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39. Elections选举
[00:01.78]Surprises often come in boxes.
[00:05.41]Birthday presents wrapped in colorful paper,
[00:08.78]brown paper packages mailed from a friend.
[00:11.82]No matter what kind of box it is,
[00:14.55]people like to open it up and see what's inside.
[00:18.03]In America, and in many other countries,
[00:21.88]one special kind of box contains the future.
[00:25.01]It's called a ballot box.
[00:27.87]What people put into the box on election day
[00:31.24]can change the course of history.
[00:33.54]Elections are the lifeblood of a democracy.
[00:37.48]The word democracy literally means
[00:40.78]"the people rule,"
[00:42.15]an important concept in America's history.
[00:45.58]In the mid-1700s, England began passing laws
[00:50.02]that made the American colonies angry.
[00:52.67]The colonists had to pay more and more taxes
[00:56.14]and enjoyed less and less freedom.
[00:58.62]They felt the government of England
[01:01.48]didn't represent their interests.
[01:03.46]On July 4, 1776,
[01:07.10]the colonies declared their independence from England.
[01:10.79]They wanted to establish a democracy
[01:13.64]where people could have a voice in government.
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