This television programme provoked a spirited debate.

这个电视节目引起了激烈的争论。

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This television program provoked a spirited debate in the United Kingdom .

这个电视节目在英国引起了激烈的辩论。

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Behind closed doors, a spirited debate goes on over the fate of the monarchy when the king dies.

但在内部，关于国王死后王室何去何从的讨论正酣。

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"In fact,what's remarkable is not that we've had a spirited debate about health insurance reform, but the unprecedented consensus that has come together behind it."

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Behind closed doors, a spirited debate goes on over the fate of the monarchy when the king dies.

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Yesterday I promised to report on a spirited debate between my boss, Steve Forbes, and the chairman of the Lego, Mads Ovilsen.

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More than anything else, he relishes a spirited debate with worthy adversaries.

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