At previous summits, the United States set forth an ambitious and still unattained goal: forging a vast, hemisphere-wide free-trade zone.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

to the... -Em... I'm not aware of any sort of...arguments with the say that it's a single economic zone.

成为。。。，-嗯。,我没听过有人反对,这样一个单一经济区的存在。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

There's 60 people in the dorm, and I'm in the substance-free zone.

宿舍有60个人，我在无饮酒区。

布朗的宿舍公寓 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

However,the zone encountered problems when North Korea became upset with the conservative policies of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

I really am just not a fan of the sort of zone-out model of lecture audition.

因为我不喜欢大家,在上课的时候走神。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

China has also been angered by U.S.Naval operations inside its 320-kilometer economic zone, leading to some confrontations between American and Chinese ships.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

not the panic zone,where it hurts-- the stretch zone, where there is excitement,where there's some nervousness.

不是会让人受伤的恐慌地带，而是延伸地带，其中有兴奋，还有点紧张。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The strength of the European currency has been under pressure since Greece's financial problems were revealed, with concern the problem could spread to other euro-zone countries.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

U.N.Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes visited the conflict zone,Friday, during a three-day visit to Yemen, inspecting one of five refugee camps in the north of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

Military spokesman Udaya Nanayakkara says the army is now less than a kilometer away from a safe zone, which was set up to protect civilians inside rebel-controlled territory.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

The army has been accused of shelling inside the "no-fire zone,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

The authorities have declared large stretches of normally white-sand beaches along the popular surf region of the Sunshine Coast a disaster zone, as well as Moreton and Bribie islands, which are national parks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

The government's outright rejection for a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels came a day after the European Union said the situation of civilians trapped in the war zone is dangerous and called for a cease-fire to allow humanitarian aid into the region.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Since last year's inauguration of conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak who North Korea calls a "traitor" North Korea has restricted access to the zone, detained a South Korean executive for more than two months without trial, and cancelled all of the contracts governing rent and wages.

VOA: standard.2009.06.05