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2. www.e-say.com.cn Obama to hold online meeting with ordinary citizens U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday held an interactive online meeting with ordinary citizens across the country, the first such kind of meeting in the history of the White House. Standing in front of a TV screen and joined by an audience in the East Room of the White House, the president replied to six online questions on education, the mortgage crisis, job outsourcing, national service, assistance for veterans and health care. Four of the six virtual questions were displayed on the screen in a written format; the other two were video submissions. mortgage 抵押 job outsourcing 人事外 包 veteran 老兵 virtual 虚拟的 submission 提交，服从

3. www.e-say.com.cn 1. What do you think of the online meeting between the President and ordinary citizens ? 2. In your opinion, what are the responsibilities of a US president ? The questions were selected from more than 104,000 questions submitted by the public to the White House's web site, WhiteHouse.gov, which streamed live video of the meeting. During the session, the president repeatedly steered the discussion toward larger economic themes, most notably the recent spike in job losses. He warned that even if the economy has already bottomed out, unemployment probably would continue to get worse. Obama also discussed education reform. The president, who revolutionized the use of technology as a political tool during his presidential campaign last year, is the first U.S. president to address questions from the public live on the Internet. Obama to hold online meeting with ordinary citizens steer 导航 notably 明显地 spike 长钉 bottom out 见底回升