I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity to speak to you.
我要感谢大家给我一个机会来向各位讲话。
We put pressure on the government to change this law.
我们给政府施加压力,要求修改那条法律。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.