29.What is the name of the Vice President of the United States now?
29.美国2005年的副总统是谁？
Answer:Richard Cheney；Dick Cheney；Cheney
答案：理查德·切尼；迪克·切尼；切尼
Explanation: While the president of the United States has an exciting and important job running the country, the vice president does not have as big a role (or job) in the U.S. government.
解释：当美国总统在政府中担任要职时，副总统并没有表面上那么光彩。
According to the U.S. Constitution, the vice president does only two things.
美国宪法规定，副总统的职能只有两项：
First, if the president is unable to continue working as president, the vice president becomes the new president.
第一，当总统无法履行职责时替代他；
Second, the vice president is the president of the Senate (or lawmaking part of government) and can vote to break ties (or decide which side wins when each side has an equal number of votes).
第二，副总统是参议院议长（政府的立法机构）且能投打破僵局的票（当两边的投票数相等时决定哪边获胜）。
In addition to these two main jobs, the vice president has some other duties (or responsibilities) that the president can give to him or her.
除此之外，总统还会给他些其他的任务（或职责）。
Normally the vice president is elected (or chosen by the people) with the president during the normal presidential elections.
通常，副总统是和总统一起在总统竞选中选出的。
But this is something interesting: Two men have been vice presidents without ever being elected — and one of them even became president without ever being elected!
但有件事情很有意思，美国历史上曾经有两个人没有参加选举就当上了副总统，有一个后来还成了总统。
How did this happen?
这是怎么回事？
In 1968, Richard Nixon was elected president of the United States and Spiro Agnew was elected his vice president.
1968年，理查德·尼克松是当时的总统，副总统是斯皮罗·阿格纽。
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