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I don't know if you've heard, but there's going to be a big vote for adults in July, which means you might hear a lot of: general election, general election, general election, general election.
我不知道你们是否听说了，7月份将有一场针对成年人的重大投票，这意味着这个词你可能会听到很多遍：大选，大选，大选，大选。
A bit of this: your vote, vote, the Prime Minister, Prime Minister, Prime Minister.
还有这个词：你的投票，投票，首相，首相，首相。
And definitely some mentions of: Parliament, MPs, Parliament, government, Parliament, MPs.
当然也会提到：国会，国会议员，国会，政府，国会，国会议员。
With political campaigning now in full swing, here's what some of those words actually mean. Let's go!
随着政治竞选活动如火如荼地进行，以下是这些词的真正含义。我们一起来看一下！
First up, the election. The general election normally happens every 5 years, but not always, and is when adults get to decide who should form a government and run the country.
首先是选举。大选通常每5年举行一次，但也并非总是如此。大选是成年人决定由谁来组建政府并管理这个国家的时候。
MPs, or Members of Parliament, there's actually 650 of them. Their job is to look after people in the area they represent, known as a constituency.
国会议员，实际上有650人。他们的工作是照看他们所代表的地区的人民，这一地区被称为选区。
MPs also work in the Houses of Parliament, which is where new laws and ideas on how the country should be run get talked about.
国会议员也在议会大厦工作，这是讨论这个国家应该如何运作的新法律和观点的地方。
The Prime Minister, that's the person responsible for most of the big decisions that affect your lives. They are head of the government in the UK.
首相，是负责大多数影响你们生活的重大决定的人。他们是英国政府的首脑。
Now the government is usually formed by the party that wins the election.
现在政府通常由赢得选举的政党组成。
No, not that kind of party. You won't find any cake. In politics, a party is a group of people who share the same ideas.
不，不是那种派对。你不会找到蛋糕的。在政治领域上，政党是指一群有着相同想法的人。
If you're 18 or over, you can vote, that means you get to choose who you want to be your MP. Remember, that's the person who represents the area where you live.
如果你年满18岁，你就可以投票，这意味着你可以选择你想要的议员。记住，这个人将会代表你所居住的地区。
You can't vote for your favourite lots of times and you can't choose by a smartphone either.
你不能投多次票给你最喜欢的人，你也不能通过智能手机来选择。
Instead, adults get one vote and have to mark an "X" on a piece of paper at a polling station, which can sometimes be inside a school, and that means lots of you will get a day off.
规定的做法是，成年人会得到一张选票，必须在投票站的一张纸上打上X，投票站有时会设在学校里，这就意味着你们中的很多人可以有一天的假期。
