She said we need to modify outdated curriculum and improve instruction methods, such as teaching African children in their native languages, not simply in English or French.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

You need hybrids, in order to improve the category of what you're doing.

你必须用杂交来改良品种

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

So, my advice to anyone who's trying to improve their ability to write in English

因此，我给想要提高自己英语写作能力的人的建议是，

英语阅读：技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A majority of those surveyed expect the security situation in their local area to improve in the next year, although in regions where there is major conflict, respondents are less optimistic about future improvements.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

But it's also helpful to think just for health and well-being in general, what might be done to improve the diet and this will be a good way to try to get at that.

但如果出于健康考虑,想想如何能改善饮食,也是很有益处的,这次的作业就是一个改善饮食的好方式

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

To improve clay soils, mix in garden waste or other organic matter and turn the soil deeply in the fall.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

Francis Bacon, influenced by Machiavelli, urged human beings to employ their reason to force nature to give up its secrets, to treat nature like a woman, to master nature in order to improve man's material well being.

弗朗西斯·培根受到马基雅弗利的影响,提倡人们运用理性,来让自然原形毕露,像对待女人那样对待自然,去征服自然以提升人类的物质生活

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

On Thursday in Brussels, international donors promised more than two hundred fifty million dollars to improve security in Somalia.

VOA: special.2009.04.25

Teachers are more responsive to you, people treat you better, you have more opportunities to make your way through the world, you make more money, you have more access to things, and that could, in turn, cause you to improve your life.

老师更喜欢回应你，人们待你更好，你有更多的机会闯出自己的一条路，你赚到更多的钱，你能得到更多的东西，从而使你能改善你的生活。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If possible, in the year before you plant potatoes, plant a cover crop to improve the soil and the potato production.

VOA: special.2009.03.10

We'll talk about whether food can promote health; of course it can if done right, and we'll talk about the specific properties of food that promote good health and what can be done to increase the opportunity of food to improve the public's health in a national and international way.

我们将讨论食物是否能促进健康,当然,适当的饮食能促进健康,我们还将讨论健康食品的特殊性质,以及我们如何,通过食物来提高,全国乃至全世界公众的健康水平

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

A simple water pump is helping to improve the lives of poor families in several Asian and African countries.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

"Spending a number of hours together in that kind of environment,I think, can only help improve the chances of bipartisan cooperation.

VOA: special.2011.06.18

In nineteen eighty-seven, she founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self-Development to improve the lives of black children.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

In general,dead or living parts of plants need to be removed to improve the shape or growth of the plant.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

He had always been interested in environmental issues and worked hard to improve the environment in his state.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Joseph Pulitzer bought the New York World in eighteen eighty-three and used it to improve the lives of workers and the poor.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Teachers at the writing center at Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana work with students to improve their writing.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

In trying to improve his lovely wife, he had failed to realize she had been perfect all along.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

Marilyn may have worked more to improve her appearance than to improve her performance in acting classes.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The program in India won an Ashden Award in two thousand six for using local sources of energy to improve quality of life.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

And research continues. A new study has shown that aspirin can improve survival in colon cancer patients.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

But locally, people are working every day to improve the health of the planet in smaller ways.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He plans to work to improve the legal system so that competing groups can settle their differences in court instead of the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

Many colleges and universities in the United States have writing centers to help students improve their skills.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

When she was in her twenties, her father arranged for her to have an operation on her brain to improve her mental condition.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

In February, Blackwater changed its name to Xe to help improve its image with the public.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Corn harvests remain small. The researchers say farming methods in Sub-Saharan Africa need to improve or else poor quality soil will increase rural poverty.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

He wants to give poor people in developing countries a simple way to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.03.15

Women usually spend their money in ways that improve their families' nutrition, health and education.

VOA: special.2010.06.16