"But I stand here tonight full of hope for our future, full of expectations and dreams, not just for my children but for all the children of New Jersey, Kim and I are going to get to work to make that happens, starting tomorrow."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

And if we lower our expectations, we lower our stress levels and we will enjoy life more.

如果能降低期望，降低压力水平，我们会更享受生活。

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And so the Pygmalion effect shows how our expectations can really matter.

所以皮格马利翁效应表明,我们的期望能产生很大的影响。

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"We have been tasked by our respective presidents the foreign minister and I, to put meat on the bones, so to speak, to get to work to make sure that the expectations of both President Zuma and President Obama are met as we work more closely together on our bi-lateral relationship as well as on regional and global challenges.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

What will make a difference to our levels of wellbeing is if we have right vs. wrong expectations.

能影响幸福水平的,是我们的期望是正确还是错误。

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Not lower high expectations-- that won't make a difference to our levels of wellbeing.

而不是低的和高的期望-,那不会影响我们的幸福水平。

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