Day 142|耐力练习【印度举行世界上最大规模的民主选举】

原文摘自每日英语听力“当月CNN News"栏目5.23内容。

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India has kicked off what's been called the world's largest democratic exercise. 

印度将启动被称为“世界上规模最大的民主活动”。

That exercise is voting.

这个活动指的是选举。

And with a government that's a federal parliamentary republic and a population of 1.3 billion people, India is considered the world's largest democracy.

由于政府实行联邦议会共和制而且人口达13亿，印度被认为是世界上最大的民主国家。

In this election, about 900 million people are eligible to vote. 

有资格参加本次选举的选民约有9亿人。

To give you a sense of that number, it's almost three times the entire population of the United States.

为了让大家更直观地了解这一数字，9亿人几乎是美国总人口的3倍。

In order to give that many people the chance to cast ballots, India plans to open about 1 million polling stations across the country, and more than 10 million officials will be working to manage them. 

为了让如此多的选民有机会参加投票，印度计划在全国各地设置约100万个投票站，并派遣1000万余名官员进现场管理。

The election will take more than a month.

整个选举过程将持续一个多月的时间。