The long and vigorous debate about health care that's been taking place over the past few months is a good thing.

过去几个月在医疗保健问题上发生的漫长而又激烈的辩论是件好事。

That civil rights bill was passed after eight long months of debate.

那个民事权利法案通过八个月长的讨论之后已经通过了。