9.What are two rights in the Declaration of Independence?
9.《独立宣言》中的两项权利是？
Answer: Life; Liberty; Pursuit of happiness
答案：生存；自由；追求幸福
Explanation: The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence and it is something Americans talk a lot about.
解释：“生存，自由和追求幸福”这句话出自《独立宣言》，它是美国人经常谈论的东西。
These words were written by Thomas Jefferson.
这句话是托马斯·杰弗森写下的。
He and the other men who wrote the Constitution believed that these are unalienable rights,
他和其他撰写宪法的人认为那些是不可剥夺的权利，
that people are born with and that a government should not be given the power to take them away.
它与生俱来，政府无权剥夺。
These words have become synonymous with (or have the same meaning as) the "American spirit" (or the way that Americans think and feel).
这句话已经成为“美国精神”（美国人所思和所感的方式）的同义词。
In the United States, the right to life is considered the most basic of all rights.
在美国，生存权被认为是所有权利中最基本的一项权利。
It's exactly what it sounds like: the right to be alive.
它听起来就像是：活着的权利。
It may seem funny that the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence included life as a right,
撰写《独立宣言》的人把生存当作一种权利可能会让人觉得可笑，
but many of the earliest Americans had come from countries that did not take this right seriously.
但是很多最早的美国人来自那些没有严肃对待这种权利的国家。
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