1. Town hall debate
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(podium)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。
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(undecided voters)。观众提问,两位候选人回答,主持人会适时跟进一些问题(ask follow-up questions)。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town hall debate,现场观众就被称为town hall participants。
原话摘录:
“Tonight's debate is a town hall format which gives voters the chance to directly ask the candidates questions. Martha and I will ask follow-up questions but the night really belongs to the people in this room and to people across the country who committed questions online. The people you see on this stage were chosen by the Gallup organization, are all from the St. Louis area and told Gallup they have not committed to a candidate. Each of them came here with questions they wanted to ask and we saw the questions for the first time this morning.
(主持人Anderson Cooper)今晚的辩论采用市政厅会议的形式,选民有机会直接向两位候选人提问。Martha和我会跟进一些问题,但提问权属于今天在场的观众以及在线提交问题的全国民众。今天在场的观众是有盖乐普公司在圣路易斯地区挑选出来的,他们都表明对任何一位候选人没有倾向性。每一位观众都带来了自己想问的问题,我们也是今天早晨才看到这些问题。”
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