Reid said that the legislation he is proposing would allow states not to participate in the public option.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

One thing I do ask you: If you are not doing it, if you don't participate, simply just keep quiet.

我对你们的一个要求是：,如果你不做，不参与的同学，请保持安静。

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If you are not prepared, then you will not be able to participate in our class discussion.

要是你没准备的话，你就不能参加课堂讨论。

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"It angers me more than anything. We are not able to participate, we are not able to do anything to help the mission or anything like that."

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

He says man is political not because we have some biological impulse or instinct that drives us to participate in politics, but, he says, because we are possessed of the power of speech.

他说人类具有政治性,但不是因为,我们拥有某种生物冲动或本能,驱使我们参与政治，而是因为我们掌握了,辩论的能力。

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The Iranian government also did not reply to an Italian invitation to participate in talks on the sidelines of the G-8 foreign ministers meeting later this week in Trieste.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

"I'm coming in contact now with a lot of young immigrants and I find a lot of hope in their desire to continue to advocate for improvements and to not hide their issues or their concerns, but to participate in the society in a democratic way, whatever their legal status."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

December 7 is known as "national students' day" in Iran, and it marks the anniversary of the 1953 slaying of three students by Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi's security forces, following a coup against populist Prime Minister Mohammed Mosadegh, earlier that year Eyewitnesses say hundreds of students have received threatening emails,this week, warning them not to participate in Monday's demonstrations.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"One of the things I am suggesting is a communal statement that synagogues sign on to, and that has language that creates a playing field that makes it clear that such language and violence will not be accepted, that people who are gay are welcome to pray and participate in synagogue life and that religion is not about excluding and hating but about finding areas where we can come and be in the presence of the divine,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.04