WE,thePEOPLEoftheUNITEDSTATES,inordertoformamoreperfectunion,establishjustice（树立正义）,ensuredomestictranquility,provideforthecommondefence,promotethegeneralwelfare,andsecuretheblessingsofliberty（自由带来的幸福）toourselvesandourposterity（后代，子孙）,doordainandestablish（制定和确立）thisConstitutionfortheUnitedStatesofAmerica.ARTICLEI.Sect.1.ALLlegislativepowers,hereingranted,shallbevestedin（名下，属于）aCongress（国会）oftheUnitedStates,whichshallconsistofaSenate（参议院）andHouseofRepresentatives（众议院）.Sect.2.TheHouseofRepresentativesshallbecomposedof（由。。组成）Memberschoseneverysecondyear（各州两年选举一次）byallthepeopleoftheseveralStates,andtheElectorsineachStateshallhavethequalificationsrequisiteforElectorsof（州议院最多分支机构的）themostnumerousbranchoftheStateLegislature.NopersonshallbeaRepresentativewhoshallnothaveattainedtotheageoftwenty-fiveyears,andbeensevenyearsacitizenoftheUnitedStates,andwhoshallnot,whenelected,beaninhabitant（居民0ofthatStateinwhichheshallbechosen.Representativesanddirecttaxes税额shallbeapportionedamongtheseveralStateswhichmaybeincludedwithinthisUnion,accordingtotherespectivenumbers,whichshallbedeterminedbyaddingtothewholenumberoffreepersons,includingthoseboundtoserviceforatermofyears,andexcludingIndiansnottaxed,threefifthsofallotherpersons.TheactualenumerationshallbemadewithinthreeyearsafterthefirstmeetingoftheCongressoftheUnitedStates,andwithineverysubsequenttermoftenyears,insuchmannerastheyshallbylawdirect.ThenumberofRepresentativesshallnotexceedoneforeverythirtythousand,buteachStateshallhaveatleastoneRepresentative;anduntilsuchenumerationshallbemade,theStateofNew-Hampshireshallbeentitledtochoosethree,Massachusettseight,Rhode-IslandandProvidencePlantationone,Connecticutfive,New-Yorksix,New-Jerseyfour,Pennsylvaniaeight,Delawareone,Marylandsix,Virginiaten,North-Carolinafive,South-Carolinafive,andGeorgiathree.WhenvacancieshappenintheRepresentationfromanyState,theExecutiveauthoritythereofshallissuewritsofelectiontofillsuchvacancies.TheHouseofRepresentativesshallchoosetheirSpeakerandotherofficers