About 70% of the population thinks the country is going in the wrong direction, hence Obama's focus on the word "change."
70%的美国人认为国家正在走向错误的方向，因此奥巴马将重点放在了“改变”这个词上。
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It must have taken me a half hour to sense that maybe some key to an answer could result from reversing the word "Thanksgiving" — at least that suggested a verbal direction, "giving thanks."