For years,rich slave owners had talked of taking the southern states out of the Union to save their way of life.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

And this is absolutely not true; it's for the most part the entire freshman year for instance at MIT is taking pass-fail.

这绝对是不正确的;,例如，麻省理工学院的大部分新生在第一年参加的课程,都是采用及格-不及格的打分制度。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I would first of all, congratulate you for taking the first step of starting to learn that process.

我会首先祝贺你踏出了学习语言的第一步，

学第二外语的时候 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Today,a fall guy is anyone who is tricked into taking the blame for the crime or wrongdoing of someone else.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

This is actually kind of a moderate position because it talks about government and the people sharing power here and taking responsibility for change.

这实际上是一种中立的立场,即作为分担责任的代价,政府与公民分掌权利

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Tata Motors says it will begin taking orders for the car on April ninth both at car dealerships and on the Internet.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

Because what you don't see in this file is any code a that actually says put a letter of the alphabet at the top left hand corner of the screen and then put the next character to the right in other words, I'm taking for granted at this moment in time that my computer knows how to print something to the screen.

就是这些你在本文件中看不到的一些代码,实现了将首字母,放在屏幕的左上角,然后把其他字母加在其右边，我想当然地认为,我的电脑知道如何打印相应信息到屏幕上。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

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

VOA: special.2009.09.05

I actually believe in the history of the planet, there are very, very few instances of people getting paid for taking risk; they get paid for eliminating it.

我一直相信在人类的历史上，有非常少的例子来证明人们,因为承担风险而获得了收益；,他们是因为规避了风险而收益。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The scientists estimate this would have the same climate effect as taking all cars in the world off the road for ten years.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

Now we're doing the same for IT, using standards, taking things that are in what's this big bucket known as services and really encapsulating them in the form of services and products, but in a much more cost-effective way, using standards.

现在对于整个信息技术行业我们也采取这种方法，使用标准,通过服务,注入产品和服务，通过标准，提高成本效率。

斯坦福公开课 - 戴尔CEO-Michael.Dell谈创业和发展课程节选

The book was revolutionary for the inventive style of taking photographs that show immediacy and emotional honesty.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

You guys are playing for America and you're taking this penalty kick and it's the last kick in the World Cup, how many of you, show of hands, how many of you would shoot to the left?

如果你们为美国队效力,现在由你们来主罚点球,而且那是世界杯上一个制胜球,请你们举手,有多少人选择从左路射门

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

He was called a hero for taking this kind of personal action to support the farm workers.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

Now, I hope you guys know that much calculus, that when you take a derivative of a function of a function, namely v square over 2 is a function of v, and v itself is a function of t, then the rule for taking the derivative is first take the v derivative of this object, then take the d by dt of t, which is this one.

我希望你们了解更多的微积分知识,当你对复合函数求导时,也就是说v^/2是关于v的函数,而v本身是关于t的函数,求导的法则应该是,第一步是这一部分对v求导,然后v再对t求导,得到这一部分

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

And he made other changes, like adding the verse "we are not afraid" to offer support for the protests taking place across the country.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

But the secretary called for aggressive action, saying there was more risk in taking small steps.

VOA: special.2009.02.13

Marilyn,though, earned praise for simply taking a short walk in the movie.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

"That's the wonderful thing about Earth Day is that it really provides a platform, an opportunity for grassroots organizations and community organizations to really focus on what's happening in their neighborhoods and their homes in their communities, in their businesses and to focus on the priority problems and to engage people maybe for the first time in taking environmental action."

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Now,he is taking a more populist approach focusing on the day-to-day issues that create money woes for many families.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Senator Olympia Snowe criticized the executives for taking government aid and then leaving customers and dealers without any support.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"Booster ignition and lift off for space shuttle Discovery, taking the space station to full power for full science,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.15

Bernanke has been praised for taking aggressive action to prevent an economic catastrophe after last year's widespread problems in the financial industry.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

And what we're trying to work out now in our review is what are the best modalities for taking that effort forward."

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

The public response could be known soon. On Tuesday,dealers in seven areas began taking orders for the Volt.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Local media are quoting a representative for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan as taking responsibility for the bombing.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Thursday's shooting apparently followed an argument between Toumba and Captain Camara about taking responsibility for the killing of opposition demonstrators two months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Republicans and other critics have blasted Mr.Obama for occasionally taking vacations and playing golf during the crisis.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

But now that revenue is not enough for the government, which has boosted domestic spending by subsidizing food and taking over private enterprises."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

Nigeria has asked the United States for the names of the Nigerian officials accused of taking bribes.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18