Sunday, November 16, 2008

California Election Vocabulary -- 加州大選生詞

Vocabulary regarding elections:

贊成 -- support
反對 -- oppose
提案 -- proposition
選民 -- voters

多半的選民都贊成一號提案。
[A majority of voters support proposition 1].

我反對他的想法。
[I oppose his view].


大選 -- general election
結果 -- result

大選的結果便人民高興。
[People are happy with the results of the election].


投票 -- vote
點票 -- count the votes
選舉 -- election, choice

請快快點票,要不然選舉的結果會晚點出來。
[Hurry up and count the votes so the election results are not late].


犯錯誤 -- make a mistake
奧巴馬 -- Obama

大選的時候奧巴馬沒有犯很大的錯誤。
[Barack Obama didn't make any big mistakes during the election].


總統 -- president
外交政策 -- foreign policy
成功 -- success, succeed

如果陸總統懂世界文化,他的外交政策一定會成功。
[If President Lu understands the cultures of the world, his foreign policy will definitely be a success].


代表 -- represent
眾議院 -- House of Representatives
眾議員 -- House member, congressman
參議院 -- Senate
參議員 -- Senator

參議員代表他們的州。眾議員代表他們的區。
[Senators represent their state. Representatives represent their district].

美國參議院有一百個參議員。
[The US Senate has 100 Senators].

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