"It was a complete balancing act," "Sometimes I had to prioritize family over schoolwork without falling behind, but I somehow did it,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

the act of actually pushing someone over onto the tracks and killing him, you are actually killing him yourself.

真的动手把人推到轨道上让他死的这种行为，就等于是你亲手杀了他。

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Whereas pushing the fat man over is an actual act of murder on your part.

而反之，把胖子推下去则是你自己的直接谋杀行为。

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Minn Myint Nan Tin, with the Burmese Advocacy Center,or BAC, says keeping this melting pot from boiling over is a delicate balancing act.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

I don't think that's a very good reason because you choose to- either way you have to choose who dies because you either choose to turn and kill the person, which is an act of conscious thought to turn, or you choose to push the fat man over which is also an active, conscious action.

我认为这不是一个很好的理由,因为不论哪种情况，你都得选择让谁死,或者你是选择转弯撞死一名工人，这种转弯就是种有意识的行为，或者你是选择把胖子推下去,这同样是一种主动的，有意识的行为。

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"Thus far,we have allocated over $620 billion of the Act, and as a result, the Recovery Act is responsible for somewhere between 2.3 and 2.8 million jobs that were either saved or created."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Addressing the assembly, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called the embargo an "act of arrogance" and said it has cost the Cuban economy tens-of-billions of dollars over the years and deprived children of needed medical care.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28