The bands this year include the Decemberists and the Killers, as well as new acts like the Virgins and White Lies.

VOA: special.2009.06.08

At these conferences, they decide on a recommended or uniform insurance regulation policy and it acts a little bit like a Congress.

在会议上,他们就统一监管政策或者建议达成决议,它的运作有点像国会

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But, a lot of like the SATs and ACTs, it's pretty much stuff that you either learn just through school,

但是，像SAT，ACT这种考试，大部分内容都是我们在学校学过的，

被学问的自由所迷住 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He developed what he calls a suicide molecule that acts like the protein which tells cells to self-destruct.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

The sovereign representative acts, you might say, like a filter for the wills and passions of the people.

而君主代表的行动，就像人民意志和力量的过滤器。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

It acts like a washcloth, helps remove dead skin cells and makes the soap last longer.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

Rather than thinking of a teacher necessarily, one can think of an individual acts more like a mentor or coach in certain settings.

不必要一定要有个老师，你可以想成一个人在某个领域,作为指导者或是教练。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

This is someone who acts like a good person, but is really a bad person.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

And that's what The Acts of the Apostles kind of looks like.

使徒行传看起来就是这样。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

A transvestite is a man who dresses and acts like a woman.

VOA: special.2009.08.09

You konw, the British practicing mercantilism passed navigation acts, saying what ships could carry what and so on -nothing like that in the Greek world.

例如英国以颁布《航海法》,来体现重商主义,他们认为船能带来各种各样的财富,但在希腊不是这样

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It acts like the protein that directs cells to self-destruct.

VOA: special.2010.05.19

Scientists say Earth's atmosphere acts like a greenhouse.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

A copycat is someone who acts just like someone else or copies another person's work.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

"I would like to state that such acts must be stopped."

VOA: standard.2009.09.29