The representative from the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu made an emotional appeal for a treaty with legal force.

VOA: special.2010.01.19

We're dealing with a highly embellished and theologically interpreted myth of origins for a nation.

我们在探讨,一个高度美化并且经由神学解释的神话,关于一个国家的起源。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They're partners in the preparation of Israel for their new life, readying Israel for life in God's land as a nation, as a people.

他们一起合作为犹太人的新生活做准备，为上帝应许的地方建立一个国家，一个民族做准备。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They also said it was a bad idea for the United States to take control of any nation in the Caribbean.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

You call for us to return to our values, the values that define this country as a nation.

您呼吁我们重拾价值观，那些将我们凝聚成一个民族的价值观。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

So I felt the story of a nation trying to industrialize C almost overnight C was perfect for me."

VOA: special.2009.05.10

This is still a huge question for us when we think about nation building and building new states, how to create a legitimate authority.

这对我们来说依然是个庞大的问题,当我们思考国家的建设,建设一个新的国家，如何创造合法权力。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION an American history series in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

And as Walt Whitman wrote in poem after poem, and other poets did as well, and politicians said over and over and over and over America, and this United States, this nation formed there would be the beginning of a new man, a new start for humankind.

对此沃尔特·惠特曼和其他诗人,写下了众多的诗篇,政治家们也对此喋喋不休,这片土地上,在美利坚合众国,人们可以获得新生,这也是,人类的新起点

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

But then I also talk about tolerance, which was a critical value for us becoming a nation with all the different religious groups learning how to live together.

但是我还想谈谈宽容，这一点对我们至关重要,有助于各个不同宗教信仰团体紧密团结,学会共同生活。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

As the nation prepared for a presidential election year, the South renewed its promise to defend slavery or leave the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

You wrote: I grew up believing that ours was a country that try to stand for good in the world and that upheld the fundamental values that bind us together as a nation.

你写到：,在我的成长过程中，我一直都相信，“,我们的国家,在世界上是一个象征美好的国家,我们主张基本的价值观,这些价值将我们凝结成一个民族。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

A spokesperson for the Cruise Lines International Association says other air quality depends on the requirements of the nation where a ship was built.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

And America has to recognise that we're one nation playing our role and trying with other nations to create a world that stands for universal values or that lives up to universal values.

我们必须意识到，我们只是一个国家,做好我们的本分,试着和其他国家一道,建造一个拥有共同价值观的世界,或追求共同价值观的世界。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

They felt their movement was a struggle for more equal control of the nation.

VOA: special.2010.06.10

As a young man, Grant entered West Point, the nation's school for army officers.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

For several years, the nation had suffered from a serious economic depression.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

The late eighteen-hundreds were a time of growth for the nation.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

This is a moment of hope and pride for our nation."

VOA: special.2009.01.17

A few men recognized the need for transportation across the nation.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

"Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey we have traveled together and the future of our nation."

VOA: special.2009.01.17

The convention approved a constitution for the new nation.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Transcripts,MP3s and podcasts of our programs are online, along with historical images, Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

South Korean Foreign Minister Yoo Myung-hwan told lawmakers Tuesday joining PSI was the correct move for a "mature nation."

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

After that, Mama wentto the hotel to lay down, so I went out for a walkto see our nation's capital.

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(NO TRANSCRIPTS) But what caused grief for many gave others a chance to engage in activities not usually seen in the nation's capital.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

We write prescriptions." For years,nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

The United States is the only major industrial nation that does not have a comprehensive national health care plan for all its people.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22