| 19D | 20C | 21B | 22C | 23D | 24C | 25B |
| 26D | 27C | 28A | 29C | 30A |
Ann: My sister votes for the first time this month. She got this card.
| COUNTY ELECTION · Voting Card |
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| Saturday, January 13 |
| 8:00 to 16:00 · Sun Hill School, Room 3 |
| Bring this card and one paper with your photo |
| Voters over 70 may use the side door |
Ken: Does she need to bring anything else?
Ann: No, just those two things. She was going to bring a water bill, but that is not needed.
Ken: Tell her to go early. My father waited an hour last time at three.
安：我姐姐這個月第一次投票。她收到了這張卡。
| 縣市選舉 · 投票通知單 |
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| 一月十三日星期六 |
| 8:00 至 16:00 · 陽光國小 3 教室 |
| 請攜帶本單與一份附照片的證件 |
| 七十歲以上選民可走側門 |
肯：她還需要帶別的東西嗎？
安：不用，就那兩樣。她本來要帶水費單，但那個不需要。
肯：叫她早點去。我爸上次三點去等了一小時。
This notice explains how any citizen can ask for a change in our town. It follows the policy of the town government.
You do not need a lawyer, and there is no fee. If the answer is no, the office must give a reason. You may then ask once more, and a second officer will look at it.
Last year eleven ideas came in. Four were carried out: a light at the corner by the pool, a later bus on Sunday, a bench at the bus stop, a cool room at the God of War temple, and free water at the sports center. Ideas that were not taken up are kept on the wall by the door, with the reason beside each one.
本公告說明任何公民如何為本鎮提出改變的建議。本辦法依鎮公所政策辦理。
你不需要律師，也不用付費。如果答覆是否定的，公所必須說明理由。你可以再提一次，會由第二位承辦人重新審視。
去年共收到十一件建議，其中四件實現了：泳池轉角的一盞燈、星期天加開的一班公車、公車站的一張長椅、關帝廟的一間涼爽休息室，以及運動中心的免費飲水。未被採納的建議會貼在門邊牆上，旁邊寫著理由。
Dear Sir,
I am writing about the bus stop outside the old barber shop on Center Road. The bench was taken away in March and has not come back.
I know a bench is a small thing. But four people over seventy wait there every morning, and two of them now stand for twenty minutes. One has stopped taking the bus and pays for a taxi twice a week, which is really too much for her.
I have 21 names on the page I left at your desk last Thursday. I am writing to ask whether it arrived, and when I may expect an answer. Your notice says one month; that month ends on the 11th.
Sincerely, Kao Mei
敬啟者：
我想反映中央路上舊理髮店外那個公車站的事。長椅在三月被移走，至今沒有裝回。
我知道一張長椅是小事。但每天早上有四位七十歲以上的長者在那裡等車，其中兩位現在得站上二十分鐘。有一位已經不搭公車，改成一週叫兩次計程車，而那其實是她負擔不起的。
我上星期四交到貴櫃檯的那張紙上有二十一個人的姓名。我寫信是想確認它是否已經送達，以及我何時能得到答覆。貴公告寫的是一個月；那一個月到十一號屆滿。
敬上，高美
When people talk about law, they think of a court and a judge. Yet most rules that hold a country together are never used in a court at all.
We stand in line. We leave the seat by the door for somebody who may need it. We speak more quietly in a hospital than in a market. Nobody made us learn these, and no officer writes them down.
These quiet rules are strong, but they are easy to break and slow to build. A modern government can pass a law in a month; it cannot pass a habit. Even a president cannot. This is why a place where people wait their turn is worth more than it looks, and why a small act of respect is never only small.
人們談到法律時，想到的是法庭和法官。然而大多數把一個國家維繫在一起的規則，從來不會進到法庭。
我們排隊。我們把靠門的位子留給可能需要的人。我們在醫院裡說話比在市場小聲。沒有人逼我們學這些，也沒有公務員把它們寫下來。
這些安靜的規則很強，卻容易被打破、難以建立。一個現代政府可以在一個月內通過一條法律，卻無法通過一個習慣。連總統也做不到。這就是為什麼一個人們會排隊等待的地方，價值比看起來更高，也是為什麼一個微小的尊重舉動，從來都不只是微小。