| 1. What does the Legislative Branch do? 問 : 立法部門所做的事情是什麼?
Answer: It makes the laws.
答 : 制訂法律.
2. Which is Congress and what does it do?
問 : 什麼是國會? 它的任務是什麼?
Answer: It is Legislative branch; it makes the law.
答 : 它是立法部門, 它制訂法律.
3. Can Congress make any kind of law?
問 : 國會是否可以制定任法律?
Answer: No, the laws must agree with the Constitution.
答 : 不可以. 所有法律均不得與憲法抵觸.
4. How is Congress divided?
問 : 國會是怎麼劃分的?
Answer: It is divided into two houses: the upper house - - The Senate,
and the lower house - - the House of Representatives.
答: 它是分為兩院, 上議院(參議院) , 下議院(眾議院).
5. Can one house of Congress make laws without the other?
問 : 國會的一個院是否可以單獨制定法律?
Answer: No.
答 : 不可以.
6. How is a law made?
問 : 法律是如何制定的?
Answer: The Senate and House vote for a bill and the President signs
it.
答 : 參眾議兩院投票通過法案, 再由總統簽署後才成為正式的法律.
7. What is a bill?
問 : 什麼是法案 ?
Answer: It is a proposed law.
答 : 它是法律的提案.
8. Who presides over the Senate?
問 : 誰主持參議院?
Answer: The Vice – President.
答 : 副總統.
9. How many senators are there in the Senate?
問 :參議院有多少參議員?
Answer: One hundred, two from each
state.
答:一百位 . 每個州有代表二人.
10. How long is the term for a senator?
問 : 參議員的任期多少?
Answer: 6 year.
答 : 六年一任.
11. Who presides over the House of Representatives?
問 : 誰主持眾議院?
Answer: The Speaker of the House.
答 : 眾議院議長.
12. How many representatives does each state have?
問 : 每州有多少眾議員?
Answer: It depends on the population; there is one representative for
every 352,000 people and each state has at least one representative.
答 : 它是根據人口而定. 每352,000人選出一位眾議員, 而每州最少有一位眾議員.
13. How long is the term for a representative?
問 : 眾議員的任期多少?
Answer: 2 year.
答 : 二年一任.
14. How are Senators and Representatives elected?
問: 參議員和眾議員如何選出?
Answer: Directly by the people.
答 : 由人民直接選舉.
15. Who is the U.S. speaker of House ?
問 : 眾議員院長是誰?
Answer:Newt Gingrich.
答 :紐特. 金里希. |