The government could also use violations of other federal laws such as the Clean Water Act to collect money for the spill.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

Act for them, to them. Don't act as if they are just some bunch of Philistines out there who can't appreciate your art.

为他们表演，想他们表演，不要把它们当做俗气的人,所以不能欣赏你们的艺术。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Act for God if you want to, be God's actress if you want to.

如果你愿意，为上帝表演，做上帝的演员。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

It's not separated or marked off for special kind of treatment because it's holy. For a common object to become holy, you need a special act of dedication to God, to God or God's realm or God's service.

不会因为物体是神圣的而有什么区别对待,对于一个普通的事物来说，想要变得神圣，就必须对上帝做出一些牺牲，受到上帝的管辖，为上帝服务。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

So he thinks it makes a lot of sense for today's barbers to act as "health care extenders" by sharpening their skills.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

In my experience, decisions moved with the process of risks, mitigation like malaises When the Taliban arrived in the village, it takes 96 hours for an army commander to obtain necessary approvals to act.

以我的经验来看，决定的执行是有一定的风险的,当塔利班分子进入到村子后，一个军队指挥官要花去96个小时来获得必要的批准才能行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

She says the main value of the new credit card act is that it "provides an opportunity for consumers to have more information."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

That is a very important difference that was, you had to act in such a way as to make life possible and decent, and for the Greeks that always meant being part of a decent community, the polis.

这也是个非常重要的区别,你得活出体面来,对于古希腊人而言就是,成为体面的社区即城邦的一部分

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

President McKinley, without waiting for the Senate to act, ordered the American military government in Manila to extend its control throughout the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

But what I'm trying to get at is do you consider that you are under no obligation, since you haven't actually entered into any act of consent, but for prudential reasons, you do what you're supposed to do according to the law?

但我想知道的是，你认为自己,不负有任何义务，因为你并未真正作出任何形式的同意，只是出于谨慎考虑，你还是会依法缴税，是吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

A test suite that will make us feel good about things. For now, I just want you to be aware that you're always doing this balancing act.

测试集呢？一个测试集会让我们的工作,变的舒服多了，现在，我只是想让,大家意识到你们经常需要做这种协调工作。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Pfizer agreed to pay another billion for violations of a civil law, the False Claims Act.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

This is because it was against the law in England for women to act onstage.

VOA: special.2010.01.06

After his speech, religious leaders demonstrated to call for Congress to act this year.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

The plan succeeded. Some countries in Latin America and the Caribbean questioned the right of the United States to act as policeman for the Western Hemisphere.

VOA: special.2010.08.26

General McClellan kept making excuses for his failure to act.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

Secretary Hay refused to wait for them to act.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

Carlo Padoan,chief economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, says Greece must act quickly to reduce its debt.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

And I think that's the tangibility of the Act that's obvious for everyone to see."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Everyone wants to export to the United States and that creates a huge incentive for producers and exporters to be in compliance with the U.S.Lacey Act.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

"You can't just preach lofty goals and wait for somebody else to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

To end this historic conflict, both sides must be historically bold, because if each waits stubbornly for the other to act first, this will go on and be waiting for an eternity."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

which is featured on his new album Nobody Left to Crown,Meanwhile, in a role he seems to relish, Havens will continue to act as a benign, bearded ambassador for the Woodstock state of mind.

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

"When he selected his models, he had them audition to make sure they could do the facial expressions he wanted, that they could act out the body language he wanted for a particular picture."

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

"The recommendations are very clear." "For a country like Greece, you need to act on the fiscal side, and therefore addressing very forcefully the root causes of your fiscal problems through spending cuts and increasing taxation."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11