The results of the two short flights made space officials believe the Mercury program was ready for its first orbital flight.

VOA: special.2009.06.17

I was a first year student and happily minding my own business, getting ready to try to pick a summer job.

我当时是一年级，只关心自己的小生活，想好好准备暑假打个工。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

We're ready for the first law. We're just going to go to through these laws pretty quickly here.

现在我们来讨论热力学第一定律,我们只会做简要的讨论。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Monsanto expects to be ready in a few years to market its first corn seeds genetically engineered to resist drought.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

I'm going to ask you to fill out some forms" "but first, to get ready for this experiment, " I'd like you to get on this treadmill and run for ten minutes."

需要你们完成一些表格“,“但首先，为实验做准备，我想让你们在跑步机上跑十分钟“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

He planned to spend the first year of it getting ready to fight.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

So the first thing I tell an actor to do is learn your craft and be ready when you get the opportunity."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22