They found it easy to settle in a country that, until seventeen seventy-six, was a collection of British colonies.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

We are not in a country that mandates theology in terms of its constitutional law or its governance, you never gonna have the institutionalization of 5 daily prayers and things like that, people would be penalized.

我们所在的国家并没有将宗教,写进宪法或者法律法规里，你永远不会将每天五次祷告之类的事情,形成制度规范，这对人们不公。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

If you are in a country where English is not the first language,

如果你在一个英语不是第一语言的国家，

在外国说英语的方法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The end of his first one reads like poetry as he appeals for unity in a country under threat of civil war.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

That line had clearly been crossed and helps explain why it was that in a country in which there weren't ten people who wanted a republic in 1789.

绝对主义和专制主义的区别已经不存在,这解释了为何在这个国家,1789年时只有不到十人想建立共和制

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Mr.Bluemling's family expressed concern for his safety in a country where Islamic militants have sometimes attacked Westerners.

VOA: special.2011.03.03

I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.

一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

He said it was healthy and necessary for differences to exist in a country so large.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Because the U.S. is an arguably very successful country, so we have, potentially, a bias in--it's called a selection bias.

因为毫无疑问美国是个很成功的国家,因此我们的潜意识中,存在选择性偏差

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But in a country that was suffering a major recession, this kind of work was a good way for unemployed people to make money.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

Frost, when he goes north of Boston, goes back to the country, goes in, in a sense, the opposite direction that America is going.

弗罗斯特，当他去波士顿北部时，回到那个国家，某种意义上来说，走进，和美国人完全相反的方向。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

I believe that ultimately the country will return to a plan very similiar to what President Bush was pushing in 2005 and 2006.

但是我相信最终这个国家,会采取一个和布什总统在,05和06年推行的,计划相似的计划。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

"We just love the idea of having the most powerful man on Earth, you know,raised in a country like us.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

I believe I live in a rich country but maybe I've been fooled."

我相信我生活在一个富有的国度,但我可能是被愚弄了"

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"I want to live in a country where people have a minimum to live somewhat of a happy life.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.

因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In a country where most medical care is provided by the private sector, both mandate health insurance for all.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

is when you go to a different country or if you're in your own city, you can ask around,

就是当你去一个不同的国家或者如果你在自己的城市，你可以到处打听一下，

在外国说英语的方法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The commission has numerous logistical obstacles to overcome to hold a general election in a country recovering from war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

So I did teach English in a foreign country, in Greece for a year, a long time ago.

那么我在外国教过英语，在希腊教了一年，那是在很久以前了。

在公园相遇的老师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Gill says it's unfair that journalists always have to watch their step in a country that claims to be a democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

There's never been a successful third-party political culture take hold in this country without one really big issue to drive it.

美国就从没有过,第三政党真正成功执政的时候,因为缺乏一个真正重大的议题来支持它

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Such demonstrations have become frequent in a country with one of the widest gaps between rich and poor in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

How do you get there? You go to go here, here and these could be busy roads, and so parents don't want to do it because of safety reasons, so you see how--when the country used to be laid out in a grid, like say New York City still is today, then people walk to get to places.

那要怎么才能去呢,你得绕道这里,还有那里的繁忙路段,出于安全原因家长们不允许孩子们这么做,可以看到,规划为网格状道路的地区,比如依旧保留了传统规划的纽约,人们出行是靠步行

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

The government wants to leave a football legacy in a country where the sport was neglected under apartheid.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

In Houston, as with most other cities in this country, you need a car to get around.

像在这个国家的大多数其他城市一样，在休斯敦，你需要一辆车来帮助你到各处去。

德克萨斯美女 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It also has over-stretched infrastructure in a country that has experienced decades of conflict,instability and economic stagnation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.13

So, being a performer here is different to any other country, any other city in our country

所以，做这儿的演员与其他国家、其他城市的（演员）都不一样，

关于纽约的生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We have also some severe problems in Belgium because it's a country where they speak different languages.

比利时有很严重的问题，因为人们说不同的语言。

比利时和美国的差异 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人