With reform efforts effectively stalled in the Senate, Mr.Obama has invited Congressional leaders from both major political parties to a meeting Thursday to try to get the process moving again.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

In American history our reform crusades have usually had to do with one of several objects or purposes or problems.

在美国历史上我们为理想而进行的改革,通常与如下几个目的,或意图,或者问题之一有关联

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

There it had less to do often with social forms of reform although that's not entirely true than it had to do with the Civil Rights revolution and the Vietnam War.

通常来说,它与改革的社会形态关联较小,但是它与民权革命和越战的关系,也没有人们认为的那么紧密

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Earlier this week, President Obama won a major political victory with congressional passage of his health care reform plan.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Yet, in many respects, if the Republic was the result of comprehensive despair and disillusionment with the prospects of reform, the dialogue itself points back to an earlier moment in Plato's life and the life of the city of Athens.

从很多方面看来，如果《理想国》,是对改革前景,全面失望与醒悟的结果，则对话本身便指明了,柏拉图的早年生活,以及雅典的早期生活。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they've got.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

Going forward I like to talk with you about health reforms Talk about two aspects of reform one what do you think are the most important reforms that we as a nation need Secondly what is politically and socially feasible doable, achievable?

接着说,我想跟你聊聊医疗改革,谈谈改革的两个方面,一方面，您认为,我们国家,最需要进行改革的是什么,其次，从政治方面,和社会方面而言,什么是可行的,可做的，可是实现的？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The president said reform must be comprehensive, dealing not just with future immigrants but also those here now.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

That's a really good question because if I open this up, why wouldn't it just reform with itself, why would it want to have this in here?

这是个很好的问题,如果我把质粒打开,为什么它不会自己合上,为什么它会与DNA片段重组呢

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Earlier in the week, the head of the World Bank said international support can speed progress -- "but only if coupled with real reform."

VOA: special.2011.05.27

Some are going to reform and some are going to reform with the gene in, and some probably aren't going to reseal at all under the conditions that I've used.

有些质粒会自己合上,有些质粒会与DNA片段重组并合上,还有的在我提供的条件下,也根本合不上

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

America's support for democracy will therefore be based on ensuring financial stability,promoting reform and integrating competitive markets with each other and the global economy.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

The answer is it will want to reform with itself, and if I have these in solution then how many reform with itself and how many reform with the molecule I'm interested probably depends on the relative concentrations of both in the solution and what conditions I have it at.

答案是质粒有可能会自己闭合,如果质粒和我感兴趣的DNA片段,都在溶液里那有多少质粒会自己合上,有多少与我感兴趣的DNA重组呢,这大概取决于两者在溶液里的相对浓度,和我让溶液处在什么条件下

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He and congressional Democrats made history with the reform legislation.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

G-20 nations are also struggling with financial reform issues.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

"Every time we come close to passing health insurance reform, the special interests fight back with everything they have got.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12

He wants Washington to come up with a solution. "I think that we and many others really want meaningful reform.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

They have been charged with being elected on the Change and Reform list, and this causes us grave concerns,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.09

Political analysts say they doubt an immigration reform bill will be passed this year with congressional elections in November.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

House Financial Services Committee chairman Democrat Congressman Barney Frank has taken a lead role in working with the administration on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

Just moments before he opened the meeting with the governors, the White House released a new set of proposals for health-care reform.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Virginia Republican Eric Cantor asserted that the president failed to offer sufficient specifics or offer reform proposals that Americans are comfortable with.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Opponents of health care reform held a series of protests and rallies to coincide with the president's visit.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

Pollster Lee Miringoff with Marist University in New York says the country is sharply divided over the Obama health care reform plan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

Diplomatic efforts to pressure Burma's military towards reform and to release political prisoners have accelerated with the trial.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Clinton said while the U.S. would talk with Burma's military rulers, sanctions would remain in place until Burma shows concrete progress towards reform.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

From Raleigh,Mr.Obama traveled to the town of Bristol,Virginia for another town-hall meeting on health care reform this time with employees at a local supermarket.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

The Obama administration shelved the isolation strategy of its predecessor and is trying dialogue with the Burmese military government to push it toward reform.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

We want health care reform but we aren't going to get into shouting matches with people,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

After meeting in London with his British counterpart, George Osborne, Geithner said the United States wants a careful and consistent approach to financial reform.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26