But I got laid off. So I'm waiting for Barack to do something about the economy so I can go back to my regular job."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

That economy and that society go forward and flourish for, as I say, about 400 years maybe--perhaps about 400 years.

这种经济和社会,发展繁荣了,大概四百年,也许四百年

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Clearly, if I did nothing more, but I took every car, doubled its fuel economy, its emissions would go to 50% of what they are now, no other changes being made.

显然，如果我什么也不做，但是我把没量车的汽油价加倍，汽车废气排放量就会是现在的一半了，别的不会有什么改变。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"It's a dangerous precedent for the government to get so heavily involved in the economy and so it concerns me, but the financial system did not go under,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

That led to an attitude among a good segment of our society that it's okay to go out and make money because making money means doing productive things for the economy and ultimately it's a benefit to society.

这致使我们社会中的很大一部分人,有这样的观点,就是,出去赚钱没什么不好的,因为赚到钱意味着,为经济作了贡献,并且最终将有益于社会

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

John Silvia is the senior economist at Wells Fargo Bank: "Private payroll gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US.economy."

VOA: standard.2010.07.02