But critics pointed out that world leaders made a similar promise more than ten years ago.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

But I'm going to start from a much more pointed and local question.

但我将从一个更犀利更细节的问题开始。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It has often been pointed out that in the past 4000 years more wars have been fought for the possession of the tiny strip of land known as Canaan, or the land of Israel, or Palestine, than have been fought for almost any other area in the world.

很多人指出，在过去的4000多年中,为了占领这一小块土地，有过多次战争,这块叫迦南，或以色列或巴勒斯坦的土地，这些战争远多于世界其他地区。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I vote for more freedom." Democrat Jim Moran of Virginia pointed out that the U.S.lags behind many other nations when it comes to health care.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

The report pointed to more than 700 girls, who were pregnant in 2009.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29