33.Who signs bills to become laws?
33.谁签订提案使其成为法律？
Answer:
答案：
The President
总统
Explanation:
解释：
Congress is the legislative or lawmaking part of the U.S. government. Congress spends a lot of time debating or talking about different bills (or ideas for new laws). Sometimes the members of Congress can’t agree on the details of a bill and it never becomes a law. But even when the members of Congress do agree on all the details of the bills, they still haven’t become law. Most bills need the president’s signature (or written name placed on the bill to show that it is approved) to become law.
国会是美国政府的立法部门，通常会花费很长的时间讨论议案。如果国会议员针对一项议案的细节达不成统一意见就不会形成法律，但即使国会议员都同意议案细节，还是不成立即生成法律。大部分的议案需要总统签字才能生成法律。
Once Congress votes to make a bill become a law, the bill is sent to the president. The president then has four choices. First, the president can sign the bill to make it become a law. The president does this when he or she thinks that it is a very good idea and wants to show this to the American people.
一旦国会投票一项议案可以生成法律，就会转交给总统。总统有四个选择，第一，签字使法律生效，一般总统签字的法案都是他好的可以呈现给美国人的。
The president’s second option or choice is to just let the bill sit on his desk without doing anything to it. Once 10 days pass (or go by), the bill automatically, without anyone doing anything, becomes a law even without the president’s signature. The president might do this when he or she doesn’t think that the bill is a great idea, but doesn’t want to create a lot of trouble either. In other words, the bill is something that is not very important to the president.
总统的第二个选择是将议案束之高阁，10天过后议案即使没有总统签字也会自动生成法律。总统这样做的原因是他认为该议案不够好但又不想制造麻烦，换句话说就是议案对总统来说并没有那么重要。
The third option that the president has is to veto the bill. By vetoing a bill, the president returns the bill to Congress, indicating (or showing) that the bill is a bad idea that should not become a law. This shows a big difference between Congress and the president, because the president is disagreeing with more than half of the members of Congress who had voted for the bill. Congress can decide to vote again, and if more than two-thirds (or 67%) of the members agree, they can override the president’s veto, making the bill become a law anyway.
总统的第三个选择是否决议案。总统否决的法案会被送回国会，说明议案不够好不能生成法律。这是国会和总统的不同之处，因为总统与大部分国会议员的选择相悖。国会可以再次投票，如果超过三分之二的议员同意，他们就可以推翻总统的否决使议案最终生成法律。
Finally, the president’s fourth option when he receives a bill is a pocket veto. This happens when Congress passes a bill very late in its session (or the period of time when Congress meets). The president always has 10 days to act on (or respond to) bills, but it is possible that Congress’s session ends before those 10 days have passed. In this situation, if the president does not sign the bill, it does not automatically become a law, but instead is automatically vetoed through a pocket veto.
总统的最后一个选择是他收到议案时已经暗中被否决了，这种情况发生在国会在会议期结束时通过的议案。总统有10天的时间作出决定，但国会会议可能在这10天前就结束了。这样，总统没有签字的议案还不成法律但已经相当于被否决了
Glossary
词汇
33.Who signs bills to become laws?
33.谁签订提案使其成为法律？
bill - a proposal or an idea for a new law
Bill—新法律的提案或理念
*Would you support a bill that changed the laws on immigration?
*你支持改变移民法案的议案吗？
signature - a person's name written down in a unique style, showing that a person agrees with a document or approves of it
Signature—个人独特风格的签名，证明某人同意文件
*You forgot to put your signature on the check before you mailed it.
*你寄支票之前忘记签字了。
to pass - to go by in time
To pass—随时间的流逝
*More than two months have passed since I sent in my application and I still haven't received a response!
*我的申请已经提交了两个多月了但还没有收到回信。
to veto - to vote against something; to reject something, especially so that it cannot become a law
To veto—投反对票；拒绝某事，尤其是法律方面
*Everyone is hoping that the president will veto the unpopular law that Congress is trying to make.
*每个人都希望总统能否决国会欲成立的不受欢迎的法案。
to indicate - to show something; to make something clear
To indicate—显示某事；使某事明显
*He pointed with his finger to indicate which way we should go.
*他用手指指了一下我们要去的路。
to override - to change another person's or organization's decision by using one's power or authority
To override—运用某人的权力改变他人或组织的决定
*The children wanted to have pizza and ice cream for dinner, but their mother overrode that idea.
*孩子们晚餐想吃披萨和冰激凌，但妈妈拒绝了。
pocket veto - the way that a bill is vetoed when the president does not sign the bill and Congress's meetings end less than 10 days after the bill is presented to him or her
Pocket veto—国会在闭会前10天将议案提交给总统，未经过其签字而否决的
*Mr. President, if you don't sign the bill by Friday, Congress will go into vacation and you'll have made a pocket veto
*总统先生，如果您周五之前不签字国会就闭会了，您就相当于否决议案了。
session - period of time when Congress meets; a period of time when a committee meets
Session—国会开会期间；会议进行时间
*How long will Congress's session be this year?
*国会今年会举行多长时间？
to act on (something) - to respond; to do something as a result of something else that happens
To act on (something)—回应；对于发生的某事做一些事
*Did you read about the new tax credit for homebuyers? We need to act on it by the end of the year to get the money.
*你看了关于家庭买主新的税收信用了吗？我们需要在年底前作出回应拿到钱。