"We need to see this the actual law passed by Congress, this EPCA, Electronic Privacy Communications Act made much more stronger, brought up to date.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

up employing something called programming, the act of constructing, telling a computer to do your bidding.

你们会使用一种叫做程序设计的方法，或称之为构建，即让计算机去执行你的命令。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In the controversies that are leading up to the Licensing Act, one of the authors most frequently mentioned as posing a special threat to the well-being of the English nation is our very own Milton.

这些论战导致了《权利法》的出台，最常提到的对英国的繁荣富强有着特殊威胁的,作者之一就是弥尔顿。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

SIPC was set up by an act of Congress.

证券投资者保护公司依国会法案设立

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They are markers of our history." The Roman Catholic Church believes that its new green option will become increasingly popular, as its parishioners weigh up the benefits of the ultimate act of recycling.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

There's also though, I think, a hint here that part of the pleasure behind Isis' search involves the process of reassembling her lover, the process of gathering him up limb by limb -- the act of gathering.

我认为这里有一点暗示，就是伊西斯很享受寻找,重新拼凑自己的爱人，一片片收集起他的肢体的过程，收集他的这个行为。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Dr.Lepora says she will probably return to MSF, because she says once she learned how to be effective in a crisis situation, she finds it very difficult not to act when another crisis comes up.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Republicans also link potential costs with what they say is the failure so far of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the $787 billion stimulus plan approved by Congress to speed up economic recovery, an assertion the president and Democrats reject.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21