"Every time Americans debate the problem of states' rights, the relationship of federal power to state power -- which we are indeed having a roiling debate again -- and every time we debate not only race relations, but the very idea of what it means to be an American, multi-racial,greatly diverse society, we are debating the direct legacies of the Civil War."

VOA: special.2011.04.09

Now it's--I think it's still the dominant academic view, but there's a big debate and there are partisans on both sides.

现在，这种观点-我认为仍然是主流的学术观点，但是对此学术界也存在激烈的争论,并且双方都有自己的阵营。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I didn't get into it at all in this experiment--in this lecture-- but there's an interesting debate going on about love and many other emotions between people who take a kind of evolutionary perspective on these states versus people who take what might be called a more socially constructed perspective.

我没有在这讲座中的实验中涉及-,但是这是关于爱,和其他情感有趣的争论,有人从进化论的角度来探讨,还有人可能从,更像社会建构的立场出发。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He says it is not a game, but more like a political debate in which both sides claim victory.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

(Speaking in French) But Besson said immigration is also a key element of the debate and French should not be afraid to discuss it.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

But this debate over Futenma has exposed a side of Japan the U.S.has never seen before.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"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."

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

But just what constitutes torture has been a matter of debate in Washington.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

The French parliament is expected to debate the decision next week, but is expected to ultimately support it, ahead of a NATO summit marking the alliance's 60th anniversary next month.

VOA: standard.2009.03.11

The two countries have created a cabinet-level group in hopes of resolving the dispute soon, but Gabe expects the debate to drag out for months, while Japanese leaders try to find common ground.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

We have got to do something,". Earlier Saturday, in his weekly internet address, Mr.Obama said the country has had a long and important debate on health reform, but it is time to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"But they have to be a little bit careful to overstate that." Both political parties also see the continuing congressional debate on health care reform as a key factor in next year's midterm elections.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23