He was Abraham Lincoln, who would take office as president in March.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

You had to make--or your employer can do it for you-- they take the money to the post office and the post office would give you stamps.

你自己或者你的老板可以帮你-,将钱交到邮局,然后邮局把邮票给你。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And so I said that the nations of the world will never cease from trouble until either the true breed of philosophers shall come to political office or until that of the rulers shall, by some divine law, " take the pursuit of philosophy."

所以我说,世界上的国家和种族永远不会停止纷争,直到正牌的哲学家,接管政权,或直到统治者都受某种神圣法律所辖，开始追求哲学“

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Not everyone celebrated when Mihai Ghimpu became the first politician of Moldova's four-party ruling coalition to take office, as parliament speaker: All members of the Communist Party in parliament boycotted the vote and walked out of the legislature.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

But it looks like they're giving away stuff, they're feeding you stuff, and if you're interested in learning a bit more about Microsoft internships and such they have an office in Kendall Square near MIT and that's where I believe this event is to take place.

看起来他们似乎在泄露消息，但实际上是为了满足你们，而且如果你有兴趣,了解更多微软实习等诸如此类的信息,可以到他们在MIT附近的肯德尔广场设立的办公室咨询,而且我相信派对将会在肯德尔广场举行。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The coroner's office says results from its toxicology tests could take up to six weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.06.29

We have to take ownership over people that we have put in office."

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

The president's top political aide says President Obama has had to take unpopular action to deal with an economic crisis far worse than anyone expected when he took office.

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

"As I've said from the day I took office, it's going to take months, even years, to dig our way out - and it's going to require an all-hands-on-deck effort."

VOA: standard.2010.07.03