Adding organic material such as compost to soil can also make lead less available to plants.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

And if this myth of origins were the fabrication of a later writer, then surely they would have written the story in such a way as to give their ancestors a less tenuous hold or claim, connection, to the land.

如果这个神话的开端是后世作者伪造的，那他们当然会像这样在故事中赋予其祖先较强的控制力,或者说所有权，建立其与这片土地较为紧密的联系。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So it's becoming much more sophisticated, much more interesting and the interesting thing about it is that it verifies a lot of the research that has been done to date with far less sophisticated means, such as self-rapport.

手段更成熟，更有趣，有趣的是,它验证了许多至今通过不全面的方法,所完成的研究的正确性，像自我评估。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"It certainly seems, that the administration is trying to address issues of human rights a little less, to work more on economic issues, and other global issues such as climate change,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

In the study,patients who received lower doses of steroids by mouth spent less time in the hospital, and their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs, was reduced.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21