There is no independent confirmation of the tolls, and the region has been closed to outsiders.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

There has been a long discussion about what people owe each other and how okay it is to try to make money.

曾经有一次很长的讨论,是关于自己欠别人多少,而自己应该赚多少才合适

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Oh, they are. And at the moment there is a bill that I think over the past couple of years has been presented to the legislator.

是的，现在,就有这样一个法案，在几年前,人们把它提交给了立法者。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

BP has been stressing its strength and viability globally, but there is little doubt its public image has been hugely damaged in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

It is, needless to say, being a bright, brilliant idea that one guy thought of, it has been assaulted on all sides and there is plenty of controversy about it.

况且这还是一个人在千思万想后,所总结出的辉煌又灿烂的智慧,这些理论受到来自各方的抨击,并且存在着诸多争议

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The failed terror bomb plot constitutes Mr.Obama's most serious national security test to date, and the president has been quick to acknowledge that there is plenty of room for improvement.

VOA: standard.2010.01.06

Well,De Gaulle has been dead for a very long time, and there has been progress, but what has not changed is still the power in Paris, in these ministries, to dictate the life of schools, of almost everything else.

戴高乐已经去世很久,在某些地方已经有所改进,但是巴黎的权利,政府各部门的权利仍未改变,他们规定校园生活,还有几乎其他任何事情

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

The results are mixed. For example, the report says progress is being made in bringing down child deaths, but there has been little or no movement in maternal and newborn health.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

"I think the Republicans, if they end up winning both and I don't know that they will I'm sure that they will crow that there is a whole new day dawning and that there has been a rejection of Obamaism and all that,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.23