Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, a Democrat, had his hands full trying to calm down a man in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, who was angry about being denied a chance to ask a question.

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Now, I want to ask a question that we're going to need to think about, the two of you sitting up front here, when I was asking you how you responded to it. Can we have a moral response to this novel?

现在，我想要问你们一个我们将要思考的问题，就你们俩吧，坐在前面的，当我问你们如何回应,我们可以对这部小说有一个道德反思吗？

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In another example, you can use a "when" question in order to ask about the timing of a specific event.

在下面这个例子中，你可以用When 问句来询问一个具体活动的时间。

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Maybe I ought to just give you a chance before I turn to the next question to ask any questions that still are not clear for you about this phenomenon of colonization.

或许在我提出下一个问题前,应该给你们机会来提问,谈谈你们对这种殖民现象,有何不解之处

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Let me ask you a question first about John Barth and the stories that I asked you to read. Which of them was your favorite? Some cackling I hear None of them?Which of them was your favorite?

我先来问你们一个关于约翰·巴斯和我让你们读的,故事的问题，你们最喜欢哪个故事，我听到一些咯咯笑的声音,都不喜欢吗，你们最喜欢哪个故事啊？

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Let me ask another question, if you give this-- and we'll talk about this in a later lecture, but if you give this diet to laboratory animal-- rats, mice, whatever-- it's very common for animals to gain a good bit of weight when given access to this diet.

我们来看另一个问题,如果你给,我们将在以后的课上讨论这个话题,但如果你给实验室动物,像小白鼠之类的,给予某种类型的饮食,这种饮食习惯会使得体重增加

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In trying to comfort your friend you could ask about his situation by using a "When" question.

为了安慰你的朋友，你可以用“When”问句来询问他的情况。

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Along the way I'm attempting to also to answer the question that people always ask me when they understand I'm a historian about Greece and if they have any interest in the subject.

那时人们知道我是个希腊史学家,如果他们对希腊史感兴趣,他们就会问我一些问题,我也会试着去回答他们

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