美国政治配套演讲稿helloeveryone，i’mgladtobehereandsharesomethingaboutamericanpolitics.atfirst，i’dliketoaskhowmuchdoyouknowaboutamericanpolitics。（ok……）asuspicionofstronggovernmentlookingbacktothehistory，therehasbeenadeepsuspicion（怀疑）thatgovernmentisthenaturalenemyoffreedom，evenitiselectedbythepeoplecauseamericahadbeenthecolony（殖民地）ofbritain.（theybelievedthegovernmentofgreatbritainwantedtodiscourage（阻碍）thefreedomandeconomicopportunitiesoftheamericancolonistsbyexcessivetaxesandothermeasureswhichwouldultimatelybenefitthebritain.）howeveronjune21，1788，theconstitutionoftheunitedstateswasadoptedwhichdividethegovernmentintothreebranches.it’sthebasiclawfromwhichtheusgovernmentgetsallitspower.herecomesthequestionwhatarethesethreebranches。asweknowfromourhistorybook，thethreebranchesare：thelegislative，theexecutive，andthejudicial.so，howdotheywork。thelegislativebranchmakesthelaw;theexecutive（行政）branchappliesandenforcesthelawandthejudicialbranchinterpretsthelaw.thelegislativepowerisexercisedbycongress，theexecutivebythepresident，andthejudicialpowerbythesupremecourt.thenthreebranchesareaindependentofeachother.nooneofthethreebranchesmaydominatetheothersthelegislativebranch.thelegislativebranchiscalledcongress.it’scomposedoftwohouses：thesenateandthehouseofrepresentatives.thetwohousesareequallyimportant.thesenatehas100numberstwosenatorsfromeachstate.senatesareelectedforsixterms.everytwoyears，onet第1页共3页hirdofallsenatorsfacereelection.thehouseofrepresentativeshas435members，allofwhomareelectedeverytwoyears.thenumberofrepresentativefromeachstateisdeterminedbythestate’spopulation，buteachstateshouldhaveatleastoneseat.thejobofcongressistopasslaws.beforealawispassediscalledabill.inordertobecomealawabillmustbeapprovedbyamajorityofeachhouseofthecongressandthepresident.theexecutivebranchrecently，presidentelectionintheushaveattractedgreatattentionallovertheworld.ihaven’tgottheresult，butatleast，itshowshowimportantapresidentis.thepresidentisthenation’schiefexecutive.he/shemustseethatallnationallawsarecarriedoutandmakedecisionsaboutforeignpolicy.thejudicialbranchthelastbranchisjudicialbranchwhichconsistsofthefederalcourts，includingthehighestcourtoftheus，thesupremecourt.theydeterminewhatfederallawsmeanandwhethertheyareconstitutional.eachbranchofthegovernmentpreventsimproperactionsbytheotherbranches;ifanyoneofthethreebranchesstartstoabuseitspower，theothertwomayjointogethertostopit.localgovernmentlocalgovernmentsgenerallymeanthegovernmentofcounties，cities，townsandlocaldistricts.countygovernmentsperformdutieswhicharecloselyrelatedtopeople’slife.mostcitieshaveanelectedmajorastheheadofthegovernmentwithanelectedcounciltohelphim.usforeignrelationstheunitedstatesenjoysstrongtieswithunitedkingdom，canada，australia，newzealand，japan，southkorea，israelandfellownatomembers.relationsbetweenthepeople’srepublicofchinaandtheunitedstateshavebeenstablewithsomeperiodsoftension，especiallylaterthebreakupofthesovietunion，whichremovedacommonenemyandusheredinaworldcharacterizedbyamericandominance.tensionsarisemainlybecausetheunitedstatesinterferesintochineseinternalaf第2页共3页fairsandviolateschinesecorenationalinterestsonsuchissuesastaiwan，dalailama，aswellastradefrictionandsocalledhumanrightsissuesinchina.第3页共3页
