According to media reports, the head of General Motors,Rick Wagoner, has agreed to step down at the request of the White House, as part of a restructuring plan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

The first step to insight is to ask questions like why do things fall down and not up?

起初的洞察力是问问题,为什么物体坠地而不是上升？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

But I imagine that after a period, there'd be this-- Well, humans have this ability to look down on their experiences, or step back from their experiences, and assess them.

但我想经过一段时间后-,人类有能力审视自己的体验，或从体验中抽身而出加以评估。

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Wrapping up his defense testimony, Mr.Taylor said he agreed to step down as Liberian president in 2003 in the interest of peace but was tricked by the international community.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

What we've done is taken this pitch and played it all the way down an octave below it so we're actually getting back to this configuration of the pitch right next to it, and we could--then of course we could go down one more step and we would get the octave, which is a duplication of two-to-one.

我们所做的是固定一个音高，向下一路弹奏一个八度,所以事实上我们又回到了与这个固定音高相邻的音上，我们当然也可以向下再弹一组，然后得到这个八度，这其实就是两个八度对一个八度的重复。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Political analysts say if that happens, the two present candidates for the prime minister's post are likely to step down and make way for others who might be able to build a consensus.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

General Aziz announced his candidacy in an interview with the al-Arabiya television network, saying he will step down in three weeks and allow the President of the Senate to run the country during his campaign for the presidency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29