A study was made to decide which would be a better place for the canal -- Panama or Nicaragua.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

They just had a basket or a box or a place called a geniza.

他们有叫做藏经库的篮子或箱子。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Even if they are writer or an artist or whatever you are doing, I think it's a very inspiring place.

即使他们是作家或艺术家，无论你从事什么行业，我想这都是一个非常启发人心的地方。

自然历史博物馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A college or university's international student office is a good place to start getting to know the school and the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.19

This is the modern city, not as a scene of fragmentation or despair, but rather a place of ascent and aspiration.

这是一座现代化的城市，并不是破碎或绝望的场景，而是一座在上升的渴望之城。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It means to travel or to leave a place, as suggested in this song, "Hit the Road."

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Did you have a place where you could say: Or did you have to leave that behind in favor of life of the mind?

有没有这样一个地方，能让你觉得：,还是你必须把信仰抛在脑后，只能在心中默想？

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Experts say the best place to be is in an underground shelter, or a small,windowless room in the lowest part of a building.

VOA: special.2010.05.11

I think this is a case where they need help, not deserve it, but I think, again, if you had a certain level of requirements to meet sustenance, you're gonna need help, like, if you don't have food or a place to live, that's a case of need.

我认为这个例子中，他们需要帮助，但并不他们是应得的，不过我认为，如果你在一定程度上需要他人救助以维持生计，你就需要别人的帮助，比如，如果你没东西吃，没地方住，这才是需要帮助。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

They were to prepare for a major battle at a place called Manassas Junction,or Bull Run.

VOA: special.2009.08.20

So if I have 32 bits, each of which can be a 0 or 1, that's two possibilities for every place, so 2 to the 32, that's 4 billion.

如果有32比特的话，每个比特都有0或，两种可能性，所以是2的32次方，也就是40亿。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

F.A.O.officials say the general ideas for an international agreement or treaty are now largely in place.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

You've got to place the boundary at exactly the right place, otherwise you've got a bit too much in your system or a bit too little.

你要把边界,设置在正确的位置上，否则你的系统就会要么多出一部分,要么少一部分。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

I was looking for a safe place to defend myself, or perhaps for a way out.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

The only place where justice exists or can exist is in a polis.

正义唯一存在且能够存在的地方就是城邦

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Some couples want to get married in a famous place like Disneyland or Las Vegas.

VOA: special.2010.08.09

There are coffee machines and there are lounge sofas and everything else. There are computers, there are printers, so it's a good lounge, and I think if you go there one day a week to do your problem sets, or more often, that's a good meeting place,I recommend that.

那里还有咖啡机和舒适的大沙发,以及一些其它设施,比如电脑,打印机,真的是个很好的休息室,如果你每周去那里,花一天时间完成你的作业,或者多去几次,确实是个好地方,我强力推荐

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Or,he or she can place the hot glass on a metal table called a marver to shape the form by rolling it back and forth.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

A person, a place or a thing that's related to something that you're talking about in the present moment.

你可以谈论与当前的情景相关的人物、地点或者事物。

remind me of 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

So people that are being kicked out of their apartment, or they can't afford a place to live,

所以，针对那些房屋被没收的人，或者是买不起房的人，

我帮助过的人们 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The incident probably took place within a day or two of Mister Wesley's observation.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

or a lot of times you just know someone who's leaving and you take their place.

或者你知道有人要搬走，你可以住他们的地方。

找房子的方法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person,place or thing.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

When you're full of joy about a person, a situation, a place or a thing,

当你对一个人，一种情况，一个地点或者一个事情特别有好感的时候。

I'm glad 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or you can see how experts place art in a museum exhibit.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

And I actually think it's probably important for anybody who wants to do a startup, anybody who wants to join a place like Microsoft and work on an established or a new product.

实际上我想这对任何想创业的人,来说应该都很重要，任何想加入微软这样的公司,为新老产品工作的人都是这样。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Research on HCAs has made some people afraid to prepare meat on a grill - the place where meat is cooked on hot coals or an open fire.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

It wasn't the--in a place where they use the Mediterranean Diet or not -but it was how much did individuals actually follow the Mediterranean Diet and then they looked to see what impact that had on health.

这不是基于某地区是否处于地海式饮食区,而是基于受测个体本身,遵循地中海式饮食的程度进行分组,然后观测其对健康的影响作用

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Another place would be, if you want to go out, have a drink or something,

另外一个地方应该是，如果你想出去，喝一杯或者诸如此类的，

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