But should President Obama president have put down to let 2011 the date as the date of the begining of the withdrawl of American presence?

奥巴马总统是不是应该确定,2011年开始撤出美国势力？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

It is a much scarrier idea than saying I have this, I'm going to do it, I'm going to put it down there as opposed to being open to what may come and being uncertain whether that would be something good enough.

这和，我知道了，我要做这个，我想写这个，这种确定感相比,对可能的结果保持一种开放的心态，不知道,期待能否满足的未知感相比，更挑战一些。

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I think, in fact, a lot of women would say something like, I put my faith in God and I think I might bring down God's wrath if I did such a thing as to bet that my husband is going to die.

其实我觉得,不少女人会这样说,我是个教徒,我觉得如果我拿我丈夫的,性命去赌博,我会遭天谴的

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