In this example, the speaker makes several points.

在这个案例中，说话者表达了若干个。

The movement is pressuring lawmakers and potential presidential contenders to address their concerns.

该运动向议员们和潜在总统竞选者表达自己的忧虑。

The runner who knows how to take a hike is said to be out pining away for another try.

这位有经验的徒步者表达了再次尝试的想法。

How would this statement change if the speaker were to express a wish about Tom?

说话者想要表达对汤姆的希望，这个陈述句应该怎么改变？

As he gasped his thanks to his rescuers, he saw that they were, as he had feared, smugglers.

当他喘息着向救者表达谢意时，发觉正他所担忧的，这些人是走私贩子。

Lisa Kaenzig there – who says that introverts think about what they're going to say before they say it.

上述是丽莎·凯恩兹的，说内向者在表达之前会先思考一遍。

But sometimes you hear the word " alternative" when the speaker means one choice is better than the other.

但是有时候你听到alternative这个词的时候，说话者所表达意思是一个选择比另一个更好。

This syndrome causes white liberals to expect less from blacks out of a desire to signal their awareness of racism.

这种综合症导致白人自由主义者出于表达他们对种族主义的意识而对黑人的期望降低。

And so it's fascinating to see all these new words and expressions being used by speakers and being newly added to dictionaries.

所以看到所有这些新单词和表达被说话者使用并被新添加到词典中，这很有趣。

The correct option is: neither did my friend This option correctly expresses that both the speaker and their friend did not enjoy the concert.

neither did my friend这个选项正确地表达了说话者和他的朋友都不喜欢这场音乐会。

It'sn strange, but even though the speaker is expressing a WISH about the future, they're using past tense-in this case COULD, the past tense of the modal verb CAN.

很奇怪，说话者表达的是对未来的愿望，却用得过去时。这个例子中用的是 COULD，情态动词 CAN 的过去时。

Shri Ganesha had too much kindliness of heart to believe that; he looked upon the world as the expression of the Absolute and as the overflow of its perfection.

Shri Ganesha 有太多的善良之心， 无法相信这一； 他将世界视为绝对者的表达和完美的溢出。

All of that is true about any particular skill we're working to improve in our life, whether we're working to become a better athlete, a better singer, a better artist, or a better language speaker.

无论我们是想成为更好的运动员、更好的歌手、更好的艺术家，还是更好的语言表达者，我们在生活中努力提高的任何一项技能都是此。