Also present was Vicki Kennedy, the wife of the late Senator Edward Kennedy who fought for health care reform for decades before he passed away from brain cancer in August.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

And Yale, to its, I think, real glory and credit sent a member of the administration down to his deathbed to award him his degree before he passed away.

耶鲁，我想，出于其荣耀与信誉，派了一位行政人员,在他去世前去他的病床前,为他颁发了学位。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

and if and when he gets passed, I think, these midterm elections,

如果他能通过中期选举，

有名的毕业生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He weighed barely 22 kilograms when he passed.

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Because, depending on which of his classes he passed and which of his classes he failed, the question was going to be, ? was he going to graduate or not?

因为，根据他哪些课及格了,哪些课不及格了，问题变成了，他能否毕业？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He said the eighteen twenty compromise worked -- not because Congress passed it -- but because the states agreed to it.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

He hung out with them and then the time passed and the world didn't end.

他和他们一起等，时间过去了,但世界末日并没有出现。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

They passed a law saying no southerner could vote if he had taken part in the rebellion against the Union.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

he came into office, passed the stimulus bill, and a raft of other measures because the financial crisis demanded that he do so, and it seemed to have worked.

他上任后，通过了刺激法案，和其他一些列措施,因为金融危机要求,他这样做，似乎这样做也奏效了。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

He suggested that individual organisms changed in reaction to their environment and passed on these traits to the next generation.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

As early as 1826 an important pro-slavery writer named Edward Brown argued that "Slavery," he said, quote: "Had ever been the stepping ladder by which nations have passed from barbarism to civilization."

早在1826年,一位重要的亲奴主义作家,爱德华·布朗说过,"奴隶制,曾是帮助那些国家从野蛮时期,发展到文明社会的阶梯"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

They had passed out of his life. He must meet his last hour alone.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

He often worked with senators from the Republican Party to get laws passed.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

As the months passed, he improved the device.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

He also passed through Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Greece.

VOA: special.2009.01.14

He could not find it. Days passed.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

Danny says his new single, "I Will Not Say Goodbye," represents exactly how he felt after Sophia passed away.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

With those results,he tied and then passed long track speed skater Bonnie Blair for the most Winter Olympics medals won by an American.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

When the 27-year-old Ohno won number seven here,Saturday, he was aware his total had passed a legend.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

His liberal positions often caused him to clash with conservative lawmakers, but he was also known for his ability to compromise to get laws passed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The president did not give a timetable for getting immigration reform legislation passed, but he said his administration has made progress in strengthening border security.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

Mr.Obama has made clear he wants health care reform to be passed this year.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

You know,he kind of followed in my footsteps but has passed me way up.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

I was so devastated when I heard that he has passed away."

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

LeMieux also complains the Democrats plan has new taxes on health insurance providers which he says would be passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10