2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语美国文化外刊[20]美国每个州的参议员是谁？（含注解与翻译）

2021届巴蜀中学新高考英语 美国文化外刊[20] （含翻译与重点词汇短语注解） Who is one of your state's U.S. Senators? Answer: Answers will vary. (For District of Columbia residents and residents of U.S. territories, the answer is that D.C. (or the territory where the applicant lives) has no U.S. Senators.) Explanation: If you are walking outdoors in the United States, especially in front of a university, library, or public building, don't be too surprised (or shocked) if you are asked to participate in a letter-writing campaign to your U.S. Senator. American citizens who are unhappy about something that the government is doing can communicate (or speak) with their representatives, which include senators from their state. A letter-writing campaign is an attempt to get many people to write to their senator on a single topic. For organizations, writing letters to senators or other representatives is an effective way to do advocacy (or to show what they think and to tell the government how things should be done). When the Senate is going to vote on an important topic, some advocacy groups start a letter-writing campaign to show that the issue is important and to try to get a senator to vote a certain way. When a senator receives many letters from his or her constituency (or the people who live in an area that the senator represents), then the senator knows that the topic is important for many of the people who elected him or her. This information might help the senator decide to vote a certain way. Sometimes the people who organize letter-writing campaigns have pre-printed (or already written) letters that people can just sign (or write one's name) and send to the senator's office. Other organizations request (or ask) that people write their own letter. This is more effective than a pre-printed letter, because it shows the senator that that person cares enough about the topic to take the time to write a letter about it. Sometimes people also call their senator's office when they have strong feelings abo