At a White House event Tuesday to honor Greek independence, President Barack Obama pledged support for a close ally.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

His examples are typically drawn from situations of human beings or polities in extremes where the very survival or independence of a society is at stake.

他的范例是,典型地取材自人类,或政体在极端下的处境,即当存活或一个社会的独立,已面临考验。

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Ties between Washington and New Delhi are at perhaps their warmest since Indian independence.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11