A pair of bills sponsored by Massachusetts state Senator Jason Lewis and House Speaker Pro Tempore Patricia Haddad, to ensure "gender parity" on boards and commissions, provide a case in point.

马萨诸塞州参议员贾森·刘易斯和众议院临时议长帕特丽夏·哈达德为确保董事会和委员会中的 “性别平等” 而提出的两项议案就是一个很好的例子。

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In the first case, while you want to use active listening techniques to encourage the speaker to keep the conversation moving forward, you do not want to continually interrupt the speaker.

在第一种情况中，尽管你想运用积极倾听的技巧来鼓励说话者继续谈话，但是你总是打断说话者。

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And this is definitely the case of our speaker today.

而我们今天的演讲者也是如此。

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An Australian court has rejected a sexual harassment case filed against former Speaker of Parliament Peter Slipper, who had been forced to resign.

BBC: Australian court rejects sex case against former Speaker

While I believe this is true in any ethics proceeding, it's particularly true and particularly troublesome in this case because the offending member is the Speaker of the House, the third ranking official in our government.

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The speaker before me put forward a case for cautious optimism.

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