This was a small airless house and in the corner he discovered a water pump. He was so excited and went forward to draw water, but no water came out no matter how hard he tried.

这是一个不通风的小房子。在小角落里他发现了一个抽水机。他为此很兴奋，便上前去抽水，但无论他如何努力都没有水出来。

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Before my brother was born, I looked forward to having a baby in the house - everyone I knew had brothers and sisters and I'd seen that they could be fun.

在我弟弟到来之前，我一直期盼家里能多出个小孩——每一个我认识的人都有兄弟或是姊妹，而且我看到他们在一起时充满了乐趣。

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I look forward to being alone in the house.

我盼望着能自己一人待在这所房子里。

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Neither official would provide any insight into the closed-door White House deliberations on the way forward in Afghanistan, which are expected to be concluded within the next few weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

Republicans are hoping for a replay of the 1994 midterm elections, when they won control of both the House and Senate in large part because of public opposition to the health-care-reform plan put forward by another Democrat in the White House,Bill Clinton.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

And no two documents illustrate this choice of two futures better than the president's budget and the one put forward by House Republicans.

WSJ: Paul Ryan: The GOP Budget and America's Future

The Republican plan, put forward by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, basically reiterates the party line that the debt is a spending problem alone and that tax increases must not be part of the solution.

FORBES: America's Negative S&P Rating: Premonitions of a Debt Crisis?

We certainly look forward to the House taking action, as it, appropriately, should on this bipartisan measure.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing