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21.The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
21.众议院中有多少位投票议员？
Answer: Four hundred thirty-five (435)
答案：435位
Explanation: Americans live all over the United States, but some places are much more popular than others.
解释：美国人遍及全美国，但有些地方要比其它地方更受欢迎。
For example, more than 35 million people live in California, but only about 500,000 people live in Wyoming.
例如，加州有3500多万人口，而怀俄明州只有50万人口。
One of the challenges (or difficult things to do) in the U.S. government is to let big and small states participate in the government fairly.
美国政府面临的一大挑战（难做的事情）就是让大小州平等地参与到政府事务当中。
Is it fair to give both states equal participation in the government?
但让大小州平等地参与到政府事务当中公平吗？
Or should California have more power than Wyoming since it has so many more people?
或者说因为加州有更多的人口，所以它应该要比怀俄明州拥有更多的权力？
The people who created the U.S. government decided that they would have to answer 'yes' to both questions.
美国政府的创立者认为他们必须对这两个问题作出肯定的回答。
They created the Senate, where each state has equal power no matter how big or small it is,
他们创立了参议院，无论州的大小，参议院里的每个州都拥有同等的权力；
and they created the House of Representatives, where states with more people have more power than states with fewer people.
他们还创立了众议院，众议院里人口更多的州比人口更少的州拥有更多的权力。
The House of Representatives currently has 435 representatives, or people who are elected (or chosen by large groups of people) to make decisions for their states.
众议院目前有435位众议员，或者说是被选出来（或者由一大群人选举产生）替他们州做决定的人。
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