听一分钟英文：Voting-投票

I like voting. It’s quite good fun. I feel quite important when I go to the voting station. It’s a shame it’s just once every four or five years though. I’d like to vote more. I think we should be able to vote on lots of things. If we had some voting software, we could vote every week on whatever the big issue¹ is. I wish I had a vote when the Iraq War came. I think that war wouldn’t have happened if the people had a vote. I also think we should be able to vote when a criminal² gets a sentence in court. The judge gives someone five years for murder and 25 years for stealing money. That’s wrong. Voting is part of living in a democratic³ country. It’s your country, so you should be able to have your say.

1 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。

2 criminal   

n.罪犯，犯人，刑事；adj.犯了罪的，罪的，有罪的

参考例句：

• He is a habitual criminal.他是一个惯犯。
• We captured the criminal.我们捕获了那个犯人。

3 democratic   

adj.民主的；民主主义的，有民主精神的

参考例句：

• Their country has democratic government.他们国家实行民主政体。
• He has a democratic work-style.他作风民主。