So when she heard about Mississippi teen Constance McMillen, whose senior PROM was canceled after she caused a stir by planning to wear a tux and go with another girl, DeGeneres took action.

在密西西比州，有个叫康斯坦斯·麦克米伦的女孩打算穿燕尾服带着她的女伴侣去参加学校毕业舞会，引起轩然大波，结果学校为此把舞会给取消了。艾伦听说了这件事，她坐不住了。

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There has been a lot of talk about the action and about the person who took it, and about the hero and the heroic act, and the symbol and the symbolic act.

很多人都在谈论那件事和做了事的那个人，英雄和他的英雄壮举，标志和那个标志性的事件。

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About 65 to 80% of people in every country said they took steps to make sure their bedroom smelled the way they liked, except Japan, where only 28% cared enough to take any action.

各国65% - 80%的人说他们都会给卧室添加自己喜欢的味道，除去日本，只有28%的人会关心卧室气味并采取措施。

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And that -- those factors combined to lead the President to believe that he took -- that the action he took was the right action to take, and he consulted with Congress about it.

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At Chesapeake (CHK) shareholders took action when they found out about the CEO financing personal deals on the side.

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And when the Attorney General learned about it, he took action to ensure that it was no longer used, and he directed the Inspector General at the Department of Justice to investigate.

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