In Transparency International's just-released 2009 survey of world corruption, Afghanistan was only one step above the bottom rung,ranking 179th out of 180 countries surveyed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

What we've done is taken this pitch and played it all the way down an octave below it so we're actually getting back to this configuration of the pitch right next to it, and we could--then of course we could go down one more step and we would get the octave, which is a duplication of two-to-one.

我们所做的是固定一个音高，向下一路弹奏一个八度,所以事实上我们又回到了与这个固定音高相邻的音上，我们当然也可以向下再弹一组，然后得到这个八度，这其实就是两个八度对一个八度的重复。

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because it really is one step closer in getting you mastering the English language, step-by-step.

这样的话你就能离说一口流利的英语更近一步了。

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President Umaru Yar'Adua has come under pressure to step up his anti-graft drive in one of the world's most tainted countries since he came to power in 2007.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

Well, a whole step here--there's one half, there's another half, would take us to F, whole step above F, would take us to G.

是一个全音级,这里是半个,这里是另外半个,这就到了F,F之后一个全音级,就到了G

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