GEORGE W.BUSH：We really don't care why the chicken crossed the road.We just want to know whether the chicken is on our side of the road or not.The chicken is either with us or it is against us.There is no middle ground here.
AL GORE：I invented the chicken.I invented the road.Therefore，the chicken crossing the road represented the application of these two different functions of government in a new，reinvented way to bring greater services to the American people.
COLIN POWELL：Now at the left of the screen，you can see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road clearly.
HANS BLIX：We have the reason to believe there is a chicken，but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
乔治·布什：我们其实并不在乎小鸡是否穿过了马路。我们只想知道小鸡是否与我们在马路的同一边。小鸡要么与我们统一立场，要么与我们作对，没有中立的地方。
阿尔·戈尔：我发明了小鸡。我发明了道路，因此，小鸡过马路代表了政府这两种不同功能的新型应用，以更好地为美国人服务。
科林·鲍威尔：现在屏幕的左方，我们很明显能看到小鸡过马路的卫星图像。
汉斯·布里克斯：我们有理由相信，小鸡是存在的，但是我们目前仍不能到马路的对面去。
Satellite n.人造卫星；卫星
E.g.Television stations around the world are linked by satellite.
全世界的电视台通过卫星联系在一起。
1.be with……支持；拥护；赞同
E.g.I'm with you on that.
在那一点上我赞成你。
反义词：be against……反对，违背
2.middle ground n.妥协；中间立场自我测验21：
1.Ellen was absent this morning because she had her tooth.
A.fillingB.to fillC.filledD.fill
2.To answer correctly is more important than.
A.a quick finishB.to finish quickly
C.finishing quicklyD.you finish quickly
3.I know it isn't important but I can't help about it.
A.but to thinkB.thinkingC.thinkD.to think
4.The six blind men stood by the side of the road.
A.begB.to begC.beggingD.begged
5.What did the teacher want to the noisy children？
A.doingB.to doC.doneD.did
6.The book is said into many foreign languages.
A.to have translatedB.to have been translated
C.to be translatingD.haying been translated
7.I said that he wouldn't mind.
A.to wait for usB.wait for usC.waiting for usD.for waiting us
8.I want immediately.
A.that this work is madeB.this work made
C.that this work is doneD.this work done
9.Never stop the laws which control facts.
A.to look forB.to look atC.looking forD.looking after
10.Did you notice the little boy away？
A.took the candy and ranB.taking the candy and run
C.take the candy and runD.who taking the candy running
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