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Over the past decades， the country has risen from 1）shambles into the world'ssecond-largest economy.

It now has the world's biggest middle-income

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and it's the largest contributor toglobal economic development.

It's widely acknowledged that 2

China's success is its system of democracy，which reesults in political stability and vitality.

In Chinese，

3 is called Min Zhu and it means that "the people are the mastersof the country".

But： how exactly does China's democratic system work and how can its people'svoices be heard？ Let's check it out.

China's 2）NPC 3）deputies and top political advisors work pro bono.They have

4jobs in addition to participating in political affairs.

To fulfill their duties， the lawmakers and advisors spend countless hours 5 theopinions and expectations of the people that they represent.

From 2013 through 2017， deputies raised

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41，000 suggestions.

Each of China's national lawmakers and political advisors has a story to tell.

NPC deputies and CPPCC National Committee members

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top leaders，renowned economists， entrepreneurs， artists， sportsmen and representatives from allwalks of life.

As President Xi Jinping said， "Democracy is not a decoration， but 8 solvingproblems.

China's People's Congress system， and 4）mumparty cooperation and politicalconsultation， are different from other systems.The people as masters of the country isthe aessence and core of socialist democracy.

1） shamble ['??mbl]v.拖著腳走;蹣跚

2） NPC：National People's Congress全國人民代表大會

3） deputy [depjuti]n.副手;副職;代理;（某些國家的）議員

4） multiparty [m?lti'pa：ti]adj多黨派的;涉及多黨派的

5） essence [esns]n.本質(zhì);實質(zhì);精髓 詞組加油站

1.results in表示“導(dǎo)致……的結(jié)果”?；疽馑际恰鞍l(fā)生，產(chǎn)生”，指某原因必然導(dǎo)致的狀態(tài)、情形或事變。常用于可感知的事物。

例如：Any violation of the rules or guidelines may result in expulsionfrom competition.

參賽者如有違反上述規(guī)則將被除名。

2.in addition to袁示“除……之外”，接名詞或是動名詞作to的賓語，在句子里作狀語。

例如：In addition to space and time， languages also shape how weunderstand causality.

除時間和空間外，語言還可以塑造我們理解因果關(guān)系的方式。

參考答案 1.population 2.a key to 3.democracy 4.full-time 5.gathering 6.more than 7.consist of 8.meaus of