Mr.Fillon said he prefers the idea of a public-private partnership to buy up the bad assets, and that this will prompt European countries to consider similar measures.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

So when you have a function called GetString, -- that means it's going to get a string from the user -- -- prompt the user for a string -- whereas printf is literally going to print it, not to paper, but to the screen.

所以当你有一个叫做GetSting的函数，它的意思是从用户那获得一个字符串-,提示用户输入一个字符串-,然而printf的确是用来打印的，不是在纸上，而是在屏幕上。

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(Speaking in French) Aounit hopes the government call will prompt what he describes as a larger "de-ghettoization" of France's social system, which must also include equal access to jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02