even became president without ever being elected!
但有件事情很有意思，美國歷史上曾經有兩個人沒有參加選舉就當上了副總統(tǒng)，有一個后來還成了總統(tǒng)。
How did this happen?
這是怎么回事？
In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected president of the United States and Spiro Agnew was elected his vice president.
1968年，理查德·尼克松是當時的總統(tǒng)，副總統(tǒng)是斯皮羅·阿格紐。
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