题目

The disputed election results in Florida introduced a new term into popular speech.Americans began talking about "chads." Whether it was "hanging chads," "pregnant chads" or "dimpled chads," it amounted to the same problem.It meant that a voting machine had not cleanly punched out a bit of paper,called a chad,when the voter made a choice.As a result,the ballot would confuse a vote-counting machine and make the choice unreadable.

提问时间：2021-04-12

答案

佛罗里达备受争议的选举结果将一新兴用语引入到大众言论中.美国民众现在常把“chads”（即孔屑）挂在嘴边.“hanging chads”（即孔屑跟选票只是一丝相连）,“pregnant chads”（即孔屑和选票完全相连,但是是凸起来的,跟孕妇的肚子一样）,“dimpled chads”（即即孔屑和选票完全相连,但是是凹进去的,跟酒窝一样）这些用语都被用来指出孔屑和选票相连这一问题,即选民在投票过程中,使用投票机器（打孔机）打孔时未完全将小纸屑（或称作卡片的孔屑）打下来.因此点票机无法接收这类选票并进行点算.