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当地时间10月3日晚9时(北京时间4日早9时)，美国2017总统大选首场辩论在科罗拉多州的丹佛大学举行，目前辩论仍在进行中，首场辩论将围绕经济和国内政策为主题。 DENVER, the United States, Oct. 3-- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on Wednesday began their first presidential debate at Denver University in Denver, Colorado, with the debate focusing on economy and domestic issues. 丹佛，美国，10月3日（新华网）——美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马和他的共和党对手罗姆尼在周三在丹佛大学开始了他们的首场大选辩论，辩论主题为经济和国内政策。 The debate, hosted by veteran PBS journalist Jim Lehrer, started off with a question to Obama on how he would create jobs. Obama answered it for two minutes, then Romney took his turn. 本场辩论由PBS的老牌记者吉姆·赖乐主持，开场向奥巴马提出一个问题，问他如何创造工作机会，奥巴马回答了2分钟，然后罗姆尼继续。 The debate is to run for 90 minutes. 本场辩论将持续90分钟。 Economy is the most important topic, as it takes up half of the time. 经济问题是最重要的话题，有半场讨论都集中在经济问题上。 Prior to the debate, both campaigns had said it would give the candidates an opportunity to speak directly to voters without the filter of the media. | 
