But critics of national standards say the idea goes against one of America's oldest traditions -- local control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.09

Okay, but it may be-- how many national anthems around the world do we have in minor keys?

好了,但是也许,世界上有多少个国家的国歌,采用的是小调呢

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It was something like a central bank but it was different essentially in that the National Banks really didn't have authority to run monetary policy.

它像是个中央银行,但是在本质上不同,因为国家银行真的,没有什么权力运行货币政策。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he says investment has risen from four percent of national budgets to probably five and a half percent today.

VOA: special.2009.11.17

But, one of the things I'm interested in is national identity, in fact because we kind of have complex attitudes toward our own identity I suppose, me and my family.

不过有一个我感兴趣的就是国家身份,其实因为我们对于自己身份,的看法比较复杂,我和我的家庭

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

But they were not the last. NASA -- the National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched six more Apollo flights.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

The personal aid isn't a National Security offical but a person always knows what the president's schedule is, has his briefing book, his speech, his man, whatever the president needs to just keep functioning.

私人助理不是国家安全部官员,但是他必须知道,总统的行程如何，拿着他的简报，他的发言，他的人手安排，一切总统维持正常工作,所需要的东西。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

But first we go to a sports bar in Washington for the final game of this year's National Basketball Association championship.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

The lesson is, I think, that we have a glamour-city phenomenon-- that excitement about real estate prices-- centered in places like Los Angeles, but it's spreading and becoming more and more of a national phenomenon and that's the bubble.

我想,教训就是,一种"魅力之都"现象,刺激了房地产的繁荣,起始于像洛杉矶这种城市,随后广为扩散,逐渐演变成一种全国性的现象,这就是泡沫

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he was a serious newsman, and in nineteen fifty-two he led CBS' coverage of the national political conventions.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

But a national survey found that in recent years foreign language teaching decreased in public elementary and middle schools.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

"They say this is a state-led effort," he says, but he thinks the goal is national control of education.

VOA: special.2011.06.16

Their members are often elected. But some Americans say the lack of national standards is wrong in a competitive global economy.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

But visitors to Guadalupe Mountains National Park in West Texas can still get a sense of their historic importance.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

He says calling for reductions in the national diet could have good effects, but it could also have harmful results.

VOA: special.2010.03.03

But during World War Two, national leaders recognized the importance of the territory to security in the Pacific.

VOA: special.2009.03.02

But Congress has put more into the budget of the national park system in the past three years.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

But he did not receive as much interest from the national media as other top players like Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

But an official says the church calls itself the Washington National Cathedral because many services of national interest have been held there.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But the seventeen-year-old decided not to go to college but instead play for the National Basketball Association.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

And Tyler quickly signed it. But a dispute arose on the issue of a new national bank.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

But in the state of New Jersey, a whole city is listed as a national historic landmark.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

This is back-to-school season. But the National Retail Federation says school-related sales are down from last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

But the National Park Service says people can expect the usual show of pink and white flowers.

VOA: special.2010.03.16

But they may be permitted in areas established as national preserves, recreation areas, seashores or lakeshores.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

But Hezbollah is part of a national unity government that was formed last year in Lebanon.

VOA: special.2009.03.07

He decided to hold an election, but only for a territorial representative to the national Congress.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

But the National Down Syndrome Society says many of these cases are curable as well.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

But a law called the Antiquities Act gives presidents the power to declare national monuments.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

But first we visit some campers under the stars at the National Boy Scout Jamboree.

VOA: special.2010.08.06