Why can't you, we live in a democratic society with freedom of speech.

我们生活在个有言论自由的民主社会。

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It will soften your speech so that you can pose the question without offending the other person.

它会很好地柔化你的言辞，这样你就可以在不冒犯其他人的情况下提出自己的问题。

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So you can see that the trial of Socrates the little speech that you have read takes place in the shadow of military defeat of resistance of conspiracy and betrayal.

所以你可以看到苏格拉底的审判,你们所读到的简短演说,发生时的场景是笼罩在军事败北,抵抗，阴谋与背叛的阴影之中。

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You can use them mainly to soften your speech.

你可以用它们来柔化你的言辞。

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The "is it okay" question pattern is something that you can use to make your speech a little less formal.

is it okay”问句能够让你说的话不过于正式。

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