He says he wants to spend more time with his wife and family, especially his five grandchildren.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

He wants his novel to be like that living butterfly, but the threat is always that it will be more like the aquamarine. And I want to suggest to you that the aquamarine has an even darker personal significance to him.

他希望他的小说就像蝴蝶那样鲜活，然而它却总是,倾向于像海蓝宝石，我希望你们注意到,海蓝宝石对于他个人而言还有更加阴暗的意义。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"As you can see I can't tell right now whether he wants to eat more or whether he needs to burp, so we might try the burping.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

To the north,in Arizona, resident Bill Odle wants more border security, but he feels sympathy for the migrants - including a woman that he met on his property.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07