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25.Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
25.为什么有些州的众议员比其他州要多？
Answer: (Because of) the state's population; (Because) they have more people; (Because) some states have more people
答案：（因为）州的人口；（因为）它们有更多的人口；（因为）一些州有更多的人口
Explanation: The fifty states of the United States have very different sizes, both in terms of (or related to) how much land there is and the population (or how many people there are).
解释：从面积的大小和人口的多少（有多少人生活在那里）这两方面来看，美国的50个州有很大的差异。
Some states are very large but have very few people; other states are very small but have many people.
有些州面积很大，但人口很少；其他州面积很小，但人口却很多。
Even so, all fifty states need to be represented in the federal government.
尽管如此，所有的50个州都要在联邦政府中得到体现。
What was the solution?
解决办法是什么呢？
The Founding Fathers, or the people who created the U.S. government, decided to have two parts for lawmaking.
美国国父们，或者说创立美国政府的人，决定将立法分为两部分。
One is the Senate, where each state has two representatives known as senators, no matter how many people live there.
其中一个是参议院，不论每个州有多少人口，它都有两名称之为参议员的代表。
The other is the House of Representatives, where the number of representatives that each state has is proportional to its population,
另外一个是众议院，每个州的众议员人数与其人口数量成比例，
meaning that states with large populations have more representatives in the House than those states with small populations.
也就是说人口更多的州在众议院中比那些人口更少的州拥有更多的众议员。
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