Colonel George W.Smith, commanding officer of Quantico's Basic Training School, says fitness and skills are only part of what it takes to be a Marine officer.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

I really feel like I have what it takes to be an actor.

我真的觉得我有做演员的资质。

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But now that we're here,we're in a position perhaps to raise the question, should we be asking what it takes to survive?

现在我们必须想要提出的问题应该是，要怎样才能生存？

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"The president has called for focusing in on what it really takes to be successful in work and in college, and he has called on America's educational institutions, primary and secondary educational institutions, to do whatever it takes to get our kids college ready.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

I don't know what it takes to replicate that in China, but I certainly hope one day there will be a place in China that looks like Silicon Valley.

无法想象如何在中国复制一个硅谷，但我希望在将来,中国会有类似硅谷的地方。

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