Senator Lodge continued. "A literacy test will bear very lightly, if at all, upon English-speaking immigrants or Germans,Scandinavians and French.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

It's a scheme that in English counts accents or stresses per line and then arranges them in a pattern.

这种体系里的英文诗每行都有重读,然后将他们按一定模式排列。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And it gave me a broad perspective of both English and some national or international authors.

它开拓了我的视野，我了解了英国和一些世界各地的作家。

第二外语，英语 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

One belief is that it started when an English stableman committed suicide by hanging himself while standing on a pail,or bucket.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

Milton, who had died in 1674, had established himself as a great English poet within twenty or so years of his death.

弥尔顿死于1674年，死前花了20多年,奠定了他伟大英国诗人的地位。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Sometimes they were asked to perform at the palace of the English ruler Queen Elizabeth, or later,King James the First.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

In fact, a rough grasp on traditional English meter to Stevens, say, or to Crane, or to Auden or Bishop.

事实上，粗略的了解英国节律,比如史蒂文斯，克瑞恩，奥登和主教。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Non-native English speakers take the test to demonstrate their English skills when seeking a new job or a promotion.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

However, if you do happen to be an English or a literature major or someone who's just very serious about reading at that level, you will find plenty to chew on here.

然而，如果你刚好主修英语或是文学,或是任何以主修的水平很认真阅读的人，你将会在这里发现很多值得咀嚼的东西。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Experts say the earliest meaning of the English word farm was a yearly payment made as a tax or rent.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

But they could also distinguish between phonemic contrasts that are not exemplified in English, such as phonemic contrasts in Czech or Hindi.

但他们也能够区分出,无法在英语中举例的音位对比,比如在捷克语或是印地语中的音位对比

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Tell us your favorite Special English program and suggest a new program or subject you would like to learn about.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

You can't cram information about music, the sound of music, into your head the night before a test the way you might be able to in an English course or a history course.

你不可能像对待英语课,或者历史课考试那样在考试前一天晚上,将音乐中的信息或者将声音死记硬背,以便应付考试

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

For example,she says schools should teach African children in their native languages, not simply in English or French.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

If it weren't for the New Critics, none of you probably would have been able to sit patiently through any of your middle or high school English classes.

不过我现在要说的是，如果没有新批评派，在座的同学之中没有人,能耐着性子坐在教室里,听中学语文课。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Share your comments on our website or on Facebook at VOA Learning English.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

or maybe go straight into a doctorate program for either English or French literature.

或者是直接入读英国文学或法国文学的博士生班。

什么事情都是可能的 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or write to American Mosaic, VOA Special English, Washington, D.C., 20237, U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Interact as much as you possibly can in English or any language.

与人交流时，尽可能多地用英语或任何语言。

如果想提高英语水平 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or write to Special English, Voice of America, Washington,DC 20237,USA.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

or whether that means listening to the English radio on a headset

要么意味着戴耳机听收音机里的英文节目。

想征服英语的话 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The others were studying English or in training program.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Or some people specifically say, "I'm English."

或者一些人强调说，“我是英格兰人。”

英国与英格兰 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Or write to American Mosaic, VOA Special English, Washington,D.C.,two-zero-two-three-seven,U.S.A.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

He was a master of English style and prose, and his work ranks among the very greatest in this or any other language.

他是英文写作的大师，他的作品不管在哪种语言里,都是佼佼者。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And you can ask them any sort of question you want, and they'll look it up in English or in Hindi, or whatever the main language is, and translate the answer right back for you."

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Hacking points out that the word probability--or probable-- was already in the English language.

哈金指出概率这个词,或者说可能,已经存在于英语中

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

At most American colleges, undergraduate students choose one area of study, like English or biology, and focus on it for all four years of their education.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

Again it doesn't require the effort that you'll need in 55 or in English 10A.

再一次它不需要你像55号课和10A号英语课那样的努力。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

I think this might be the first time that John Milton is actually attacked or brought to the attention of the English people in print.

我想那可能是弥尔顿第一次被抨击,或在出版界中引起英国人的注意。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选