Economic inequality is the "defining challenge of our time", President Barack Obama declared in a speech last month to the Center for American Progress.

美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马上月在美国发展中心的一次演讲中宣称，经济不平等是“我们这个时代的决定性挑战”。

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The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.

那位总统由于嗓子疼拒绝亲自发表演讲。

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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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President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

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Last time I began with Alexander H. Stephens's famous Cornerstone Speech in 1861, the famous passage by the Vice-President of the Confederacy declaring slavery the cornerstone of the Confederate Movement.

上次我说到亚历山大·H·史蒂芬,1861年著名的奠基石演讲,就是那个邦联副总统做的讲话,声称奴隶制是邦联运动的奠基石

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On Tuesday the president gave a nationally broadcast speech to students about the importance of staying in school.

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On the eve of Mr Chen's speech, President Jacques Chirac of France said during a visit to Beijing that tensions in the Taiwan strait were worsening.

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In his last big speech as president of Confindustria, the Italian employers' association, the elegant and telegenic Mr Montezemolo appeared to call on Italians to ditch Mr Prodi's shaky old two-wheeler and hitch their fortunes to a Formula One thoroughbred.

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For the first 47 minutes of his speech the president did not touch on any conservative themes until an about face with talk of cutting spending and cutting deficits.

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