Obama, Romney kick off foreign policy debate
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Obama, Romney kick off foreign policy debate
BOCA RATON, the United States, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt 1 Romney were starting on Monday night to duel 2 on foreign policy issues in their third and final face-to-face encounter.
The debate came 15 days before voters choose a new White House occupant.
The face-off in Lynn University in Boca Raton of Florida could turn out consequential 3 in a very tight race as latest polls show the duo neck-and-neck among likely voters.
Moderator Bob Schieffer from CBS News has selected five topics for the 90-minute event, namely America's role in the world, the war in Afghanistan, Iran's nuclear issue, the changing Middle East and the new face of terrorism, and the rise of China.
While foreign policy has been a strength of Obama throughout the campaigns, the Democratic incumbent 4 has found his advantage narrowing to a mere 5 four percentage points, a contraction 6 of 11 points from last month, following his lackluster performance in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, and his rebound 7 in the next encounter on Oct. 16 has failed to regain 8 the lead.
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
n./v.决斗；(双方的)斗争
- The two teams are locked in a duel for first place.两个队为争夺第一名打得难解难分。
- Duroy was forced to challenge his disparager to duel.杜洛瓦不得不向诋毁他的人提出决斗。
adj.作为结果的，间接的；重要的
- She was injured and suffered a consequential loss of earnings.她受了伤因而收入受损。
- This new transformation is at least as consequential as that one was.这一新的转变至少和那次一样重要。
adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的
- He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
- It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过
- That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
- It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
n.缩略词，缩写式，害病
- The contraction of this muscle raises the lower arm.肌肉的收缩使前臂抬起。
- The forces of expansion are balanced by forces of contraction.扩张力和收缩力相互平衡。
v.弹回；n.弹回，跳回
- The vibrations accompanying the rebound are the earth quake.伴随这种回弹的振动就是地震。
- Our evil example will rebound upon ourselves.我们的坏榜样会回到我们自己头上的。
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