We have not been as focused as we need to be on all the various steps that are needed in order to deal with Afghanistan."

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The witch that came To wash the steps with pail and rag Was once the beauty Abishag, The picture pride of Hollywood.

向我们走来的女巫,提着水桶和抹布擦洗台阶,她曾经像亚比沙一样美，好莱坞里最值得骄傲的记忆。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

It eventually outputs a ticket with the right amount, but my God, how many steps does it take for us to get there?

最终它适当地输出了一张票，但是我的天，我们需要多少步骤才能得到？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"What we don't want is a situation where parents are taking all the right steps at home, and then their kids undo all that work when they go to school with salty,fatty foods in the school cafeteria."

VOA: special.2010.06.07

We're typically going to use as basic steps the built-in primitives that a machine comes with.

我们要用计算机内置的原始体来,定义基本的步骤，换句话说。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The report credits several countries with positive interfaith steps, including Jordan and the Philippines, and says conditions have improved in Vietnam,Cuba and some Central Asian states.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

These between B and C and E and F didn't get filled in because they were already just the smallest amount that they wanted to deal with, just half steps.

但是B和C,E和F之间并没有被填上,因为它们之间已经是最小的距离,只是个半音级,人们愿意摆弄的最小距离

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Ambassador Hill said the U.S.commander in Iraq, General Ray Odierno,is working with the Baghdad government and the Kurdish regional government on steps to maintain stability in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

He also said the steps such as Turkey's continuing dialogue with the non-muslim communities as well as its relationship with Armenia are all included in the report in positive terms.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"In preparing for recording and taking those aggressive steps, you have to be one with the spirit, allowing the ebb and flow of the physical and spiritual to become one."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

(...) He said the Democratic initiatives introduced by our government have been met with praise and he said the necessity of taking concrete steps alongside this wide ranging process is emphasized.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"Had it not been for the steps that we took with respect to GM and Chrysler, the situation in Michigan, I think it is fair to say, would be far worse."

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

At a press event with Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin, Clinton said the U.S.administration is in very active consultations with Israel over steps by the Jewish state that in her words "would demonstrate the requisite commitment" to the peace process.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

The popular,Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV broke into its regular news programming to make the announcement that President Obama had won the prize,noting that the President had taken "many extraordinary steps in trying to achieve a rapprochement with the Arab and Islamic world."

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

"People can do things in their own lives, with their children, they can do work in their communities to improve it and once you take those steps, the next logical step is to make sure that your government officials are doing the right thing."

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

So we have to come up with some kind of a global deal." Analysts say there is no internationally recognized authority at the border of Gaza and whatever steps are taken to provide security will have to involve the Palestinian Authority reconciling or at least cooperating with Hamas.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"The talk issue is not going to be anything serious, other than buying time for both the Iranian regime and the Iranian opposition, because as far as the Iranian regime is concerned, no steps are being taken in the direction of bridging the gaps with the opposition anymore,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.12