For example, the Supreme Court ruled in nineteen forty-eight that religious classes could not be taught in public schools.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

I was not a part of this growing conversation about religion and public life in the 1990s.

我并未参与到90年代日益加大的,对宗教和社会生活的讨论中。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And believe me, make sure that your government does not cut your public sector in a downturn.

相信我，千万不要让政府在萧条期削减你们的公共交通。

纽约的公共交通 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But there are not enough public schools for all the children who live in the crowded slums of Nairobi.

VOA: special.2009.08.24

For some others it might mean being basically restricted to the home, if not all the time, then the only exception being in public, in the company of a close-male relative as chaperon.

在一些别的地方可能意味着,基本上深居简出，即使不是一天到晚，也只有外出是例外，而且必须有一个男性近亲作监护人陪同。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

One reason for not cheating is that a person might fear being criticized in public for cutting in line.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

This is not a course in public finance.

这门课不是公共财政学。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In nineteen sixty-two the Court decided that public schools could not require students to say prayers.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Naked in public, not it.

在公共场合一丝不挂？不是。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

However,the law does not bar sex discrimination in admissions at private undergraduate schools, only public ones.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

And that's a serious concern but the fact that the government itself took the lead in bringing that point to public attention suggests in part government's electorate interest So one should not take this all in their mighty actions.

这是个重大问题,但政府自身把这个事实,揭示给大众,说明政府在考虑如何划分选区,才符合自身利益,所以人们不应该将,这种观点带入可能的行为中。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Bob Doughty has more. The documents were given to a public radio station in Portland,Oregon by someone who did not want to be identified.

VOA: special.2010.07.23

It seems like it's not a news flash that religion is playing an extremely important part in our public square conversations, in our political life, in how we are making decisions on questions of poverty.

这似乎并非一条简讯,宗教发挥着极其重要的作用,在我们在公共场所的谈话中，在我们的政治生活中，在我们如何针对贫困问题做出决策。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

In politics,a dark-horse candidate is someone who is not well known to the public.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

I'm not going to stress public finance so much in this course but it seems-- I'm going to give the example of nineteenth century information technology and the nineteenth century invention of social security.

在这课上我不想过多强调,财政的重要性-,我将给大家举个例子,关于19世纪的信息技术,和19世纪社会保障的创新。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

She felt defeated and did not sing again in public for many months.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

This is something that I believe in -not everyone believes in this -but the general principle has been now -ever since the 1930s -that the general public is not allowed to invest in things that are not properly documented.

我信任这些条例...,然而并非所有人都信任...,自30年代以来...,普遍的原则就是...,大众不得投资那些,未经过审核的投资事务

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In most museums, storage areas are not open to the public.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

The Constitution,in setting limits on Congress, says in Article One: "The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended,unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it."

VOA: special.2009.02.09

Today you've got blacks not only on all kinds of newspapers but on TV screens and on radio, public relations jobs in great corporations, and that is an area of progress that I think I helped to open up a little bit."

VOA: special.2009.11.01

Kramer says such a public stance could backfire since President Obama is not too enthusiastic about missile defenses in Eastern Europe.

VOA: standard.2009.07.15

The commission held public hearings in Sierra Leone's major cities and regional towns, but did not reach remote villages like Dugba-yeima.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

The act does not allow truth as a defense,unless you can prove that publishing the truth is in the public interest.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

If passed,such legislation is expected not just to single out the veil, but generally ban any article covering the face in public.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Reid said that the legislation he is proposing would allow states not to participate in the public option.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Those attacks are still fresh in the public's mind. Remona Aly did not address the bombings directly.

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The aide,Eric Joyce, said he did not believe the public would continue to accept fighting terrorism as justification for British soldiers dying in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

Their bombs did not explode. Analyst Jonathan Wood with the security firm Control Risks in London, says public transport systems are an attractive target.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

Michael German of the American Civil Liberities Union says the American public does not fully understand what is at stake in the war against terrorism.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

He says public opinion polls show that the American president is not as popular in Russia as he is in other parts of the world.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06