The two presidents met for the first time on the sidelines of the G-20 economic conference in London in early April and set in motion what Clinton says is an effort to raise the frequently contentious U.S.-Russian relationship to a higher level.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

Let's listen to John Kander sit on one pitch level and then suddenly raise the whole thing up.

我们听到约翰·肯德尔选择了一个音高,然后突然升高了

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Last year, the SEC put out a proposal that -it's getting too easy to be an accredited investor -so they put out a proposal that we raise the wealth level to $2.5 million.

去年证交会发布了一项提议,鉴于合格投资者的门槛较低,因此他们提议,把准入门槛提高到250万美元

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"Our greatest fear right now is that if we don't raise the same level of money that we did a year ago, knowing that we have to help more people in January and February when the brunt of the winter begins to take hold and hits, we're going to be really pressed to keep the utilities bills paid and the heat on in many,many homes,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16