He decided there was no need to hurt Lee's pride by taking away his sword.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

We developed buddy systems so that people would have people to go with them on the trains, if they are taking buses, no one would go around by themselves there is just kind of anxiety to what might happen.

我们形成了结伴制度,让人们结伴搭乘火车，如果他们乘坐公车的话，没有人会单独出行,对可能发生意外的焦虑在空中弥漫。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Right, like, fiction? No, not really. I'd say, I'm taking a fiction writing class right now.

自己写小说？不容易啊。我现在就在上小说写作课。

写作课程比较难 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

With opening matches still being played, no team has been eliminated, and every nation taking part in South Africa still has hope of a championship.

VOA: standard.2010.06.13

I'm not taking a cut on that either, all right, there's no money changing hands.

我不会从中得到提成,这不是推销

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The opposition leader says the Russian president offers no indication of taking those steps.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

What does count as a violation is an arbitrary taking because that would essentially say, not only to Bill Gates, but to everyone, there is no rule of law.

只有肆意掠夺才算侵犯自然权利,因为从本质上说，那不仅侵犯了比尔·盖茨，还侵犯了其他人，那样就毫无法治可言。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

taking the latest projections into account. Last week,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there can be no wavering on investment in and reform of health care and education.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Eager as I had once been to go into politics, as I look at these things and saw everything taking any course at all with no direction or management, I ended up feeling dizzy.

我当初涉入政治的热切，对比于我所见的这些事,及所有的事,都毫无方向及管理可言，我最后是被搞胡涂了。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The government says the number is no more than 10,000 and its troops are taking all precautions to avoid harming the innocent as they make the final push to defeat the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

With this, if I can assume that accessing the i'th element of a list is constant, then you can't see that the rest of that analysis looks just like the log analysis I did before, and each step, no matter which branch I'm taking, I'm cutting the problem down in half.

读取数组中的第i个元素,是个常量时间的操作的话，我也就能像以前那样得到,这个算法是对数级复杂度的分析,并且每一步不管我选择哪个区间，我都可以把问题的规模缩小一半。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Authorities are taking no chances. Although they have announced there will be no red zone, an alcohol ban will come into force starting Tuesday in the center of Rome and the area surrounding the stadium.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

We had him before? No idea? You're taking the fifth here?

叫过他了啊,要不你再回答一遍

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But more importantly were the economic and political consequences for Saakashvili, so that he could no longer claim to be taking Georgia forward fast and promise that people's lives would improve due to the growing economy because now the economy has slumped,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

So if you're asking me I want you to know When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are When my time comes Forget the wrong that I've done Help me leave behind some Reasons to be missed Don't resent me And when you're feeling empty Keep me in your memory Leave out all the rest Leave out all the rest Forgetting all the hurt inside You've learned to hide so well Pretending someone else can come And save me from myself I can't be who you are I can't be who you are (SINGING) How can I decide what's right When you're clouding up my mind I can't win your losing fight All the time How can I ever own what's mine When you're always taking sides But you won't take away my pride No, not this time No, not this time How did we get here?

VOA: standard.other