Scientists at CSIRO, Australia's government-funded scientific research institute, say that climate change has played a role in the increase.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

But it may be the case that it's something like a situation in which over the course of the previous stanza, Milton has actually usurped the role of the muse and has begun providing something like his own inspiration.

情况也可能是这样的,在之前的那一段里，弥尔顿确实用了缪斯这一角色,并且开始用他自己的一些灵感。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The government has liberized the economy and that has of course been playing a role but the growth acceleration started almost a decade before that, so the factors are a little more complex.

印度政府让经济自由发展,这一决策显然是起了作用的,但在这一决策出现约10年前,印度经济的加速发展便开始了,所以经济腾飞的原因还比较复杂。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Melvin has been an astronaut for 10 years. He says he's trying to be a role model to young African-Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

I mentioned earlier that we used to be on the gold standard and central banks were gold standard institutions that were trying to stabilize the economy but subject to the constraint that they had to maintain convertibility with gold but those central banks' role has changed a lot.

直至改变,我之前提到,我们过去是以金本位为基础的,并且中央银行也是以金本位为基础的机构,它们试图稳固经济,但是也在,保持金子的转换功能约束下。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The king,while being viewed as above politics, has played a stabilizing role over the years in Thailand's often fractious political climate.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

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

Better known as a stand-up comic, Mo'Nique has been widely praised for her role in the raw and gripping drama .

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

House Financial Services Committee chairman Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has taken a lead role in working with the administration on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

He says whatever Mr.Obama does as president, he has already been a successful role model for community work.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

"Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The Blair criticism has only begun. It also raises questions of whether his role as a special Middle East envoy is now untenable.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

The 81-year-old king of Thailand has no formal political role but has been a unifying force in Thailand during periods of political uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

president has done so. He told the council that the United Nations has a "pivotal role to play" in preventing a nuclear crisis.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

It is a political culture, Smith argues, in which violence has always played a central role.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

For many investors in Asia, gold's role as a source of safety and value has been reinforced over the past year of economic uncertainty.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Recently,AMISOM has begun taking a more active role in the conflict, patrolling far beyond their bases, and at one point, fighting alongside government forces.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

So to that extent, absolutely social networking has a big role in helping Iranian youth."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"The role of digital media has revolutionized really the way demonstrations have been reported and for that reason it has been playing a very,very important role."

VOA: standard.2010.03.09

And that TV station has been playing a very unique role in many ways.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

But it has played a particularly important role in Japanese culture.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

"We do know that your friend, Senator George Mitchell, who,of course, played such a valuable role in Northern Ireland, has applied himself diligently and with great attention to detail."

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

Cairo prides itself on its role in trying to restart stalled peace talks and just this week, has been trying to mediate a calm between Palestinians and Israelis over Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08

"Because cardiovascular death is the number one cause of death in the world, not just in developed countries, but throughout the world, the role that air pollutants play on this has a tremendous effect on overall world mortality."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04