The book described how she spent time by herself on an island by the sea.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

Lily herself is a child who is completely unloved by her father.

莉莉是一个完全不被父亲喜爱的孩子。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The moment Richard gains some power from the use of words, his mother takes it back by exerting that power herself, taking that power away from him.

理查用唇齿周旋,母亲以彼之道,还施彼身。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

It did not take long for Amelia to make her first flight by herself.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

The romance heroine is often threatened with rape, but by her cleverness or by good luck or a concatenation of forces ; she can always invariably avert that tragedy; and by the end of the work she can present herself to her future husband as a virgin.

这位传奇的女英雄总是被强奸所威胁，但是多亏了她的机敏，或是走好运，或是一连串的军队暴力,她总是能避免悲剧;,在作品的最终,她呈现在未来丈夫面前的仍是一个处女。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"My mom,it was always her by herself, so I owe her a lot."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

She had let herself be controlled by some machine-like force that directed her actions and freed her of responsibility.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Fascinated by the training exercises conducted at the base, she promised herself she would enlist in the Marines when she was old enough.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

What I really love about New Moon is you see this girl really build herself back up and by the time she makes the sort of rash decision to spend eternity with a vampire, you believe her.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23