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問:
答:
Q:
What is the highest law in the United
States?
A: The
Constitution.
問:
答: 一七八七年.
Q: In what year was the
Constitution written?
A: 1787.
問:
答:
Q: What is the Constitution?
A: The
supreme law of the land.
問:
答:
Q: What is the principle of
Constitution?
A: Liberty,
Equality and Justice.
問:
答:
Q: Can the Constitution be changed?
A: Yes.
問:
答:
Q: What do we call a
change to the Constitution?
A: An
Amendment.
問: 甚麼是修正案 ?
答:
Q: What is an amendment?
A: An
amendment is a change or an addition
to the constitution.
問:
答: 二十七項.
Q: How many changes or
amendment are there to the Constitution?
A: Twenty-seven.
問:
答:
Q: What is the 13th amendment?
A: Free
the slaves.
問:
答:
Q: What is the 19th amendment?
A: Women
can vote.
問:
答:
Q: What is the 26th amendment?
A: Eighteen
years old citizen can vote.
問:
答: 不需要. 修正案不呈交總統簽名.
Q: Does the President sign the
amendment?
A: No,
the amendment is not submitted to the
President.
問:
答:
Q: What do we call the
first ten amendment?
A: The
Bill of Rights.
問:
答: 住在美國的任何人. (包括公民及非公民)
Q: Whose rights are guaranteed
by the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights?
A: Everyone
(citizens and non-citizens) living in U.S.
問:
答: 言論自由, 出版自由, 宗教自由, 公正審判, 及和平集會等修正案.
Q: What is the Bill of Rights?
A: Freedom
of speech, Freedom of press, Freedom
of religion, Right to a jury trial,
Freedom of assembly, etc.
(1) The right of
freedom of speech, press, religion,
peaceable assembly and requesting change of
government.
(2) The right to
bear arms (the right to have weapons
or own a gun, though subject to
certain regulations).
(3) The government may
not quarter, or house soldiers in the
people's home during peacetime without the
people's consent.
(4) The government may
not search or take person's property
without a warrant.
(5) A person may
not be tried twice for the same
crime and does not have to testify
against him / herself.
(6) A person charged
with a crime still has some
rights, such as the right to a
trial and do have a lawyer.
(7) The right to
trial by jury in most cases.
(8) Protects people
against excessive or unreasonable fines or
cruel and unusual punishment.
(9) The people have
rights other than those mentioned in
the Constitution.
(10) Any power not
given to the federal government by the
Constitution is a power of either the
state or the people.
問: 美國公民享有的最重要權利是甚麼 ?
答: 選舉權.
Q: What is the most important
right granted to U.S. citizens?
A: The
right to vote.
問:
答: 三個部門.
Q: How many branches does the
United States Government have?
A: Three
branches.
問:
答:
Q: What are the branches?
A: Legislative,
Executive and Judicial.
問:
答:
Q: Who makes the law for
the United States?
A: The
Congress.
問:
答: 在美國首府華盛頓 D.C.
Q: Where does the Congress meet?
A: In
the Capital in Washington D.C.
問:
答:
Q: What is the introduction to
the Constitution called?
A: The
Preamble.
問: 憲法及人權法案保障誰的自由 ?
答: 所有人. (居住在美國的公民及非公民)
Q: Whose rights are guaranteed
by the Constitution and the Bill of
Rights?
A: Everyone
(citizens and non-citizens living in the
U.S.).
問:
答: 聯邦政府工作 / 美國護照 /
申請親友來美國.
Q: Name the benefits of citizenship?
A: Federal
jobs / U.S. Passport / Petition for relatives.
問:
答:
Q: What is the most important
right granted to U.S. citizens?
A: Vote.