This Thursday is a day for families and friends to share a special holiday meal and think about what they are thankful for.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

Through Yale you know a lot of people and they don't have to be close friends but they are acquaintances.

通过耶鲁，你能认识很多人,这些人不一定是亲密的好朋友,他们只是相识的人。

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I'm quite excited to meet new friends and to see what they are all like over there.

我很喜欢结交新朋友，去看看那边的人是如何生活的。

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"They are worried about the possible side effects, about what they listen to from friends and the Internet because there is no official source.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

That also encouraged me to really write more and to really think about what is the story, how are people coming to this and like when I show my friends this, how are they going to react.

这也鼓励我编写更多东西,并且真正思考这个故事是什么，思考人们怎么想它,比如我向我的朋友展示的时候，他们会怎么反应。

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Other cases are different. As they wash dishes in the safety of the courtyard, Liseth and her friends are reconsidering their plans after the harrowing trip across Guatemala.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Why should citizens of one state, namely one's own have any moral priority over the citizens of another state when, again, we don't know them and we may well be mistaken in our assumption ? that they are enemies or friends?

为何一国的公民，即为何某人能拥有,凌驾其它城邦公民的道德优势,尤其是我们根本不了解他们,我们可能误将他们,错认为是敌人或朋友？

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Family and friends of jailed U.S.-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi are saying they are relieved she has decided to put an end to her two-week old hunger strike, in the aftermath of an Iranian pledge to hear her appeal next week.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06