CNN News: 美印第安納州要求所有高中生參加入籍考試

Ten Second Trivia. Who is the chief justice of the United States: John Roberts, Mike Pompeo, William Barr or Neil Gorsuch? The chief justice, who’s also the chief judge of the U.S. Supreme Court is John Roberts.

10秒快速問(wèn)答。美國(guó)首席大法官是誰(shuí):約翰·羅伯茨、邁克·蓬佩奧、威廉·巴爾還是尼爾·戈薩奇?首席法官，同時(shí)也是美國(guó)最高法院的首席法官是約翰·羅伯茨。

That’s a question from the civics part of the U.S. Naturalization Test, the test that someone born outside the United States takes to become a citizen.

這是美國(guó)入籍考試公民部分的一個(gè)問(wèn)題，在美國(guó)以外出生的人要通過(guò)入籍考試才能成為美國(guó)公民。

The exam has a total of 100 questions, but only 10 of those are asked to people applying for U.S. citizenship, and they have to get at least six of the answers right.

該考試共有100道題，但其中只有10道是針對(duì)申請(qǐng)美國(guó)國(guó)籍的人，而且他們必須答對(duì)至少6道題。

A new law was just passed in the State of Indiana that requires all high school students there to take the Naturalization Test as part of their civics studies. They don’t have to pass the test to graduate. They just have to take it. Those who support the law say they’re concerned that many American high school students wouldn’t be able to pass the test.

印第安納州剛剛通過(guò)了一項(xiàng)新法律，作為公民學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)的一部分，要求該州所有高中學(xué)生參加入籍考試。他們不需要通過(guò)考試就能畢業(yè)，所以只能接受。支持這項(xiàng)法律的人表示，他們擔(dān)心許多美國(guó)高中生無(wú)法通過(guò)考試。

So they’re hoping that requiring them to take it will help solve that. Those who oppose the law say it’s not necessary since students are already learning this information through their civics, history and social studies classes. The law’s set to take effect next school year. Several other states have a similar requirement in place.

所以他們希望能幫助解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題。那些反對(duì)這項(xiàng)法律的人表示，沒(méi)有必要，因?yàn)閷W(xué)生們已經(jīng)通過(guò)公民、歷史和社會(huì)研究課程學(xué)習(xí)了這些信息。這項(xiàng)法律將于下個(gè)學(xué)年生效。其他幾個(gè)州也有類(lèi)似的要求。

Today, we decided to test you knowledge with a few more questions from the Naturalization Test. First, who is known as the father of our country:

今天，我們決定用入籍考試中的幾個(gè)問(wèn)題來(lái)測(cè)試你的知識(shí)。首先，以下誰(shuí)被稱(chēng)為我們的國(guó)父:

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, or Thomas Jefferson? The answer: America’s first president, George Washington.

喬治·華盛頓，本杰明·富蘭克林，約翰·亞當(dāng)斯，還是托馬斯·杰斐遜?答案是:美國(guó)第一任總統(tǒng)喬治·華盛頓。

Next, what are the first words of the U.S. Constitution? We hold these truths, four score and seven years ago, Congress shall make no law, or we the people? The answer: We the people. Finally, how many U.S. senators are there: 50, 100, 435, or 438? The answer: 100. Two senators for every state.

接下來(lái)，美國(guó)憲法的第一句話是什么?87年前，我們堅(jiān)信這些真理:國(guó)會(huì)不應(yīng)制定法律，我們?nèi)嗣褚膊粦?yīng)制定法律。答案是:我們?nèi)嗣?。最后，有多少美?guó)參議員:50名，100名，435名，還是438名?答案:100。每個(gè)州有兩名參議員。