So Captain Sullenberger made a quick decision to land the plane on the freezing water of the nearby Hudson River.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

Milton seemed to have decided against marriage as he was making the decision to wed himself to his poetry instead.

那里弥尔顿似乎已经决定不结婚了,因为他已经下定决心要致力于诗歌创作。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I mean, if we make a decision today, then we'll be able to move it forward.

我是说，如果我们今天就能定下来，那我们就可以继续推动合作向前发展了。

Would you 实战 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

But what Alexander and his successors did was they made sort of a conscious, propagandistic decision to use religious syncretism to bind together their kingdoms.

但是亚历山大和他的继业者所做的,是决定通过有意的政治宣传，用宗教融合,来维系他们的王国。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Others say it was a smart business move -- like his decision to create a regional sports network on cable television.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

What might lead to a commitment, ? a decision to make a commitment to make the relationship last?

为什么作出承诺，决定承诺维持双方的关系？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Chancellor Angela Merkel is defending Germany's decision to cut spending by one hundred billion dollars over four years.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

It's your own decision to eat Okay. The man is in charge of his dietary destiny.

吃什么该由你自己做主,很好,男人应该掌控自己的饮食命运

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

(Silence) On April tenth, Jefferson Davis sent his decision to the Confederate commander at Charleston, General Pierre Beauregard.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

That's again up to the board to decide or they can set up a committee on the board that would decide, but ultimately, that's a major decision to send out dividends.

这也是由董事会决定的,他们可以建立一个委员会来负责此事,但最终,发放股利是个重大的决定

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he believed that the people of a territory had the right to make their own decision to accept or reject slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

I think a lot of people, especially the Chinese leaders, the decision-makers, realized that that's not going to last very long.

许多中国人，尤其是领导人，决策者们，意识到这不能持续很久。

斯坦福公开课 - 百度CEO李彦宏演讲：全球最大搜索引擎的发展课程节选

He defended his decision to end the Constellation program that NASA began under former President George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

So, I want to stress the sense of natural development, not some kind of a central authority making a decision about anything.

我在这里强调,这是一种自然的发展方式,不是某种中央政权进行决议的结果

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Rachel Carson did not live to see how her book influenced the governments decision to ban DDT.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

And so they make a decision essentially to allow the child to die through non-treatment.

所以他们会作出决定,放弃治疗，让孩子自然死亡。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The next major change in Winslow Homer's life was a decision to work in a new medium.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

.. And they might take -- And I will. I mean, I don't have the decision right now of whether or not to pay taxes.

他们就可能会-,我会是少数派，这下我就无权决定是否要缴税了。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

America's third party at that time -- The People's Party -- had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

So what he did was go to professors who were just before either getting the tenure decision: so either they were going to get the tenure or not.

他所做的是去访问,接受终身职位审核前的教授：,他们要么得到要么得不到。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

They said they were not sure about his decision to withdraw from university studies to play poker.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Let's say that you and your co-workers are trying to make a decision about whether to put a plan forward.

假如你和你的同事正在讨论是否需要推进一个计划。

It depends on 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But the president's decision to renominate Ben Bernanke for Senate confirmation is considered a safe one.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

And going back to your observation you were supporting what the Federal Reserve was doing t count on every individual decision.

那么回到刚才你说到的,支持美联储大幅,我们不能指望任何个人做出的决定，I，wouldn’

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

We came down temporarily last summer and made the decision to make it permanent, and we actually drove from Houston to Cabo San Lucas."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

And your workout routine is getting in the way of your job. You have to make a decision.

但是你的健身计划开始影响到工作。你不得不做一个选择。

There is no 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Many people disagreed with George Steinbrenner's decision to tear down the original stadium from nineteen twenty-three.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Language has powers that are entirely unpredictable, that can't be harnessed in precisely that deliberate way: by making a decision to take someone's words in the wrong way, or by telling a story to make a moral point, as the mother does.

语言的力量无可估量，绝不是单单使用一下那么简单：,而是通过假意遵从，以及勾起人性良知的方式表达的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And we're data junkies, so we like to get a lot of data before we make a big decision like that.

我们是数据控，所以一般先收集很多数据,在做重大决定的时候。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选