看美国大选辩论学英语系列（二）
<p>赶在美国大选电视辩论第三场之前，我们来说一说第二场辩论中值得关注和学习的一些英语表达。俩人的黑料我们就不在这里重复了，毕竟都不是什么光彩的事情，我们还是要多多传播正能量。</p><p>1. <span word="Town">Town</span> <span word="hall">hall</span> <span word="debate">debate</span></p><p>如果大家还有印象的话，第一场辩论，两人一直站在各自的讲台（<span word="podium">podium</span>）后面，回答主持人的提问，然后展开辩论，基本没有离开自己的位置。</p><p>到了第二场，辩论的形式灵活了一些，两人可以在场内自由走动，提问的主角是现场观众，这些观众都是在圣路易斯地区选出来明确表示对任何一位候选人都没有倾向性的普通选民（<span word="undecided">undecided</span> <span word="voters">voters</span>）。观众提问，两位候选人回答，主持人会适时跟进一些问题（<span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="follow">follow</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="questions">questions</span>）。因为这种形式很像某个小镇开会议事，居民提问，镇长回答，所以被称为<span word="town">town</span> <span word="hall">hall</span> <span word="debate">debate</span>，现场观众就被称为<span word="town">town</span> <span word="hall">hall</span> <span word="participants">participants</span>。</p><p>原话摘录：</p><p>“<span word="Tonight">Tonight</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="hall">hall</span> <span word="format">format</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="gives">gives</span> <span word="voters">voters</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="questions">questions</span>. <span word="Martha">Martha</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="follow">follow</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="belongs">belongs</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="online">online</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="stage">stage</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Gallup">Gallup</span> <span word="organization">organization</span>, <span word="are">are</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="St">St</span>. <span word="Louis">Louis</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Gallup">Gallup</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="committed">committed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span>. <span word="Each">Each</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="wanted">wanted</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ask">ask</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="morning">morning</span>.</p>
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