"It was the ability to effect change and impact the lives of the people.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

Is it government's responsibility to correct this or do people just need to buck up and change their lives in a way that turns these numbers around?

纠正这些行为是政府的责任,还是只需人们行动起来,改变自己的生活方式,来挽回这些数字代表的趋势

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Changing the diet of populations is a pretty good idea and it's the kind of thing that could help individuals certainly lead healthier, happier lives, but also could change things like healthcare costs for a whole country, so these are big, big factors.

改变大众的饮食是个很好的想法,它不仅可以让人们过上更健康幸福的生活,还可以改变整个国家的医保费用,所以饮食是个非常非常重要的因素

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

And trust me, it wouldn't have been honey. But it was the fact that the honey had an opportunity to really change the lives of those people and provide them with a living wage."

VOA: special.2009.06.29

"Don't keep them away from something that can change their lives and give them a new vision and give their parents a new vision of them, just because they don't want someone in the community to say, 'oh,your child is special."

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The costly D-Day battle would mark a turning point in the war, and would change the lives of survivors like Earl Norwood.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

And President Obama is making a greater effort to show the American people that his policies can change their lives for the better particularly when it comes to creating jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

So there is a fear and I think that is what this change is tapping into, a grumpy,worried national audience that is very,very concerned that somehow when their lives are somewhat fragile, things are going to even erode or crack further,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.17