Namibian Election officials say the second day of polling went relatively smoothly although lines were long early in the morning in heavily populated areas of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.28

The early poems are not merely brilliant literary exercises in and of themselves, although of course they are that.

早期的诗不仅仅是杰出的文学练习,虽然他们当然b本身就是。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Now I want to really clarify for you what I mean by this term "modernism." It just means the art and literature of the early twentieth century, especially the "high art," although its roots are definitely in the nineteenth century, especially the French nineteenth century, fiction and poetry.

现在我特别想向大家解释清楚,“现代主义“到底是什么意思，它其实就是指,20世界早期的艺术和文学作品，特别是高雅艺术“,尽管它起源于19世纪，特别是19世纪法国的小说和诗歌。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Major rifts within the opposition have been cited as the biggest factor likely to thwart efforts by their leader Anwar Ibrahim to win control of government at the next election,due by 2013, although some analysts say a poll could be held as early as next year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21