Sotomayor recently told the CSPAN public affairs network that President Barack Obama asked her to make two promises shortly after accepting his offer for nomination to the Supreme Court.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

It would be quickly ground into flour and used before it even has time to ferment, to quickly offer something to the deity again, to procure favor for the rest of the crop.

很快弄成面粉，还来不及发酵,只为了敬献给神,为了博得神的喜爱，保佑这些庄稼。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I see him as somebody who has a lot of, a lot to offer me, a lot of information that's good for me to know.

我觉得他可以帮助我很多，可以提供给我很多对我有利的信息。

我尊敬的教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Officials in President Asif Zardari's office said he is seeking talks with opposition leaders to try to _ the crises The government's offer for negotiations follows several meetings with top political and military leaders as well as consultations with American diplomats.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13

The government can't kick the central head- head of the central bank out for failing to offer them loans when they want it.

政府不能因为当它需要资金时-,中央银行的首领没有给予它贷款,而解雇他。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The organization had been established in eighteen sixty-three to offer better treatment for people wounded or captured during wars.

VOA: special.2009.07.26

For those do we offer what we call hacker editions of each of the problem sets.

对于我没提出的黑客问题,的黑客版本的同学。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Boehringer Ingelheim has been working with the nonprofit organization PATH to offer a similar pouch for the past several years.

VOA: special.2010.05.24

Now how it might be able to offer some quality of life improvement for these patients.

现在，我们如何帮助这些病人,提高他们的生活质量。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

If his plan failed, he could offer them in exchange for his own freedom and that of his men.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

For those who are already engrossed in the reading of Ulysses, as well as for those who hesitate to begin it because they fear that it is obscure, the publishers offer this simple clue as to what the critical fuss is all about.

针对那些已经完全沉浸于这本书的人，以及那些因为害怕内容晦涩而还犹豫不决的人,出版商提供了一些简单的线索,告诉大家这部伟大之作的简要涵义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

For example,a child might offer something sweet to her little brother and then take it away when he reaches for it.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

It's as though we live life for a while, getting a feel for all the wonderful things life could offer us, and then a moment later, as it were, it's snatched away from us.

似乎我们活了一会，感受到了生命能提供给我们的所有美好的事物，然后片刻之后，又好像，被从我们身边夺走。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

As she told reporter Adam Phillips, she is also glad for the help they offer in seeking a more secure life.

VOA: special.2010.05.13

And what the Republic tries to do is to offer us strategies, maybe we might even call it a therapy, Thumos for dealing with thumos, for submitting it to the control of reason and helping us to achieve some level of balance, of self-control and moderation.

而《理想国》尝试做的是,提供我们策略，而我们甚至能称之为疗法，用以处理，让它接受理性的控制,并助我们达到某种程度的平衡，介于自控与节制之间。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He said he was hopeful that the convention would offer its constitution to the people for their approval or rejection.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

And sociologists point out that for a lot of aspects of your life, like getting a job, acquaintances matter, connections matter, and the connections you establish by going to a place like Yale hold you in good stead for the rest of your life, above and beyond any intellectual qualities that this place may offer.

社会学家指出，在你生活里很多方面，例如找工作，相识的人很重要，关系很重要，你去一个像耶鲁这样的地方建立的关系,能为你的余生带来好处，比这个地方教给你的知识更有好处。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

There has been a push for schools to offer more healthful snacks and lunch choices and fewer sugary drinks.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

When you mortgage a property that means that you offer the property as collateral for a loan.

当你通过抵押贷款购买一项财产意味着,你需要抵押这项财产的所有权以获得贷款

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

There is also debate about the desire of some Internet providers to offer special treatment to sites willing to pay for it.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

It's different in other countries; in Europe, they've had universal banking, which allowed banks to offer insurance for a much longer time but in the U.S.

这与其他国家是不同的,在欧洲,那里有综合银行,它们提供保险服务已经有很长一段时日了,但是在美国

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They say their findings offer one reason why the custom of cursing may have continued for so long.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

And similarly, particularly for those less comfortable, do we offer prior to the start of each week for a new piece at what we dub a walkthrough whereby one of the teaching fellows will literally start on the first page, give you a mental framework for the week's problems and talk about the ideas that it covers, and then walk through the piece set so that you have a roadmap of sorts that you can follow.

同样，特别对于那些不熟悉编程跟不上进度的同学，每周上课前都可以预习新的知识点,一名教师从第一页开始,对于每周的问题,都给你们简历一个心理框架,并讨论它所涵盖的思想，然后了解了每个部分之后,就可以有个学习的路线图。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Earlier this year, California invited content developers to offer digital math and science materials for high schools.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

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

He wanted to offer different kinds of cars for rich people as well as middle-income people.

VOA: special.2009.10.09

The park hopes to offer more trips next spring, to help support the history for those who lived through it and for future generations.

VOA: special.2009.06.30

For example, schools may have vending machines that offer what many people would consider junk food.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

More than one hundred twenty American schools offer study programs for people wanting to be doctors.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Also,many banks offer special services for students, like free checking accounts, including a debit card.

VOA: special.2009.05.21