"Unlike the federal government, our states have to balance their budgets, and they can't print more money to pay for programs they can't afford,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

And so, Columbia helps us pay our housing so, because it is very expensive to live up here.

而哥伦比亚大学帮助我们付了房租，因为在这儿住实在太贵了。

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So we may feel annoyed that we now have to pay to get our Wall Street Journal Online.

我们可能对,《华尔街日报》在线收费感到不满

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But it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms-firms that are struggling-pay themselves huge bonuses, even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistance to stay afloat."

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

We're going to send a letter to all our shareholders and say, we have decided to pay a $5 dividend and so you're about to approve this at the meeting.

我们将给所有的股东寄出一封信,写着,公司决定发放每股5美元的股利,所以你们在股东大会上要通过这个提议

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"And the message we need to send in dealing with terrorists is our tax dollars, our tax dollars should pay for weapons to stop them and not lawyers to defend them."

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

That's when we stop giving ourselves the permission to be human, and we pay a price, in terms of our energy levels, of our wellbeing, of our happiness, of our creativity, and ultimately also our success.

那时我们停止准许自己为人，为此我们付出代价，包括精力水平，幸福感，快乐感，创造力，最终以成就大小作为代价。

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"Today's summit is not lip service. We are not going to go through the motions and pay tribute to one another and then furl up the flags and go our separate ways.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

I remember one time I was talking to our CEO and he said, you know maybe we should pay at least one dividend because our employees are forgetting that they own these shares.

有一次我跟首席执行官谈起这事,他说,也许我们应该至少付一次股利,员工们都快忘了他们有股份这事儿了

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