Better known as a stand-up comic, Mo'Nique has been widely praised for her role in the raw and gripping drama .

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

And that pole was right next to this ice-cream stand in front of the theater in Tulle.

然后那根柱子就在那个,冰激凌摊旁边,剧院前面

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public-- , then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place?

如果一个美国人，因为他的皮肤是黑色，而不能在一家对公众开放的餐馆吃午餐…,诸如此类的话，那么我们当中有谁会愿意,换上他的肤色，接受他受到的待遇？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Here in the United States, stand-alone record stores have given way to such alternatives as digital downloading which now accounts for about 20 percent of all recorded music sales.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But if I join a fraternity and they pour cow poop on my head and make me stand in the rain for a month wearing pantyhose while they throw rocks at me I then think--after it I think "God, I went through a lot of stuff to get into this fraternity.

但如果我加入之前，他们要往我头上泼牛粪,要我穿着女内裤在雨中站一个月,他们还朝我扔石头,事后我就会想,”为了加入这个兄弟会我吃了不少苦头“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The IMF says it has introduced reforms called stand-by arrangements (SBA) that would provide flexibility in lending to poorer countries, but Griffiths says they too would come with preconditions not imposed on wealthier states.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

Both sons look back with pride at their fathers. Both are also working to overcome suspicions that stand in the way of renewed U.S.-Russian cooperation to meet challenges that could confront their children.

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

"You look for a banjo, then you look for a flat top guitar, got to have the stand-up bass, a fiddle works really well, and then you get the old mandolin in because a mandolin really has got some good sound to it too."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Kaitlin Horst is the cemetery's spokeswoman. "As Americans, I think we have a sense of pride, pride in our country, pride in what we stand for and we also have a sense of pride in our military - what our military has done over the course of our nation's history, to defend the rights and freedoms that we hold dear."

VOA: standard.2010.05.26