The protracted nature of the commencement speech did not sit well with the restless group of recent graduates.

毕业典礼演讲的时间太长，让这群焦躁不安的应届毕业生很不舒服。

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Speaking to a group can be difficult, but a bad speech is truly a tiresome task.

面对一群人演讲可能很困难，但是一场糟糕的演讲真的是个令人讨厌的活儿。

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The organizer decided to invite Johnny, the president of the group, to deliver a third speech as his previous ones were so well received.

组织方决定邀请该集团的主席约翰尼再来做一次演讲，因为他之前的演讲非常受欢迎。

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The group said the video was anti-Christian and represented a form of hate speech.

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Bradley Smith of the Centre for Competitive Politics, a pro-speech group, says such fears are exaggerated.

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In a March 29 letter to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, the Media Coalition, a free-speech group, said the legislation was overly broad and could curb free speech online.

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But Kevin Bankston, an attorney at the Internet free-speech advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sees MyEdge as a healthy alternative to the usual angry-lawyer school of reputation management.

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