In the nineteen forties, Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

The in class mid-terms--the grades will be roughly 10% problem sets, 20% first mid-term, 30% second mid-term, 40% final.

期中那次是随堂考,在最后成绩中,习题成绩占10%,第一次期中占20%,第二次期中占30%,期末考试占40%

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That's a term that first entered the English language sometime in the mid-nineteenth century, but of course the concept goes earlier.

这个词在19世纪中期,第一次出现在英语中，当然概念产生得早些。

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The party that controls the White House historically loses congressional seats in a new president's first mid-term elections.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

The first of the triad--this is a term that we'll be going over today--is called the what?

该和弦的第一个音，这个术语我们今天将会讲解，叫做什么？

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First growth,though. Without growth you cannot fix those long-term fiscal problems,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Anyway we have our second mid-term exam on Monday and it will be like the first mid-term but it will be less mathematical.

无论如何，我们在周一会有我们第二个期中考试,并且它将会像第一次期中考试一样,但是数学方面会涉及的更少。

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The first one is, I might say, a long-term risk theme.

我要说的第一个是，长期风险。

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