VOA慢速英语:Teaching American Students About US Founding Documents

civics – n. a social science dealing with the rights and duties of citizens

espouse – v. to take up and support as a cause

republic – n. a form of government with a chief of state who has term limits

principle – n. a rule, policy or value

deficiency – n. the state of lacking some necessary quality

perspective – n. the ability to understand what is important; the direction in which someone looks at an object