(SPEAKING) They have come to Washington from across the country in a combative mood with one mission in mind - to stop President Obama's health care bill.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

As I said the other day if that Confederate flag would just go away, just vanish, just stick it in the basement of museums and no one would ever care about it anymore, maybe, maybe the South's burden would go away.

正如我前段时间说过的,除非南北战争的邦联旗能够消失,被放进博物馆的地下室,再也没有任何人去关注它,那南方历史的阴影可能就真的不复存在了

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

In 2007,expenditures on health care totaled about one-sixth of the entire U.S.economy, and even top congressional leaders acknowledge that attempting to rein in health-care costs while at the same time expanding health-insurance coverage is a daunting task.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31