But she was very serious, very motivated, very hard working type of person and really a kind of good Catholic girl her entire life.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

Used French only when she was a very good little girl. " Okay, Entendu. Now hop, hop, hop, Lenore, or you'll get soaked."

只有当她是个很乖的小东西的时候才讲法语“,“好吧，说定了，现在快点，快快快，不然就要湿透了“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Oh, in fact, the girl that she was tutoring was having a birthday party or something like that...

哦，其实，她教的那个女孩当时办了生日聚会或是类似的活动……

富家孩子的生日 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

When Woody was young, his mother sang him songs she had learned as a girl.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

She has been playing music since she was a little girl.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

There was not enough action. In fact,she says one of her great disappointments was that her own daughters did not like the books nearly as much as she did as a girl.

VOA: special.2009.08.24