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47. What is the name of the Speaker of the House of Representatives now?
47.现任的众议院议长的名字是？
Answer: (Nancy) Pelosi
答案：（南希）佩洛西
Explanation: There are 435 members in the House of Representatives.
解释：众议院有435位议员。
Can you imagine trying to make laws or to get any work done without a clear leader who can guide (or lead) all those people?
你能想象在没有一位能够引领（或领导）那些人的领导人的情形下而试图立法或干好任何工作吗？
The person who does this is called the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which is a very important position in U.S. government.
从事这份工作的人称为众议员议长，它是美国政府中的要职。
The Speaker of the House not only leads the House of Representatives, but also is in the presidential line of succession (or the plan for who will become president if something happens to the president).
众议院议长不但要领导众议院，而且还处于继任总统的队伍里（或如果总统发生意外，谁将成为总统的方案）。
If the president can no longer be president, then his or her replacement would be the vice president, but if he or she cannot be president either, then the Speaker of the House becomes president.
如果总统无法履职了，那么他或她的继任者就是副总统，但如果他或她也无法担任总统，那么就由众议院议长担任总统。
The Speaker of the House is a member of the House of Representatives.
众议院议长是众议员。
The 435 members of the House vote to decide who will be the Speaker.
议长由435名众议员选举产生。
Usually the Speaker is a member of the majority party (or the political party that most representatives are a member of), but not always.
通常议长是多数党的成员（或大多数议员属于该政党），但也有例外。
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