The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

What's surprising most people, when you think , you associate with something that has a Christian background, you think of people that work in hospitals.

让大多数人惊讶的是,当你说到“教士“这个词，人们会联想到，the，word，“chaplain”,有基督教背景的人，会想到在医院里工作的人。

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"We are surrounded by countries with very tough laws, while we are very weak, so it is not surprising while many terrorists from other countries found their hotbed in Indonesia,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10