【词汇大师】今天的新闻什么？(1/2)

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今天你看看新闻了吗？有没有什么重大政策啊？
TIPS
本篇中，主持人的话不用听写，只听写嘉宾的话。
主持人的话：① "Well, bringing [that] up, what is a republic and how did he define it in his dictionary in eighteen twenty-eight?"
HITS
'A commonwealth'"He defines party as 'A number of persons united in opinion or design, in opposition to others in the community. It differs from faction, in implying a less dishonorable association, or more justifiable designs. Parties exist in all governments; and free governments are the hot-beds of party. Formerly, the political parties in England were called whigs and tories.' He was obviously opposed to what he called factions, which were very common in the early republic."
"He defined republic as 'A commonwealth' -- you'd have to then look up commonwealth to see exactly what that meant, but he goes on to say that a republic is 'a state in which the exercise of the sovereign power is lodged in representatives elected by the people. In modern usage, it differs from a democracy or democratic state, in which the people exercise the powers of sovereignty in person.