He says Dubai and its leaders have too much to lose to let creditors like banks in Britain suffer losses.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

It suggests that ecstasy is like wine, ; and wine is like an eagle clasping you; it's prey in its claws.

这里暗示着令人着迷的狂喜如同美酒一般，而酒又像是紧紧抓着你的鹰;,用它的利爪疯狂地掠夺着你所有的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Why do you think the UK uses its own currency instead of using Euros like in other European countries?

英国使用自己的货币，而不是像其他欧盟成员一样使用欧元，你怎么看待这个问题？

欧洲中的英国 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Verizon said it did not accept programs on issues like abortion or war, but it quickly changed its decision.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

So certainly we would expect to see that it has an effect in terms of seeing its wave-like properties.

所以我们当然可以预期,会看到波动性质的效果。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

With its publication, Darwin gained important supporters like Thomas Huxley who were willing to defend his ideas.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

This normal weight animal like this has its whole equilibrium thrown off, its homeostasis thrown off when its dietary conditions change.

在饮食条件发生变化时,这些正常体重动物的生理平衡被打破,于是摈弃了原来的平衡饮食

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 Marine Corps has banned the use of sites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter on its computers.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

It looks like a leaf. It is nature in its aesthetic form as imitation of itself, life as an imitation of life.

它看起来像一片树叶，它是艺术,化的自然，模仿着它自己，用生命模仿生命。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Over the last five years, the city has reduced its public workforce and taken other steps like closing fire stations and swimming pools.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

A progress bar is not supposed to print one hundred lines just to update its status; generally we like to see a little animation.

一个进度条不应该是打印100行,只是更新它的状态，一般地，我们,想看到一点生机。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Like the steel and oil industries, the railroad industry also had its stories of intense business competition.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

Machiavelli's state itself has universalist ambitions, in many ways, much like its Christian and Roman predecessors.

马奇亚维利的国家本身,也有普遍性的野心，从很多层面看来,很像其基督与罗马帝国的前辈。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But supporters said it was the best way to protect the United States and its European allies from countries like Iran or North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.09.19

Suppose instead, I want a machine that can take a recipe, the description of a sequence of steps, take that as its input, and then that machine will now act like what is described in that recipe.

假设换成这个，我想要一台可以安装描述，一系列步骤的结果的方法的机器，把那个当做输入设备，然后那台机器可以像方法中,描述的那样运行了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

People often add an apostrophe to "its" in a sentence like "The group made its decision."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But if there's one thing and this is a little risky because there are always holes in any claim like this but if there's one distinct feature of the Old South society and indeed its leadership and most of its people, it would be what we might label anti-modernism.

但有一点,具有一定的风险,因为任何论点中都会有漏洞,如果说旧南方社会,的领导层和大部分人民,都有一个显著的特点,那就是在我们看来,他们是反现代的

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"He thought that testing had its place, but that testing should be more like medical tests.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

It seems to me that the government's hands are rather tied becasue the government has very large deficit, and it's running curly from deficits So something like a third of the governments' revenues in income taxes it takes in go through paid interests on its debt.

好像政府现在,能力有限，因为庞大的赤字,政府也还在尽量避免,赤字情况,政府通过收入所得税',拿到的钱中1/3都,要拿去还政府欠债的利息。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The painting is like a bright blue sky with floating circular shapes on its edges.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

back when America was first getting its feet and like, started to write its own literature.

那个时候的美国刚刚站稳脚跟准备创作自己的文学。

写作课程比较难 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Other experts have said the Microraptor probably flew with its back wings a little under and in a direction like that of the front wings.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

However, like a sporting contest, a beauty pageant can also be used to inspire its viewers.

可是，选美比赛也可以像体育比赛一样激励观众。

选美大会，很不错 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The building's footprint is shaped like a "Y", with three wings extending from its center.

VOA: special.2010.03.31

Genesis 3:7 is a very critical verse and it's rarely properly translated Most translations read like this: "She took of its fruit and ate.

创世纪》第3章第7节，很关键，却很少被正确的翻译,很多翻译都是，她看到了智慧果，吃了它。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And the company is preparing to open its own stores, like its competitor Apple.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

And so things like affirmative action, things such as how should university treat its workers, how should university treat its surrounding community, state, the nation.

比如反歧视性政策，比如工人们在大学的待遇，比如大学如何处理它和,周边社区，洲和国家的关系。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But China has not imported as much as its trade partners would like.

VOA: special.2010.01.15

The reason it looks like a tautology, because you look around, nothing seems to have its velocity forever.

其原因听起来像是绕圈子,因为你看看四周,似乎一切都不可能永远运动下去

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

What does it feel like to be the machine while it's looking at-- while it's got its little light sensors pointed at--the red ball?

当机器以电子眼,对着那个红色的球,它会有什么样的感觉

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选