And the Reverend Jesse Jackson commented in a statement about what her small act of bravery meant for African-American people.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

Act for them, to them. Don't act as if they are just some bunch of Philistines out there who can't appreciate your art.

为他们表演，想他们表演，不要把它们当做俗气的人,所以不能欣赏你们的艺术。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The governing of a distress call is actually an extremely delicate high-wire act for any young organism from an evolutionary point of view.

事实上，发出求救信号,是极其危险的行为,从进化的角度看,对任何一个年轻的生物体。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

During the early weeks of eighteen ninety-eight, President McKinley waited for Spain to act on its promises to Cuba.

VOA: special.2010.07.08

Act for God if you want to, be God's actress if you want to.

如果你愿意，为上帝表演，做上帝的演员。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The United Nations Security Council has the lead responsibility for deciding that an act of aggression has taken place.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

The act of preaching sermons for Puritans was becoming more important, actually, than following the ceremonial rituals of the Church of England.

训诫对于清教徒而言愈发的重要，实际上，甚至比英国教会的宗教仪式更为重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

For example, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that President Obama signed into law in February dealt with this issue.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

Moderation is this wonderfully great important thing for the Greeks.You must act in moderation.

谦卑对希腊人来说是很重要的品质,人必须表现得谦逊

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The government could also use violations of other federal laws such as the Clean Water Act to collect money for the spill.

VOA: special.2010.06.04

This is an act of faith for me.

这就是我信仰下的实际行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

The puppeteers train for many years to move as one in bringing the puppet to life to act in complex theater productions.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

And just as in that earlier poem the act of fishing is symbolically resonant "The Fisherman" is an image of man searching the depths of the world for the wisdom that hides beneath the surface of things.

和以前的事一样,也是有象征意味的,渔夫是一个探索世界的深邃,和隐藏在事物表面下的智慧,的一个人物形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So he thinks it makes a lot of sense for today's barbers to act as "health care extenders" by sharpening their skills.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

In my experience, decisions moved with the process of risks, mitigation like malaises When the Taliban arrived in the village, it takes 96 hours for an army commander to obtain necessary approvals to act.

以我的经验来看，决定的执行是有一定的风险的,当塔利班分子进入到村子后，一个军队指挥官要花去96个小时来获得必要的批准才能行动。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

She says the main value of the new credit card act is that it "provides an opportunity for consumers to have more information."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

I'm wondering if Dudley and Steven had asked for Richard Parker's consent in you know, dying, if that would exonerate them from an act of murder and if so, is that still morally justifiable?

我想知道达德利和斯蒂芬斯,是否征得过派克的同意，取他的性命，是否那样就能赦免他们的谋杀罪名,是否这样，道德上就是正当的？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

President McKinley, without waiting for the Senate to act, ordered the American military government in Manila to extend its control throughout the Philippines.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

I think it's worth thinking about, at least for a moment, of the oddity of this terrible act of self-mutilation.

我认为这值得思考，至少值得思考一会，有关自毁形象的怪异之处。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

They did not wait for Norway or Belgium or the Netherlands to commit an act of war."

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Israel was chosen by Yahweh in an act of spontaneous love it does not imply her perfection an act of spontaneous love for the patriarchs.

以色列被上帝选择是出于一种无意识的爱,这并不暗示着她是完美的,只是对族长无意识的喜欢。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

A test suite that will make us feel good about things. For now, I just want you to be aware that you're always doing this balancing act.

测试集呢？一个测试集会让我们的工作,变的舒服多了，现在，我只是想让,大家意识到你们经常需要做这种协调工作。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

For the first time she seemed to be taking a rest from the tiring act of thought.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

It's not separated or marked off for special kind of treatment because it's holy. For a common object to become holy, you need a special act of dedication to God, to God or God's realm or God's service.

不会因为物体是神圣的而有什么区别对待,对于一个普通的事物来说，想要变得神圣，就必须对上帝做出一些牺牲，受到上帝的管辖，为上帝服务。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Pfizer agreed to pay another billion for violations of a civil law, the False Claims Act.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

This is after the man from the filling station has given Haze some gas and not charged him for it, a very unusual act of kindness in this novel.

这是在一个加油站男人给了海斯一些汽油后,且没有向他要钱，这是在这部小说中非常少见的善行。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

As a young performer, he had a song and dance act with partners for a while.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

But what I'm trying to get at is do you consider that you are under no obligation, since you haven't actually entered into any act of consent, but for prudential reasons, you do what you're supposed to do according to the law?

但我想知道的是，你认为自己,不负有任何义务，因为你并未真正作出任何形式的同意，只是出于谨慎考虑，你还是会依法缴税，是吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

That is a very important difference that was, you had to act in such a way as to make life possible and decent, and for the Greeks that always meant being part of a decent community, the polis.

这也是个非常重要的区别,你得活出体面来,对于古希腊人而言就是,成为体面的社区即城邦的一部分

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选