一、英譯中：（30 分） Processes of amending or changing a constitution are normally provided in the document itself. The United States Constitution has only been amended 26 times since it went into effect in 1789, and ten of those amendments consist of the Bill of Rights that was added in 1791. Because the amendment process is time-consuming and cumbersome, the fundamental law of the nation is not easily subject to the whims of special-interest group, factions, or even the majority of the population at any given time. The shorter and more basic a constitution is, the less likely it is to be changed. The most successful constitutions confine themselves primarily to the procedures of government.