2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊[13]政府部门（含注解与翻译）

2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语 美国文化外刊[13] （含翻译与重点词汇短语注解） Name one branch or part of the government 列举一个政府部门 · branch 政府或机构的部门 a part of a government or other organization that deals with one particular part of its work All branches of government are having to cut costs.  所有政府部门都要削减开支。 Answer:  Congress/legislative; President/executive; The courts/judicial国会/立法部门；总统/行政部门；法院/司法部门 · legislative /'lɛdʒɪsletɪv/ adj. 立法的 · the executive 政府的行政部门 the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well  · judicial /dʒʊ'dɪʃəl/ 法庭的；法官的；裁决的 relating to the law, judges, or their decisions the judicial system 司法系统 Explanation: The United States government is divided into three branches (or parts), and all three share equal (or the same) amounts of power. The easiest way to understand the divisions (or parts) of American government is to think of the government as a tree, with three branches of the same size growing from the trunk (or the base, which is the biggest part of the tree). The government was set up this way in the Constitution by the Founding Fathers, so that no one branch of government would be able to have absolute power (or total control) over another.美国政府分为三个部门，它们享有同等的权力。理解美国政府部门最简单的方法是把政府看成是一棵树，树的主干生长出三根同样大小的树叉。开国元勋撰写的宪法规定以这种方式设立政府因此没有哪个政府部门能够完全控制另外一个政府部门。 · division（某物被分成的）部分 each of the parts into which something is divided the main divisions of the book 这本书的主要部分 · trunk /trʌŋk/ n. 树干 · set up 建立 · Constitution 宪法 · the Founding Fathers 开国元勋 · absolute /ˈæbsəljuːt/  完全的；纯粹的 complete or total  I have absolute confidence in her.  我对她充满信心。 The first of the three branches of government is Congress, which is also known as the legislative branch. Legislative is another word for lawmaking, so Congress is the branch that makes and passes (or approves) laws. Congress also has the power to control how the government spends its money, known as appropriations. The legislative branch is located in the U.S. Capitol building, a famous building with a dome roof (or round top) in