They saw it as a chance to get more help for the lake's problems, and more national attention for the area.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
What psychologists don't really know is why the Lake Wobegon effect exists, and there are a couple of proposals.
但心理学家还不知道,为什么乌比冈效应会存在,目前有几个假设。
Anyway, the Black Sea is not a Greek lake, but there are Greek cities that are spotted along the coast.
不管怎样,黑海不是古希腊的湖泊,除了东海岸
Lake Champlain lies in a valley between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
Maybe on average institutions lose thirty basis points, but it's kind of Lake Wobegon, where we all believe that we're better than average, so we're going to overcome that thirty basis points -that's not such a big hurdle.
可能平均每个机构都会落后30个基点,这就有点像沃比冈湖效应,大家都觉得自己能高过市场平均水平,30个基点会赶上的,不算什么大的差距
The virus was identified in Uganda in two thousand four and has spread fast in areas extending from Lake Victoria.
VOA: special.2010.06.08
The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.
而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人,这种讲过是可以吃的,那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过,的动物也许能被驯服,树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“,或者,更艺术的,“洗盘水湖“
Workers built a huge system of waterways and pumping stations to control the overflow of Lake Okeechobee, north of the Everglades.
VOA: special.2009.06.30
This has been called the "Lake Wobegon effect" based on Garrison Keillor's story about a place where all the children are above average.
这个就叫“乌比冈湖效应”,名字源于Garrison,Keillor的一个故事,故事里有个地方的小孩子比一般孩子都优秀。
Nina struggles to perform the leading role in "Swan Lake" while dealing with a controlling mother, played by Barbara Hershey.
VOA: special.2011.02.21
They told Brigham Young about a great salt lake in a wide valley on the western side of the Rocky Mountains.
VOA: special.2009.06.04
And later still, during the War of 1812, the Americans defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
As part of the supply effort, the British Royal Air Force even landed Sunderland Flying Boats on a Berlin lake.
VOA: special.2011.08.11
For many Americans, summer is a time to put on swim wear and spend time at the sea or a lake.
VOA: special.2010.06.08
This week on our program, we tell you about Lake Champlain and the Finger Lakes in the northeastern United States.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
Dance creators Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov used Tchaikovsky's music to create two other famous ballets, "The Nutcracker" and "Swan Lake."
VOA: special.2011.01.26
And later still, during the War of Eighteen Twelve, the Americans defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain.
VOA: special.2010.08.30
Huge amounts of water ran into a low area in the dry, waterless desert that had once been an ancient lake.
VOA: special.2009.08.12
The Obamas also ate at Spiaggia, an Italian restaurant famous for its food and its view of Lake Michigan.
VOA: special.2009.01.12
Lake Champlain also has the same kinds of environmental problems, including pollution and nonnative sea life, as the Great Lakes.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
French troops in Canada built a fort to control passage to the lake as a defense against British troops moving north.
VOA: special.2009.01.05
She could see the lake. Some fog was coming up as the sky darkened on this Halloween night.
VOA: special.2010.10.30
I do remember walking on the college grounds and watching sail boats in the distance on the blue waters of Lake Michigan.
VOA: special.2010.01.30
The projects include improving wetlands in the Picayune Strand in Southwest Florida and repairs to Lake Okeechobee's dike.
VOA: special.2009.06.30
They are making their way up a system built years ago to link the Mississippi to Lake Michigan.
VOA: special.2009.12.15
The state wants to remove millions of carp to protect an endangered species native only to Utah Lake, the June sucker fish.
VOA: special.2009.12.15
The water in the stream flows down from Blue Mountain Lake, a sacred place for the Taos Indians.
VOA: special.2010.07.05
The vehicle is helping scientists to see for the first time huge areas underneath the lake that were otherwise impossible to explore.
VOA: special.2009.06.03
Naples,Maine has a Fourth of July parade like no other and a fantastic fireworks display over the lake."
VOA: special.2010.07.02
In eighteen fifty-five, the first canal connecting Lake Superior with Lake Huron was completed at Sault Ste.Marie,Michigan.
VOA: special.2009.11.11
应用推荐