The general described the effort as "hard work." Several civilian experts General McChrystal invited to help with an assessment of the situation have said they recommended he ask for more U.S.troops.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

So before we proceed, I need to ask you to set aside for the purposes of this course, some of the more common myths about the Bible.

所以在外面真正开始上课前,我希望大家为了学好这门，课能把原先那些刻板印象放到一边。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

What more can you ask for from a class?"

你还想从一门课中要求得到些什么呢“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"The financial cost is a totally separate matter, and I think that as we're starting to feel the economic pinches here at home as the president has to go and ask for more money for Afghanistan, we'll probably see some similar sorts of pushbacks to what we had in Vietnam."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

To learn more about first aid, ask a hospital or organization like a Red Cross or Red Crescent Society for information.

VOA: special.2009.08.11

General McChrystal is expected to ask for tens of thousands more troops in an effort to bring stability to Afghan population centers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The general has not made a specific troop request, but experts say he could ask for as many as 40,000,maybe more, on top of the doubling of U.S.troop strength to 68,000 in the past year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The Washington-based Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, notes that a 2005 report from the U.S.Institute of Medicine found that marketing to children makes them more likely to ask for and eat unhealthful foods.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24