"We have been hit really hard by the recession and I think that probably has got a lot to do with it."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

But to find a common denominator where we can all talk, where we don't find ourselves divided by religion or culture anymore, because we've got down something so essential.

我们所找的共通之处可以使我们彼此交流，让我们发现我们,不再被宗教与文化分隔开来，因为我们已经获得了最本质的东西。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Remember, the Iliad starts because of a quarrel and the quarrel emerges from the fact that the Greeks are busily being killed by a terrible plague that has struck them. They say, "We got to find out what's happening?"

记住,《伊利亚特》,是从一场争论中开始的,一场肆虐的瘟疫夺走了无数希腊人的生命,希腊人大为震惊,他们说,"到底发生了什么"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"In the long run the only real way to solve this problem is to make sure that we've got a Palestinian state side by side with an Israel that is secure."

VOA: standard.2010.06.10