Community Government

Community Government. Written by Marcy Aboff. Illustrated by Arthur Lin.

《社区政府》。作者：玛西·阿博夫。绘者：亚瑟·林。

Introduction. A community is a place where people live, work, and play. A community can be large, like a city, or small, like a town or a village. People run their community with a government. The people in the government are part of the community.

引言。 社区是人们居住、工作和玩耍的地方。 社区可以很大， 比如一座城市，也可以很小，比如一个城镇或者村庄。 人们通过政府来管理社区。 在政府工作的人也是社区的一份子。

City government leaders. The mayor is the leader of the community. If someone wants to be mayor, he or she runs in an election.

市政府的领导者们。 市长是社区的领导者。 如果有人想要当市长， 他/她就要参加选举。

When people vote, they make a choice. People vote for a mayor in an election every two or four years. People vote for the person they think will be the best mayor. The person with the most votes becomes mayor.

人们投票的时候，就是在做出选择。 每两到四年，人们会在选举中投票选出市长。 人们会把票投给他们认为最适合当市长的人。 得票最多的人就会成为市长。

The mayor is in charge of many departments, such as the police department and the fire department.

市长负责管理很多部门， 比如警察局和消防局。

The mayor is usually in charge of the town or city council. The council decides how money is spent in the community. It might spend money to build or fix roads, buildings, and parks. It has meetings for people to talk about ideas for the community.

市长通常还负责管理镇议会或者市议会。 议会决定社区的资金要怎么使用。 资金可能会用来修建或者修缮道路、建筑和公园。 议会会召开会议，让大家讨论关于社区发展的想法。