Take, for example, the commonplace notion that participatory democracy is somehow natural in a small community.

举个例子，参与式民主在小社区中是天生的。

I argue that we haven't actually experienced true participatory democracy in these United States of America just yet.

我认为我们在这些美利坚合众国还没有真正体验到真正的参与式民主。

(Applause) Representative democracy should be tempered by participatory democracy so that we can refine our political choices, and that choice should be exercised as much as possible at the local level.

（掌声） 代议制民主应该通过参与式民主来调和，这样我们就可以完善我们的政治选择，而且这种选择应该尽可能地在地方层面上进行。