When I reached for one of the two glasses left on the table, Tom stopped my arm.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Then the design was that, when you reached retirement age, you would then get funds from the government for the rest of your life--your retirement funds.

接下来是这样设计的，当你退休的时候，你就能得到政府的资助,供你安享晚年，这就是养老金。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And every time he went down to try to sip some of the water, the water receded, and anytime he reached up for the grapes, the grapes were pulled back.

但每每当他弯腰汲水,水就退却,每每当他伸手摘果,树就长高

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The man reached for his knife.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

When they're through and had reached their peak, their notion of monarchy is something fit for barbarians, but not for Greeks. A free man may not live under a monarchy, and the roots of that, I think, are visible in Homer.

当他们赢得竞争,到达权利的顶峰时,他们所谓的君主制其实更适合于异邦人,而不是希腊人,君主统治下不存在自由人,这个想法的根源可以在《荷马史诗》中找到

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The best treatment available was arsenic, so that was what people reached for when they had unexplained health problems."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Many people believe Pat Summitt's winning record will not be reached by another college basketball coach for a long time.

VOA: special.2009.03.20

People who reached out for emotional support at the time - and received it - reported better results from the crying experience.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

The Woodburn High School boys soccer team has reached the state soccer championship playoffs for twenty-five straight seasons.

VOA: special.2010.11.25

Other men,also looking for gold, had reached the Stanislau hills of California many years before I did.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

She finally reached a huge pine tree, so tall it could be seen for many miles around.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Only after both the House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill can it be presented to the president for his final approval.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

The man reached again into his pocket for the matches.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

He reached the summit of Everest for the twentieth time.

VOA: special.2010.06.30

He reached into his pocket for the matches.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The hunter reached out for the bird.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

Goldstone said the lack of accountability for war crimes and possible crimes against humanity has reached a crisis point.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

They will discuss a tentative agreement, reached earlier this month in Geneva,for uranium from Iran to be enriched outside that country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports unemployment reached its highest level among industrialized nations of 8.5 percent in July.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

"The second boat, reportedly carrying 42 Somalis, reached the shore of Yemen early Sunday morning after having sailed for almost a day.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Democrats in the House of Representatives announced they had reached a compromise on just how to pay for the costly reform measure.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

But when Mr.Taylor reached the border, he was arrested for violating the terms of his asylum by trying to travel outside Nigeria without permission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

In 2009, the cost for a 30-second commercial reached an average of $3 million.

VOA: standard.2010.01.27

The program has been operating in South Africa for eight years and has reached more than three million people in five of the country's nine provinces.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

One of her teachers reached out to foreign doctors for help.

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

The art form reached its height during the Renaissance, when micro-mosaics were created for St.Peter's Basilica in Vatican City because traditional altar paintings were decaying from humidity and other environmental factors.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"The conclusion we reached based on that analysis is that July 2011 is a realistic date for us to plan to begin the process of transferring responsibility in some parts of the country,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

The six nations reached an agreement in September 2005, creating a framework for gradually reducing the North's arsenal, while normalizing its relations with Japan,the United States, and South Korea.Since then,however, North Korea has conducted two nuclear weapons tests.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Since all 40 Republicans were on record as opposing the bill, the Democrats did not have a single vote to spare, needing every Democrat and Independent who normally votes with Democrats to cast their votes for it, or else have the vote dead before it ever reached the floor.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23