A long-standing drought, along with recent devastating bushfires and widespread floods have given some scientists more reason to think that the vast continent is likely to be one of the countries hardest hit by a shifting climate.

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

Her aim is to get along in a world that is dominated by shifting forces that can be registered and reacted to by poetry, but not explained.

她的目的是通过诗歌所能记录，达到却不能解释的,变幻莫测的力量,来和被统治的世界相处。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The report was commissioned by the French government. The report recommends shifting the ways policymakers look at progress from what economists call gross domestic product,or GDP, which is a general measure of goods and services produced in a country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14