When Scott was about seven years old he began taking piano lessons with a music teacher at his school.

VOA: special.2010.01.24

Whatever you're reading, it's always worth thinking about and considering what the motives might be for such extraordinary literary risk taking.

不管是读什么，想想作者,为什么会不惜冒这么大的险,总是有意义的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

all their different interests that they are taking up in doing these large projects about.

他们有做大型专案项目的各种不同兴趣。

学生会馆的实习部门 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Some experiments are already taking place in the mine at a depth of about one thousand five hundred meters.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

His friend, Remi, is taking him in a limousine to a concert, ] you to think about why that might be important].

他的朋友雷米正要用这辆豪华轿车载他去音乐会，我想留给你们思考这点为什么重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

As of March,about fifty of the eighteen thousand students at Ball State were taking part in the Degree in Three program.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

But if you think of the time span about 900 to 700 B.C., that is, when these changes are taking place.

但是如果你发现它发生在,大约公元前900年到700年之间时

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"Think not so little of me that you cannot be honest about the risks we are taking,"

VOA: special.2009.09.26

The first question you need to ask yourself is why do you want, or why are you thinking about taking this course?

各位需要问自己的第一个问题是，为什么要，为什么想研读这门课程？

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Still,Andy and Jeff often spoke about the trouble of cutting open envelopes and taking the money out.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

I talked about the importance of spending time on our relationships, about taking time aside and simplifying and so on and so on.

我谈到了花时间经营爱情的重要性，谈到了休息，简化，等等。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Alec Baldwin spoke at New York University about the importance of taking risks in life.

VOA: special.2010.05.28

This is actually kind of a moderate position because it talks about government and the people sharing power here and taking responsibility for change.

这实际上是一种中立的立场,即作为分担责任的代价,政府与公民分掌权利

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Today we talk about some other music festivals taking place this summer.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

So, we can think about the different kinds of interactions that are taking place.

我们可以来想一想,其中可能发生的各种相互作用。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

If you are still worried about exercise for osteoporosis,try taking a walk.

VOA: special.2010.08.31

Wimsatt has his little joke about drinking a pint of beer, taking a walk. So the New Criticism just isn't interested in those sorts of spontaneous overflow.

文萨特也开玩笑似的把这比喻成喝完一品脱啤酒，然后散散步，所以我说过了,新批评派对这东西不感兴趣。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"I know,boss, but this is very important. The man from the life insurance company was here about that policy you're taking out and he asked me a lot of questions."

VOA: special.2009.10.11

That's why it will be worth taking some time to ask ourselves what about Plato's objections then.

这就是为什么值得,花时间研究柏拉图提出的反对观点。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"Last year,he chastised me a little bit for taking so much risk and just never really thinking about what I was doing."

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

You're taking advantage of a promoter system, or a gene activation system, that this species knows about because adult animals can make milk.

我们之所以能利用这个启动子系统,或者称之为可以被这一物种识别的,基因活化系统,是因为成年动物可以泌乳

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Thursday's shooting apparently followed an argument between Toumba and Captain Camara about taking responsibility for the killing of opposition demonstrators two months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

And now we're going to ask about taking item 2.

我们现在要问的是,是否装2号物品。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

U.S.Congress have accused BP of taking shortcuts that raised the risk of disaster and of being dishonest about the scale of the problem.

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

Spinoza taking him, taking his book to be a warning to the people about the dangers of princely rule, Rousseau believing that he had deliberately disguised his love of freedom because he had to appeal to the tyrannical nature of the Medici family.

斯宾诺莎把他看作，把他的书看作是,告诫人们提防君主统治危险性的警告，卢梭认为他是故意,伪装他对自由的热爱的，因为他不得不,投合具有暴君本性的美第奇家族的口味。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I feel better about taking care of my baby and family and I feel confident."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Three years from now, that is after the next president has had time to enact this program and the program has had some time to begin taking effect will the number of illegal immigrants in the United States be higher, lower or about the same? Ken Judd.

年后，这期间，下届总统有可能制定相关法案,而该法案刚好也已经生效,美国境内的非法移民,是增多，减少还是持平？，肯·贾德你先来。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

We've got stories about cleaning the game, taking care of the meat."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

when I first thought about taking the train, I was like,

我刚想要坐火车的时候，我有点，

利用大众交通工具吧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So if you've been thinking you're, like, the only senior here who's taking this course: not at all, there's about a hundred of you, there's about a hundred juniors, there's a couple hundred sophomores and about a couple hundred freshman.

如果你觉得你是这门课程中的，唯一的一个毕业班的学生：那你们错了，这里有大约一百个毕业班的学生，大约一百个大三的学生，一两百个大二的学生,还有大约一百个大一的新生。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选