The pledges announced by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rassmussen fall short of the 10,000 additional troops that Pentagon officials hoped for.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

So, that's what is meant by the term, Dark Ages, and that's what does follow the fall of the Mycenaean world.

那么,这就是这个术语的含义,黑暗时代,它紧随着,迈锡尼文明的陨落到来

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Well, I actually think the Russian formalists can be defended against the charge that, unbeknownst to themselves, they fall back in to form-content distinctions by insisting on this variety of dualities.

但是我认为,这些形式主义者们在不自觉中，对于形式和内容的双重性,太过偏执。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Jiang says the funds pledged by developed nations so far still fall short of what developing countries expected.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Our best science suggests that a well-functioning body can perform these things, can think and plan and fall in love by virtue of the fact that the brain is functioning properly.

现今科学认为,一个运作良好的肉体能够做到以下事情,思考,规划,以及彼此相爱,这都得益于,大脑的正常运作

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And the economy has been hit hard by the fall in the price of diamonds which make up one-third of its gross domestic product.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

When Hamid Karzai was installed as president by the international community in 2001, he was widely seen, particularly by the United States, as the bright hope of Afghanistan's future after the fall of the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

The overseas trip is the first by Secretary of State since she fractured her elbow in a fall last month, and it includes an ambitious agenda in India, where she aims to solidify a strategic partnership begun with the 2005 U.S.-India nuclear cooperation accord.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15