In the past few years, Baomahun town has mushroomed as people rush to mine the land before it is taken over by the British mining company, Cluff Gold, whose 137 kilometer concession includes the artisanal mining pits.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

Does it follow from that that their experiences should not be taken as evidence of what the afterlife is like?

难道这就意味着,他们的经验不能成为证据证明,来生是什么样的吗

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When you call something "scripture," what you simply mean is it's some kind of writing that is taken by somebody as holy and authoritative,somehow sacred.

当你称某样东西为圣典“,那你指的是某一述著,对某人来说是神圣，权威，不可侵犯的。

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There is a good deal of popular anger at bankers and traders who are widely seen as having taken too many risks with other people's money and at the wealthy, who stand accused of using tax havens to shelter their money.

VOA: standard.2009.04.02

And it could be taken as a striking illustration of how the social part of your brain is distinct from other parts of your brain.

孤独症是阐述,负责社会功能的大脑区域与其他区域,如何不同的一个完美的例子

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"The talk issue is not going to be anything serious, other than buying time for both the Iranian regime and the Iranian opposition, because as far as the Iranian regime is concerned, no steps are being taken in the direction of bridging the gaps with the opposition anymore,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

He's taken to the beautiful city on the island of Scheria, Phaiacia, and is treated with great respect as you're supposed to in the Mycenaean world.

他被带到斯刻里亚岛上的一个美丽城市,腓埃基亚,他受到众人的礼遇,就好像在迈锡尼王国一样

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And also, discuss the debate over whether such cases are true or not; whether they could be taken as a real phenomena or a made-up phenomena, which is--there is a matter of a lot of controversy.

同时也讨论一下,这种现象是否真实存在,我们应该将它看作是真实的心理现象,还是人们主观想象出来的,这个问题存在着许多的争论

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