老夏考研，《每日一題》的「英語文化季」從今天就開始了。儘管英美文化的萬花筒色彩斑斕，我們還是從真題「偏愛」的法律文化開始。
這一季的題目也是精彩紛呈。
【題目】空缺部分的最佳選詞是 ……
[A]contradicting.
[B]counteracting.
[C]duplicating
[D]paralleling.
【試題】
①In the course of the Convention, the delegates designed a new form of government for the United States.②The plan for the government was written in very simple language in a document called the Constitution of the United States.③The Constitution set up a federal system with a strong central government.④A federal system is one in which power is shared between a central authority and its constituent parts, with some rights reserved to each.
⑤The delegates set up a government consisting of three parts, or branches, the executive, the legislative and the judicial.⑥Each branch has powers that the others do not have and each branch has a way of_______and limiting any wrongful action by another branch.
⑦The Constitution specified exactly what power the central government had and which power was reserved for the states.⑧The states were allowed to run their own governments as they wished, provided that their governments were republican.
⑨The Constitution opens with a statement, called a Preamble, which makes it clear that the government is set up by 「We, the People」 and its purpose is to 「promote the general welfare and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.」
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【參考譯文】
①In the course of the Convention, the delegates designed a new form of government for the United States. 在大會期間，代表們為美國設計了一種新的政府形式。
②The plan for the government was written in very simple language in a document called the Constitution of the United States. 政府的計劃是用非常簡單的語言寫在一個叫做美國憲法的文件裡的。
③The Constitution set up a federal system with a strong central government. 憲法建立了一個擁有強大中央政府的聯邦體系。
④A federal system is one in which power is shared between a central authority and its constituent parts, with some rights reserved to each. 在聯邦制中，權力在中央當局與其組成部分之間共享，每個部分都保留一些權利。
⑤The delegates set up a government consisting of three parts, or branches, the executive, the legislative and the judicial. 代表們建立了一個由行政、立法和司法三部分或分支組成的政府。
⑥Each branch has powers that the others do not have and each branch has a way of counteracting and limiting any wrongful action by another branch. 每個分支都有其他分支所沒有的權力，並且每個分支都有一種對抗和限制其他分支的錯誤行為的方法。
⑦The Constitution specified exactly what power the central government had and which power was reserved for the states. 憲法明確規定了中央政府擁有什麼權利，以及哪些權力留給各州。
⑧The states were allowed to run their own governments as they wished, provided that their governments were republican. 各州可以按照自己的意願管理自己的政府，前提是他們的政府是共和政體。
⑨The Constitution opens with a statement, called a Preamble*, which makes it clear that the government is set up by 「We, the People」 and its purpose is to 「promote the general welfare and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity*.」憲法以一項稱為序言的聲明開篇，明確表示政府是由「我們，人民」建立的，其目的是「促進大眾福利，為我們自己和我們的後代確保自由的賜福」。
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