In a telephone hook up to the Apollo 11 astronauts, Mr.Nixon paid tribute to their history-making accomplishment.

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

Some people who make a lot of money get self-important- who make a lot of money-- and they end up not making a lot of friends in the process.

有些人赚了很多钱就变得狂妄自大,...他们赚了很多钱,而且他们也不会交到很多朋友

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

When you start a company you might have had-- maybe when Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman founded The Blackstone Group they gave each of them five hundred shares-- I'm just making that up-- but obviously there's going to be more shareholders as time comes in.

开办一家新公司时,你可能要...,当彼得·彼得森和史蒂芬·施瓦茨曼,创立黑石集团的时候,他们每人拿到了500股,这是我编的,显然,随着时间推移,会有更多股东

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The Lisbon Treaty is intended to speed up decision-making in the EU.

VOA: standard.2009.10.02

The oboe may have the seventh partial very strong and the third partial very strong whereas the trumpet-- I'm just making all of this up of course-- the trumpet may have the second partial and the fourth partial and the sixth partial.

双簧管的第七泛音,和第三泛音都很强,而小号,我只是为上课需要假设的,小号可能是第二泛音,第四和第六泛音比较强

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