He wanted to leave right away. As John walked through the woods that day,he began thinking about his future.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

What is it for somebody in the future to be the very same person as this person who is here now today.

一个在未来的人,和今天在这里的是同一个人,这意味着什么。

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certainly to act as good attorneys in the future

将来成为好律师的能力，

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He called the vote an "important step forward" as the Afghan people seek to control their future.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

According to the personality view, what makes somebody in the future the same person as somebody in the past is if it's part of the same ongoing personality.

根据人格理论，将来之某人与过去之某人为同一人,条件是拥有相同持续人格中的部分。

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Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American,is this: We cannot be afraid of the future.

VOA: standard.2009.06.27

The romance heroine is often threatened with rape, but by her cleverness or by good luck or a concatenation of forces ; she can always invariably avert that tragedy; and by the end of the work she can present herself to her future husband as a virgin.

这位传奇的女英雄总是被强奸所威胁，但是多亏了她的机敏，或是走好运，或是一连串的军队暴力,她总是能避免悲剧;,在作品的最终,她呈现在未来丈夫面前的仍是一个处女。

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Even as officials had tried to downplay the future al-Qaida threat, some had warned of a possible increase in Sunni-led violence.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

Socrates' death at the age of 70 was intended by him as an act of philosophical martyrdom that would allow future philosophy to be favorably recognized as a source of courage and justice.

苏格拉底死于70，岁0,是他盘算中的,哲学殉道举动,让哲学在将来顺利地,被表彰为,是勇气与正义的泉源。

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Palestinians see the West Bank settlements, home to about 300,000 Israelis, as an obstacle to the creation of a future Palestinian state.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

"This is an important milestone as the Iraqi people continue to take responsibility for their future,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

The Palestinians, who seek East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, say they will not return to negotiations until all settlement activity stops.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

we need more problem solving." In his brief remarks, Mr.Obama referred to his proposed $3.5 trillion budget for 2010 as a blueprint for the future.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

He says he hopes the U.S.and Burma could "take advantage of these gestures as a way to begin laying a foundation of goodwill and confidence-building in the future."

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

He thinks that the electoral law is an "existential issue" affecting all Iraqis, as well as the future of the country and should not be rushed to a vote.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

In Southeast Asia, where millions of people are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such as drought or unusually heavy rains, there are growing concerns for the future.

VOA: standard.2009.12.21

"The Maronites have never had, and will never have, any site like the Qadisha Valley, in the future, to present the Maronitism as a culture and as a civilized community ...

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

The freeze does not include 3,000 Jewish homes already under construction in the West Bank and does not apply to disputed East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians seek as the capital of their future state.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

"The biggest area of progress is giving Afghans the ability to actually change their own future, through education, through training of teachers, through economic opportunities such as the rehabilitation of the Dahla Dam, restoring agriculture."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

East Timor's leaders, many of them former rebels who fought Indonesia, see reconciliation with the former occupier as more crucial for the future of the country than judicial action to bury the ghosts of past violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

President Obama has been deliberating over military proposals to boost U.S.strength in Afghanistan by as many as 40,000 troops, while the future of Germany's troop presence in Afghanistan was a key issue in the September elections that returned Chancellor Merkel to power.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

He noted,however,that the U.S. considers Iran to be an important player related to Afghanistan, and sees the issue as a very productive area for engagement in the future Anticipating President Barack Obama's Strategic Review on Afghanistan and Pakistan, Mohammad Mehdi Akhonzadeh said Iran expects measurable change, not rhetoric from the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27