35.What does the President's Cabinet do?
35.总统的内阁做什么工作?
Answer: Advises the President
答案:为总统出谋划策
Explanation: Being the president of the United States is a big job and our Founding Fathers (or the people who created the U.S. government) knew that one person couldn't do everything alone.
解释:要当好美国总统不是一件容易的事情,我们的国父们(或创立美国政府的人)知道光靠一个人是不行的。
That's why the president has the U.S. Cabinet, usually just called the Cabinet.
这就是为什么总统拥有美国内阁,通常简称为内阁。
The Cabinet is a group of people who advise (or give advice, information, and ideas) to the president on many important issues.
内阁是在许多重要事务上为总统出谋划策(或提供建议、信息和想法)的一群人。
The president can use their advice to make decisions while leading the country.
在领导国家时,总统可以利用他们的建议来做决定。
Because of this, Cabinet members have very important and powerful roles (or jobs) in U.S. government since they can influence the president's decisions.
正因如此,内阁成员在美国在政府中的地位(或工作)是举足轻重的,因为他们能影响总统的决定。
Under our first president, George Washington, the Cabinet was very small and it had only four members.
乔治·华盛顿总统的内阁非常小,只有四位成员。
Since then, the Cabinet has grown a lot.
从那以后,内阁变大了很多。
Today the Cabinet has 15 people, who are referred to as secretaries, such as the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture.
如今内阁有十五位成员,人们称他们为部长,例如能源部长和农业部长。
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