There was generally favorable response across the political spectrum in Muslim countries to the president's public statements - such as a pledge made before Turkey's Parliament in Ankara.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

So, I make a pledge. You give me seven hours a week, you will pass this class, not just by the skin of your teeth. You will pass it.

我保证，你们要是一周学习7个小时，肯定可以通过这门课，一点都不惊险，你们会通过的。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

In the climactic moment in the story, Joseph demands that his frightened brothers leave Benjamin the other son of Rachel, the other son of the beloved wife leave Benjamin as a pledge in Egypt.

在故事的高潮，约瑟夫要求惊慌的兄弟们留下本杰明,他是Rachelr，另一个儿子，心爱妻子的另一个儿子,当本杰明当作人质留在埃及。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

In his speech in Atlanta, Georgia to the Disabled Veterans of America, Mr.Obama said the United States is on schedule to fulfill a pledge to transfer security responsibilities to Iraqi forces.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

The 22-member Arab League says it will not implement the international arrest warrant, against Mr.Bashir,while Qatar, which is hosting an Arab summit next week, has repeated a pledge not to arrest him even though it is a signatory to the court charter.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

In some classes, only Spanish is spoken, even during the Pledge of Allegiance -- a morning tradition for American schoolchildren.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

The White House says President Barack Obama will attend next month's climate change summit in Copenhagen,Denmark, and will make a provisional pledge to cut U.S.greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

At each stop, I have emphasized president Obama's message that our strategy working with you may be in a new phase, but we pledge our full and continuing commitment to Iraq and the Iraqi people.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

And the new president renewed that pledge at news conferences in London where he attended the G-20 summit Thursday and at a campaign-style town hall event in Strasbourg,France where he was preparing for the 60th anniversary NATO summit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

The CBO projection is $7 trillion. The difference between the two estimates lies primarily in the fact that the CBO assumes the expiration of Bush administration-era tax cuts, while the White House is assuming that President Barack Obama will honor his pledge against allowing taxes to rise on families earning less than $250,000 a year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25