And,he was proud of being the first African-American to break the color barrier in a major opera house.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

You know, one famous tactic is--if you have an infantry force coming forward, you send tanks in it to break up the line of the infantry, so that you can defeat the infantry in that way.

最有名的战术是,如果有敌方步兵逼近,你把坦克派过去,破坏他们的步兵阵型,以这种策略对付步兵

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And the commune, despite the fact that there's lots of-- you could hear in the distance the guns sometimes getting closer and closer, and attempts to break out fail miserably, they pass all sorts of impressive social legislation.

在公社里,尽管有很多...,公社不远处不时能听到枪声,不断逼近,而突围的尝试又屡次惨败,他们还通过了各式法律法规

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

In the American state of Massachusetts, some teenagers who break the law are sentenced -- to Shakespeare.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

That's why all these arguments that we all get into these days about third-party political candidates what do we really need in our political culture, what would break apart the stagnation of our two-party system, if that's what people want or put more directly, will Michael Bloomberg run or not?

这就是我们今天为何面对这些争论,关于第三方党派的候选人,也就是我们的政治文化中究竟需要什么,什么能打破我们两党制停滞不前的现状呢,如果这是人民所愿,或者更直接的说,迈克尔.布隆伯格的做法行得通吗

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

New trouble threatened to break out in the territory of Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

After much investigation, the reporters linked the Watergate break-in to President Nixon and his top advisers.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

"Glee" is taking a four-month break and will return in April.

VOA: special.2010.01.08

Reporters at The Post began an intense investigation of the break-in.

VOA: special.2009.04.26

A month earlier,twenty-six year old Zamperini had been one of the greatest runners in the world, expected by many to be the first to break the four-minute mile, one of the most celebrated barriers in sport.

VOA: special.2011.05.04

Security forces fired tear gas to break up the pro-Zelaya marchers, who are also accused of vandalizing buildings in the country's capital overnight.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

He says the war-time unit helped break down racial barriers in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

The U.N.Tribunal in The Hague wants Radovan Karadzic to face 11 charges Monday, including involvement in Europe's worst massacre since World War II in Bosnia-Herzegovina,during the violent break-up of Yugoslavia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

That's not all. A new government will also have to resolve a 19-year-old rebellion in an eastern break-away region, where Russia has troops and which wants to be annexed by Moscow.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

From its new regional bureau in Yaounde, Interpol is moving to break-up the syndicates behind this organized crime by working with law enforcement officials in Cameroon,Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon as well as officials from the other countries it covers: Central African Republic, Chad,Congo,Sao Tome and Principe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09