He alone, of all those around the president, would argue with Grant when he believed him to be wrong.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

And the challenge for scheduling is to pick the things that you want the president to be working on and the president wants to be focusing on proactively rather than just reacting to whatever the crisis on the day was.

安排日程的难处在于,选择事情,选择你要让总统去做,选择总统需要积极投入,而不仅仅是消极回应的,每天发生的大事情。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The first lady to be president in Brazil, so it's important.

她就是巴西的第一个女总统，所以这很重要。

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He said the election of a citizen to the office of president should not be a reason for dissolving the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

He was recently appointed by President Obama to be part of the Council of the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Partnerships.

最近，奥巴马总统任命他,到白宫信仰社区合作办公室,委员会任职。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The House and Senate versions will need to be combined into final legislation for President Obama to sign into law.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

She doesn't get to be president, sorry and you end up with a left wing president, Which you didn't like.

她不会当选总统,并且造就了一个,你很不喜欢的左派总统

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Some experts think the president could be making his last major push to get a health care bill through Congress.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

The military aid always has to be within a certant disatance of the president in case of emergency.

军事助理经常需要,待在总统的一定范围内,以防出现紧急情况。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The convention named former United States Senator Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Did you know that of people who take positive psychology, 75% of you are officers of club, 35% of you are the highest ranking officers of club, which means that you think there are about 2000 clubs at Harvard, you are in club of three, and you happen to be the president.

你不知不知道选了积极心理学的人中，有75%的人是俱乐部的干部，35%是俱乐部的高层干部，这意味着，你认为哈佛有大约2000个俱乐部，你在一个只有3个人的俱乐部里，又恰好是主席。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Three Whigs wanted to be nominated: President Millard Fillmore, Secretary of State Daniel Webster and General Winfield Scott.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

And the guys said, "Well, you know, The rooster works very hard " The rooster has sex dozens of times a day" " And she said, "Well, be sure to tell that to the president" The story goes, the president went around, the guy tells the story to the president The president asks the man, "Huh Has sex dozens of times each day ?" Same hen every time?"

那人回答说，“那只公鸡很卖力的,每天交配好几十次“,她就说“确保把这告诉总统“,然后总统走过来，那人也跟总统说了这事,总统问他,“每天交配几十次,是和同一只母鸡吗“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The new president believed it would be easier to get statehood for California and New Mexico than to create territorial governments for them.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

And I still have that question So that's something that kind of troubles me I had not seen the Afghan National Army as being national as much as I wanna it to be Yeah. Therefore when the time comes they may not do what President Karzai wants them to do?

我始终没搞清楚这个问题,这个问题一直困扰着我,我没有看到过阿富汗国防部队,如我所期待的那样具有民族意识,所以如果在危难时刻,他们有可能不听从卡尔扎伊的指挥？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

In Washington, President Pierce announced the appointment of Andrew Reeder to be governor of the Kansas territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

And one was the opportunity to be president of ACLS, because it was a chance to move.

其中一个就是担当ACLS的主席，因为这让有了做出改变的机会。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

They said he would need campaign money from business if he expected to be elected president again.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

By the time Bush asked me to be his WHCF in early 2006, I had already long experience working for the president.

当布什让我做办公室主任时,也就是2006年初，我已经有很长的时间,和他一起工作了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

And I think the president believes it'd be a good place to highlight some of that stuff."

VOA: special.2009.07.13

So that meant taking care of the schedule, of the infromation flow, making sure the president was focused on the right issues the issues he wanted to be focus on.

所以那就要做到,处理好日程，确保信息流通，确保总统先生,关注正确的东西,关注那些他需要关注的东西。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

President Obama is said to be considering replacing the bowling alley with an indoor basketball court.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

He is often said to be the second most powerful man in the country after the president who is the most powerful man not only in the US, but also in the world.

他经常被人们称为,位列总统之后,国家里面最有权力的人,而总统不仅是美国,而且在世界上，都是权力最大的人。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Many said he was unqualified to be president because of his limited experience in national government.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

The Chief of Staff is often said to be the secnond most powerful man in the country, after the president who is the most powerful man not only in the United States, but also in the world.

办公厅主任被称为,国内第二有权利的人，仅次于美国总统,总统不仅在美国权力最大，在世界上也是如此。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

People hoped that President Taylor would be able to bring the North and South together again.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Conversely, if I chose a Beta and my pair chooses an Alpha, so I end up with a C and she ends up with an A, then you know I have a bad time explaining to my parents why I got a C in this class, and I have to say about how I'm going to be president anyway.

相反如果我选β我对手选α,我得到C她得到了A,我回家后很难跟父母,解释为什么我只得到了C,然后我还得表示下雄心壮志

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

President Bush offered best wishes to Barack Obama, who will be the nation's first African-American president.

VOA: special.2009.01.17

President-elect Obama is the first black man to be elected president of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

The Republicans were a new party, and Lincoln was the first to be elected president.

VOA: special.2009.07.23