2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊[09]独立宣言中两项权利（含注解与翻译）

2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语 美国文化外刊[09] （含翻译与重点词汇短语注解） What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence? Answer: Life; Liberty; Pursuit of happiness 《独立宣言》中的两项权利是？ 答案：生存；自由；追求幸福 Explanation: The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence and it is something Americans talk a lot about. These words were written by Thomas Jefferson. 解释： “生存，自由和追求幸福”这句话出自《独立宣言》，它是美国人经常谈论的东西。这句话是托马斯·杰弗森写下的。 He and the other men who wrote the Constitution believed that these are unalienable rights, that people are born with and that a government should not be given the power to take them away. 他和其他撰写宪法的人认为那些是不可剥夺的权利，它与生俱来，政府无权剥夺。 inalienable=unalienable /ɪnˈeɪljənəbl/   unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor 不可剥夺的; 不能让与的： the shareholders have the inalienable right to dismiss directors. 股东们有不可剥夺的解除董事职务的权利。 These words have become synonymous with (or have the same meaning as) the "American spirit" (or the way that Americans think and feel). In the United States, the right to life is considered the most basic of all rights. It's exactly what it sounds like: the right to be alive. It may seem funny that the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence included life as a right, but many of the earliest Americans had come from countries that did not take this right seriously. 这句话已经成为“美国精神”（美国人所思和所感的方式）的同义词。在美国，生存权被认为是所有权利中最基本的一项权利。它听起来就像是：活着的权利。撰写《独立宣言》的人把生存当作一种权利可能会让人觉得可笑，但是很多最早的美国人来自那些没有严肃对待这种权利的国家。 synonymous /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/   (of a word or phrase) having the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language （词, 短语）同义的： aggression is often taken as synonymous with violence. 侵略通常被认为与暴力同义。 closely associated with or suggestive of something 紧密联系的, 引起联想的： his deeds had made his name synonymous with victory. 他的事迹已经使他的名字成了胜利的代名词。 In many of these countries, governments executed (or killed) their own citizens. This is why the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence included the right to life. 在很多这样的国家里，政府可以处决他们的子民。这就是