3.The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
3.自治的理念体现在宪法的头三个单词上。这三个单词是？
Answer: We the People
答案：我们人民
Explanation: The idea behind the words "We the people" is one of the most important ones in a democracy.
解释：“我们人民”所包含的思想是民主中最重要的思想之一。
A democracy is a government where the citizens (the people who are part of a country)
民主是一种政治体制，在这种体制下公民（国家的一部分）
vote for and elect (or choose) the people who will govern (or lead and make decisions for) them.
投票和选举出统治他们的人（或者说是领导并为他们作出决策的人）。
The United States has a representative democracy, which means that citizens vote for people who then represent them in the government,
美国是代议民主制，这就意味着公民选出在政府中代表他们的人，
making laws and decisions that reflect (or are the same as) what the citizens want.
这些人创立的法律和作出的决定都是公民意志的反映。
These first three words of the Constitution, "We the people,"
宪法的头三个单词，“我们人民”，
also tell us about the main difference between the United States and the European countries that most of the United States' first citizens came from.
也道出了美国和欧洲国家的主要不同，这些欧洲国家是大多数美国第一批公民的故乡。
Back in the 1700s, countries like England and France, where many of the first Americans came from, were ruled by a monarch (or a king).
十八世纪的英法等国由君主（或国王）统治，这些国家是许多第一批美国人的故乡。
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