Drink-driving is still very much a live issue.

【live】酒后驾车仍然是个非常使人关注的话题。

You know, they take on issues which are live issues about which a lot of Americans disagree from one side.

你知道，他们所处理的问题是许多美国人在某一方面存在分歧的现实问题。

The idea of a water route across the isthmus, long a dream of navigators, had become a living issue after the historic voyage of the battleship Oregon around South America during the Spanish War.

横跨地峡的水道想法成为了航海家长期以来的梦想，现在已经成为一个现实的问题。