He did so after witnessing the popularity of the activity himself during a trip to New Zealand in the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2011.06.28

But for all that, despite the popularity of that view, I'm inclined to think it must be wrong.

虽然观点受到追捧，我倾向认为它一定是错的。

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And this explains the popularity of the field of positive psychology: science that works.

这页是积极心理学大受欢迎的原因：,有用的科学。

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He wrote that a whole new public for music had developed as a result of the popularity of the radio and record player.

VOA: special.2009.06.21

His popularity at the end of his term, despite what everyone would agree, whether you like Bill Clinton or not, was a big mistake with Monica Lewinsky his popularity didn't suffer very much.

任期结束时，人气很高，尽管大家都心知肚明，不管你喜不喜欢比尔·克林顿，和莱温斯基乱搞男女关系就是一个错误,但是他的人气并未因此受到很大影响。

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The "Twilight" series of books and movies has increased the popularity of vampires around the world.

VOA: special.2010.01.20

And it helped establish the popularity of a new form of entertainment, music videos.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

And,it shows that the popularity of the King of Rock and Roll lives on.

VOA: special.2010.04.02

This week on our program, we dive into the popularity of SpongeBob SquarePants.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The popularity of the soup has increased greatly over the years.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

Later,the popularity of the drink spread throughout Europe.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

This is the first tournament of the Football for Hope program, which aims to use the popularity of football to bring social change.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Balance told VOA that the popularity of B.C.Street has greatly exceeded expectations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

One reason for the continuing popularity of "The Fantasticks" was that it was different from large musicals playing in Broadway theaters.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Another reason for the increase in bird strikes is the growing popularity of air travel in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.04.01

The first test of the new government's popularity may come next year in upper house elections in Japan.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The huge popularity of 3-D films like "Avatar," "Up" and "Monsters vs.Aliens" has many people willing to buy this costly, developing technology.

VOA: special.2010.01.26

He says the team he works on got interested in studying energy drinks because of the explosion in their popularity in the last few years.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Some of the resulting products have been very creative and gained popularity.

VOA: special.2011.03.22

The growing popularity of football or soccer known as here in the U.S., is on display every week on this pitch.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Officials within the Fatah faction of President Abbas,said last week he was close to resigning as his popularity plummeted.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

But many experts say Mr.Saakashvili's drop in popularity over the years indicates a strong disillusionment with the achievements of the Rose Revolution.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

Mr.Obama has lost popularity in Israel because of American pressure to halt Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The LDP's popularity has fallen sharply in the past few years as it struggled with a weak economy and the aftermath of several corruption scandals.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

But the party's popularity has dropped,in part because of a big financial deficit.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Analyst Shepherd says Mr.Obama hopes to capitalize on that popularity during his European tour "At the end of the day,this is still very much Barack Obama's honeymoon period,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

The president's popularity has been hurt by allegations of corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

In an off-year election seen by some political pundits as a measure of support for President Barak Obama's popularity after his first year in office, the opposition Republicans have picked up the state house in two formerly Democratic states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"But President Obama is starting to show that he is not quite as popular, or that he does not walk on water in the way that many people thought at the beginning of his term and his popularity has come down."

VOA: standard.2009.10.23