At that time, the solar energy business was such that it could not compete with oil and gas and oil.

VOA: standard.2010.01.31

Suppose you are starting a business with somebody-- it could be at any time in history-- Babylonia or something--this must have happened.

假设你要和某人一起做一笔生意...,可以在任何一个时代...,例如古巴比伦或者其他时代...肯定发生过这种事

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

because it is a business you can get into with a schedule that's flexible.

因为那个工作时间很灵活。

旧金山的调酒师 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She says American citizens should have the right to travel to Cuba and that American business believes it is in America's economic interest to do business with Cuba.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

So in fact, there are professional magicians who make it their business to debunk people who claim to genuinely be in contact with the dead and the like.

而事实上,有些专业的魔术师,主要揭露那些声称,能和死人沟通的人的秘密

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"It sends a clear message to those who do business with Iran's petroleum sector, you can trade with Iran and its less than or you can trade with the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

It is a trading post and it's there by permission of and under the protection of the King of Egypt, and that's because he wants--it's handy for him to have a merchant settlement of Greeks for him to do business with.

这里是个通商驿站,而且获得了,埃及法老的许可和庇护,因为他认为,与希腊商人通商交易,为他提供了一些便利

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"Were he to return, then the expectation is that he's managed to secure a consensus of sorts,at least to get the government formed and let it get on with its daily business."

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Well, if you look, Sal, after witnessing what it means -what their business is with one another, he looks out, and he sees the world through Carlo's eyes.

好吧，你们看Sal，在见证了这意味着什么之后,-他们的生意彼此是干嘛的，他留神通过卡洛的眼睛看世界。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"I think I learned the skill of really staying focused and staying with a project, because at the beginning our business was not very popular, we were not selling very much, but I learned to stick with it and to not give up,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

The SEC was very controversial at first because it was seen as interfering with business and the U.S. Has been built on principles of individual freedom; this seemed like unnecessary government intrusion.

起初,证券交易委员会引起了许多争议,因为人们认为它会干扰商业运作,个人自由是美国的立国之本,政府的干预似乎并非必要

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I know where your mom is. I know where your brother is buried. When people come up and say we know where so and so is it's a signal to us that the reconciliation, the coming together of Hutu, Tutsi kind of business is really in progress and we are really happy with it,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.10