Democrat Chris Dodd, chairman of Senate Banking Committee, says Ben Bernanke did not act fast enough at the start.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

She'd think he did it! It would be better to be the boyfriend, and act outraged, and tear the funhouse apart. Not act; be.

她还会以为就是他干的呢，当那个男朋友就更好了，可以做出受了侮辱的样子，把开心馆闹个天翻地覆。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If you sit there and act quiet and don't, um, and you're not interacting,

如果你只是一个人坐在角落，不开口讲英语，不进行互动，

想学好英语吗？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

If we do not act, fourteen thousand Americans will continue to lose their health insurance every single day."

VOA: special.2009.07.25

And I write Animal Liberation to try to get people to think about that and not only think about that, but actually act differently.

我写的这本《动物解放》是为了,让人们思考这些现象,但不仅仅是思考，还要让人们做出实际行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The document added to criticisms that federal officials did not act aggressively enough against Toyota.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

These are organizations that act like banks but are not called banks because they are not technically banks, so they escape regulation.

这些组织像银行一样运作,但它们不叫银行,因为从技术来讲,它们并不是银行,这使他们得以逃避监管

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

This is after the man from the filling station has given Haze some gas and not charged him for it, a very unusual act of kindness in this novel.

这是在一个加油站男人给了海斯一些汽油后,且没有向他要钱，这是在这部小说中非常少见的善行。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

I hope that the people will understand that I act not in anger, but in expectation of a greater good."

VOA: special.2009.10.08

And the way you act and the way you think are products, not of a singular rational being, but of a set of conflicting creatures.

你的行为模式与你的思维方式，并不是单一理性存在的产物，而是一系列冲突事件的产物。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

As part of the agreement, Hayes promised not to act aggressively to support the civil rights of black southerners.

VOA: special.2010.03.11

And,it was not just a random act, he wanted to extinguish this royal line.

这并不是一次无计划的行动,刺杀者想要灭绝这支皇室成员

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

She said she did not have to act like a white woman that Hollywood hoped she would become.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

But there's the middle possibility, which is not so much think about them and deny them, not so much think about them, accept them and act accordingly, but simply don't think about them.

但有一个折中的可能性，没有考虑太多也没有否认它们，没有考虑太多，接受它们并采取相应的行为，而只是完全不去考虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But that did not mean all the women involved with Nancy Drew agreed on how she should act.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

So it's going to be-- it's like one of the reality shows where things are going to be as they are and hopefully after a while we'll learn to act and behave normally and not worry about its presence.

因此,这就像...,就像某种真人秀节目,你在节目里要假装和平常一样,但愿过一段时间以后,我们能表现得很自然,完全忽略那部摄像机的存在

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

But the force that was guiding her would not permit her to act on such a thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Sometimes, many of us felt, that not just consequences but also the intrinsic quality or character of the act matters morally.

有时，我们中许多人认为行为的后果固然重要,但行为的道德本质或是特性，也同样重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

None. When you walk through that door it's an act of free will, and I will not have anything other than complete silence.

走过那道门,是你的自由，我不会做其他事,除非保持安静。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

But their territorial legislatures would not have the power to act on the issue of slavery.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

In resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act the state of Wisconsin enacted a Personal Liberty Law that said they were not going to enforce the Fugitive Slave Act and turn in fugitive slaves, and the justification was that it was their state's right to do so.

为了抵制逃亡奴隶法,威斯康辛州政府颁布了个人自由法,规定他们不会执行,逃亡奴隶法并交出逃奴,理由是,该怎么做是他们州的权利

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

This method of drilling is not federally supervised under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

VOA: special.2009.10.23

In order to not act in a stereotyped fashion, we have to consciously push them down, we have to consciously override them, and that's possible, but it takes work.

为了不表现出刻板印象，我们要有意识地压抑它们，我们要有意识地钳制它们，这是有可能的，但需要下功夫。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But he is not interested. Still,they get him to listen to their act.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

Israel was chosen by Yahweh in an act of spontaneous love it does not imply her perfection an act of spontaneous love for the patriarchs.

以色列被上帝选择是出于一种无意识的爱,这并不暗示着她是完美的,只是对族长无意识的喜欢。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

She did not wish to act quickly and do anything she might regret.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Congress did not have power to act on slavery in the territories.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Since I have not been informed that South Carolina declared war on the United States, I can only believe that this hostile act was done without your knowledge or permission.

VOA: special.2009.07.23