"But from where we stand, for the very first time, we are beginning to see glimmers of hope."

VOA: special.2009.04.17

If somebody walks and you're meeting them for the first time, and hope in the world, how do you do?"

如果你跟第一次见面的人说,而且是世界的希望"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Whenever I think about how to build an interesting program, and I hope whenever you think about it, the first thing I think about is, what are the classes I might want to have, what are the types?

无论我何时,去想怎样建立一个有趣的程序，你们每次做这种思考的时候，你们想得第一件事，就是我应该要有什么类呢，它们是什么类型的呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

This is the first tournament of the Football for Hope program, which aims to use the popularity of football to bring social change.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

Now since I think that the arguments I'm about to sketch-- and I've just started sketching the first of is fails I hope you'll think it over and you'll eventually come to agree with me, yeah, these arguments don't really work after all.

由于我并不认同我将要介绍的论点,尽管我已经开始概述其中的第一个分论点了,我希望你们能够认真思考,最终你们也会同我的观点一致,的确,这些论点都不成立

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He said the first 72 hours are critical in saving survivors, and he is still holding out hope for both Haitians and U.N.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

For the first four months of 2009, new car sales in Britain were down nearly 30 percent, so there is much hope the incentive plan can persuade some to purchase now.

VOA: standard.2009.05.18

"I hope that when people listen to our music, the first thing is that they will have a joyful, emotional reaction, and it will be like coming to the center of the village and everybody is going to get together and dance.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25