阅读材料，回答问题。

    某市开展“我为构建和谐社会进一言”活动。广大群众通过网络、报纸、热线电话等多种渠道向市政府积极献计献策，仅网上留言就达上百条。市政府根据本市实际情况和市民的意见和建议，主要采取了以下措施：

    第一，统筹城乡发展，促进城乡和谐。财政支出每年增加2个百分点用于农业基础设施建设，并着手建立农村最低生活保障制度。第二，开展评选“知荣明耻十佳公民”等活动，提高全民的道德素养。第三，坚决整治制药厂、造纸厂等企业的污染问题，保护和治理环境。第四，健全多渠道矛盾纠纷调处机制，化解矛盾纠纷；坚持经常性的严打工作，维护社会安定。第五，建设和谐社区，发挥村委会、居委会的自我管理、自我服务和社会治安功能。第六，实行政务公开，开展“群众评议政府”活动。

结合材料说明该市公民如何参与政治生活。

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                                                                                         Enjoying Dinner with Friends in America

        Americans, like many people else where in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners, in fine homes and hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most people in the United States have no servants (佣人) , their dinner parties at home are mostly informal. Guests may sit down at a table, or, as many new small homes have no separate (单独的) dining room or very small dining space, guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room, holding their plates on their knees.

        A more enjoyable form of entertainment is the picnic. Americans are great picnickers, and almost every family has a picnic basket. Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open countryside. Unless hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire, picnic food is usually cold sandwiches, salads, potato chips, etc. Watermelon is a favourite dessert, followed very often by baseball for the young and active, and naps (打盹) for the weary (疲惫的； 困乏的).