President Obama says the U.S.tax code is cheating the United States out of good-paying jobs and badly needed funds.

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

Avoiding foods that are high in sugar is a good idea to begin with, but then paying attention to the glycemic index research would suggest is a very good idea as well.

从远离高糖食物着手是个主意,留意血糖指数研究也是一个不错的想法

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Ads in newspapers, like this one in Charleston, would read, "Negroes wanted. I am paying the highest cash prices for young and likely Negroes, those having good front teeth and being otherwise sound."

报纸上的广告,比如查尔斯顿市的这一则,是这么写的,"诚购黑奴,本人愿付最高价格,购买年轻可靠之黑奴,需有整洁的牙齿以及悦耳的声音"

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But the Navajo homeland is harsh country, where it's hard to find good-paying jobs and all too easy to fall sway to alcoholism and despair.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

The people who are in the know -know who's trustworthy as a borrower and who has a good prospect of paying it back -but if I go in there ignorantly, I'm going to get stuck with the worst stuff.

那些行家老手们,就知道哪些借款人是可信的,钱借给谁还款的把握比较大,但如果我懵然不知就把钱投进去了,就可能会落得个血本无归的结果

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