明天就是投票日了, 在此提供一些經典英文名句提醒同學投票的重要性，請大家務必要去投票！
1. There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter.
沒有所謂的無意義的選票。
—Barack Obama
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2. By voting, we add our voice to the chorus that forms opinions and the basis for actions.
通過投票，我們將自己的聲音添加到形成意見和行動的合唱團。
—Jens Stoltenberg
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3. Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.
不投票並非抗議，而是投降。
—Keith Ellison
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4. People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
人民不應該害怕他們的政府，政府應該害怕它的人民。
—Alan Moore
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5. We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.
我們並沒有一個服從多數者的政府, 而是只有一個服從多數參與者的政府。
—Thomas Jefferson
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6. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.
壞官員是由不投票的好公民選出的。
—George Jean Nathan
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7. If you don’t vote, you lose the right to complain.
如果不投票，你就失去抱怨權利。
—George Carlin
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8. The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
選票比子彈更強。
—Abraham Lincoln
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9. If we don’t vote, we are ignoring history and giving away the future.
如果我們不投票，那就是無視歷史，放棄未來。
—Pat Mitchell
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10. A man without a vote is a man without protection.
沒有投票權的人就是不被保護的人。
—Lyndon B. Johnson
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11. Voting is not only our right—it is our power.
投票不僅是我們的權利，而且是我們的力量。
—Loung Ung
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12. Somewhere inside of all of us is the power to change the world.
我們所有人內在都有改變世界的力量。
—Roald Dahl
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13. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.”
你對政治不感興趣，並不代表政治對你不感興趣。
—Pericles
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14. The vote is precious. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democratic society, and we must use it.
投票權是寶貴的。它是我們在民主社會中所擁有的最強大的非暴力工具，我們必須使用它。
—John Lewis
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15. Someone struggled for your right to vote. Use it.
有人為了你的投票權而奮鬥，要好好利用它。
—Susan B. Anthony
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問題一、
1. There’s no such thing 「as」 a vote that doesn’t matter.
老師想問這邊的「as」要怎麼翻譯或理解？
問題二、
5. We do not have government 「by」 the majority. We have government 「by」 the majority who participate.
老師這邊的「by」要怎麼翻譯或理解？
問題三、
13. Just because you do not take an interest in politics 「doesn’t mean」 politics won’t take an interest in you.
老師請問句子結構中，「doesn’t mean」的主詞是誰呢？因為「Just because … in politics」是一個句子，我不太會分析，還是這是口說上的簡化說法？
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問題一、
1. There’s no such thing 「as」 a vote that doesn’t matter.
老師想問這邊的「as」要怎麼翻譯或理解？
I would treat it as part of the phrase:
there’s no such thing/person (as)
You can refer to the dictionary’s translation:
used to say that something or someone does not exist
沒有（…）這樣的東西／人
I’ve told you before, sweetie, there’s no such thing as ghosts!
寶貝，我以前告訴過你，世界上根本沒有甚麼鬼！
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問題二、
5. We do not have government 「by」 the majority. We have government 「by」 the majority who participate.
老師這邊的「by」要怎麼翻譯或理解？
You are attempting to break down a lexical chunk into individual pieces and translating it in Chinese. The translation depends on the entire phrase and context in my opinion.
As you can see from the dictionary example below, there isn’t an equivalent for every single word in the English sentence:
Government by majority rule can be a threat to minority rights.
多數派執政會危及少數派的權利。
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english-chinese-traditional/majority-rule
However, if you write out the original phrase, you could have something like this:
a government (that is elected/run) by the majority (of the people)
e.g. A democracy is a government that is run by the people.
In this case, you could say “由.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/zht/%E8%A9%9E%E5%85%B8/%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E-%E6%BC%A2%E8%AA%9E-%E7%B9%81%E9%AB%94/by
Thus, it depends on context. If you are learning the phrase, try to focus on the English use of it in context instead of translating every word.
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問題三、
13. Just because you do not take an interest in politics 「doesn’t mean」 politics won’t take an interest in you.
老師請問句子結構中，「doesn’t mean」的主詞是誰呢？因為「Just because … in politics」是一個句子，我不太會分析，還是這是口說上的簡化說法？
“Just because: is used in speech. It is not formal usage.
You use “just because” when you want to say that a particular situation should not necessarily make you come to a particular conclusion.
[informal, spoken]
Just because it has a good tune does not mean it is great music.
Just because something has always been done a certain way does not make it right.
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/just-because
just because …
spoken used to say that, although one thing is true, it does not mean that something else is true
Just because you’re my brother doesn’t mean I have to like you!
https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/just-because
最後：
一句一句看完了，總共三個問題。非常愛老師這種系列，可以主題式學習英文句子、觀點、時事！
Thank you. Glad it was useful 🙂