In the nineteen sixties, she began to sing more modern songs such as those written by the Beatles and Burt Bacharach.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

And all we mean by constructive interference is that literally those two waves add together, such as the maxima are now twice as high, and the minima are now twice as low.

相干相长，相干相长也就是,说两个波加在一起，所以最大值变成2倍那么高，最低值变成2倍那么低。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

We also, in Leviticus 11, meat dietary laws ; that are governed by criteria such as cud chewing and having a split hoof; you can only eat animals that chew the cud and have a split hoof.

在《利未记》11章提到肉类的饮食教规,吃肉是有条件的，比如倒嚼和分蹄类的动物;,你只能吃倒嚼且分蹄的动物。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Knitting is a way of creating clothing by looping together long thin pieces of material such as cotton or wool.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

If we have a debate about abortion in this class, people--some people might say, "Look. The fetus is a sentient being and as such it has a right to survive and shouldn't be killed by its mother."

如果我们在课常上以堕胎展开辩论，有些人可能会说，“胎儿是有知觉的生命体,所以它有生存的权利,它的母亲不应该扼杀它”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Mary Chapin Carpenter describes real events such as Hurricane Katrina, landing on the moon,and protests by religious workers in Burma.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

It is not to bind them from voluntary actions but to direct and keep them in such motion as not to hurt themselves by their own impetuous desires, rashness or indiscretion as hedges are set not to stop travelers but to keep them on their way."

不是约束他们去做本该做的事,而是约束他们不做不该做的事,以免因自己的欲望，轻率，鲁莽而危机自身，这就像是篱笆的功能一样,不是要阻挡行路而是为小路指引方向“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He discovered jazz by listening to the recordings of such jazz greats as Count Basie and Lester Young.

VOA: special.2010.11.07

You may think you've gotten away with something, but every act of social exploitation, every act of moral corruption, pollutes the sanctuary more and more until such time as God is driven out entirely and human society is devoured by its own viciousness and death-dealing.

犯了罪的人也许认为自己侥幸逃过一劫，然而他对所作的每一个行为，每一次的道德堕落，都会越来越玷污圣所,知道有一天上帝完全弃圣所而去,人类社会充斥着我们自身的邪恶和毁灭行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

By the twelfth century, soap- making centers had developed in cities such as Marseilles,France and Savona,Italy.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

Its composition is influenced and determined by literary conventions and goals. Now, of course we all know that there is no such thing as purely objective history anyway. We have no direct access to past events.

它的形成是受文学的惯例和目的影响和决定的,当然现在我们都知道了没有什么是纯客观的历史,我们没有直接通向过去事件的途径。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Duncan almost always had sung classical works, by composers such as Brahms and Schumann.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

They are organized by different subjects such as Nature,Leisure,Industry,and the City.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The act said the purpose was to "conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

VOA: special.2009.09.28

"In areas where the sleeping sickness is still very prevalent, such as remote areas of some central African countries -- which are by the way very unstable areas -- it will be also crucial to have simpler treatment and obviously oral treatment would be the best."

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The challenge is to pick out oil from other dark spots, such as shadows made by clouds or patches of seaweed.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

All the cars exported from India were compact cars produced by global automakers such as Suzuki and Hyundai.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

The number of arrivals has slowed as the government has shifted its focus to accommodating those displaced by instability elsewhere,such as Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

In an affidavit,U.S.officials said Gwendolyn Myers described her contacts with Cuban agents, such as passing secrets by exchanging shopping carts at the supermarket.

VOA: standard.2009.06.06

Having conquered the pop world, Jon decided to return to his jazz roots, inspired by such crooners as Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra and Joe Williams.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

In addition, Islamic finance differs from conventional Western methods by focusing on profit-sharing, with wealth generated through trade and investment in assets, such as property or commodities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

At the same time, skyrocketing rates of kidney failure, caused by diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, make it urgent to offer more - and more sophisticated - transplants.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

She says this will be her next line of inquiry whether female hormones, such as estrogen, somehow protect young women from the neurological damage created by exposure to lead.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

The Institute for Peace study argues that by keeping a tight rein on their people while supporting U.S.security interests in their regions, nations such as Yemen,Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan fan anti-American sentiments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa told the 57 Islamic Conference states, as well as dozens of other countries and aid agencies, that such political efforts must be joined by developmental strategies.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

As part of the Department's American Music Abroad Program, the groups will travel to countries not often visited by American jazz musicians, in such regions as Africa,Asia,Europe, Latin America and the Middle East.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"There are intelligence inputs that CPI Maoists may indulge in demonstrative acts of violence by targeting security forces and economic infrastructure, such as trains,buses,railway stations, bus stations and other places where people are likely to gather,"

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

"What it means,if you look at what they are really advocating, is basically withdrawing state funding from public services such as schools and police forces, and really just asking people to do more by themselves."

VOA: standard.2010.05.13

Government health departments nationwide are studying new strategies to protect maternal and child health, such as those outlined by the United Nations Millennium Goals, which calls for education, economic development and community empowerment to save lives and eliminate preventable suffering.

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

In the study,patients who received lower doses of steroids by mouth spent less time in the hospital, and their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs, was reduced.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21