She says the new standards clearly state what a student should be able to do to be successful in college and work.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

In the meantime, I believe that the U.S. is doing quite a bit of work in terms of raising fuel efficiency standards,

同时，我相信美国在提高燃料效率标准方面做了不少事，

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And he pointed to the issue of trying to develop agreed standards of reform in the global financial world where progress has been made, but where much more work is required.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30