This year,Lilith Fair returned for the first time since nineteen ninety-nine.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

I'm asking about this thing that's extended obviously through space since car has taken up some space and through time.

我问的是这个贯穿,当然也贯穿空间,因为车子也占空间,还有贯穿时间的物体。

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So I gave you some numbers I made up actually a long time ago, but since I've been using this game in class, somebody went out and checked.

我列举的数字都是我很久前编出来的,在我需要在课上引用数字的时候就有了,有人还为此做了调查

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And this year, for the first time since 1991, that rate is on the rise.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

I don't know whether it's easier for gentlemen or not because our voices are sort of in the bass, but maybe this is payback time since ladies are always singing the melody.

我不知道是否男人更容易唱出低声部，因为我们的嗓音本来就低，不过这也可能是女士们报复的时间到了，她们总是得唱旋律。

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With the world's major economies forecast to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two, Britain's Financial Times newspaper reports the G20 participants will likely resolve to strive for economic growth in 2010.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

People never thought of insurance as the same as a bank, but since this is relatively recently-- that was only nine years ago--at this time, it means that we are now seeing an expansion of our banking system in the U.S.

人们从来不认为保险和银行是一回事,但是从那法案之后它们就是差不多的了,这只不过是九年前的法案,但是现在,这意味着在美国,银行系统得到了扩张

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