Three days after the Democratic Party convention closed, the Union won an important military victory.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

So first just a couple of teasers if you are in fact the geeky type, so our friends at Microsoft are having this little nerd party in a few days.

首先是几个广告,如果你是那种不太受欢迎的类型,我们在微软的朋友几天后会举办一个小派对。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And in each election, they would come forward and say, "we are not really a left wing party, we're a centrist party these days" And people would say, we don't believe you.

每次选举的时候,他们都会声称,我们不是一个左翼政党,我们现在是中间派,但是选民都不相信他们

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri (NO TRANSCRIPTS) Hariri met with parliament speaker and opposition Amal party leader Nabih Berri, was reappointed as prime minister last week, days after resigning.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

That's why all these arguments that we all get into these days about third-party political candidates what do we really need in our political culture, what would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system, if that's what people want or put more directly, will Michael Bloomberg run or not?

这就是我们今天为何面对这些争论,关于第三方党派的候选人,也就是我们的政治文化中究竟需要什么,什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢,如果这是人民所愿,或者更直接的说,迈克尔.布隆伯格的做法行得通吗

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

House Democrats have made some progress in recent days in bridging differences between liberal lawmakers focused on covering the uninsured and more conservative party members concerned about the cost of the reform effort.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31