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Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory in 1898 at the end of the Spanish-American War.
波多黎各是在1898年美西戰爭結束后成為美國領地的。
Spain ceded (or gave) Puerto Rico to the United States.
西班牙將波多黎各割讓給了美國。
Since then, Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory.
至此，波多黎各就一直是美國的領地。
The head of state (or most important political leader) of Puerto Rico is the president of the United States.
波多黎各的國家元首（或最重要的政治領導人）是美國總統。
But Puerto Rico also has its own government which mirrors (or is very similar to) the U.S. government.
但波多黎各還有自己的政府，它與美國政府十分相似。
Puerto Rico's government has three branches or parts just like the U.S. government does.
就像美國政府那樣，波多黎各政府有三個部門或部分。
These branches are the executive (which enforces laws), the legislative (which makes laws), and the judicial (which decides what laws mean).
這些部門分別是行政（它執法）、立法（它制定法律）和司法（它詮釋法律的含義）部門。
In the United States, the head or leader of the executive branch is the president.
在美國，行政部門的領導人是總統；
In Puerto Rico, the head of the executive branch is called a governor.
而在波多黎各，行政部門的領導人是總督。
The 50 states in the United States have representation in Congress (or the national government), meaning that people from those states can vote in the national legislature.
美國的50個州在國會（或國家政府）都有代表，也就是說那些州的人能在國家的立法機構中投票。
As a territory, Puerto Rico doesn't have this same representation, but it does have a nonvoting delegate, which is a person who is elected to be part of the U.S. Congress but cannot vote there.
作為美國領地的波多黎各卻沒有這樣的代表，但它有無投票權代表，也就是被選進美國國會但不能在那投票的人。
An interesting thing is that Puerto Ricans who live in Puerto Rico are prohibited from voting in the U.S. presidential elections, meaning that they cannot help decide who will be the next U.S. president.
一件有趣的事是生活在波多黎各的波多黎各人被禁止在美國總統選舉中投票，也就是說他們不能決定誰將成為下一屆美國總統。
But Puerto Ricans who live in a U.S. state can vote to decide who will be the next U.S. president.
但是生活在美國任意一個州的波多黎各人可以投票決定誰將成為下一屆美國總統。
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