On Tuesday,leading business newspaper Kommersant estimated that the fire damages will total $15 billion trimming one percentage point off an already feeble economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

The amount that we're spending for the year ending June 30,2008 is $843 million -that represents 37% of revenues--and we're projecting expenditures for the following year of $1.15 billion.

截至20008年6月30日,我们的年支出是8亿4千3百万美元,占了收入的37%,我们明年的支出预算是11亿5千万

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This was a huge number for me up until 2 weeks ago Besides the 100 billion neurons in the brain . there are 12-15 thousand cochlear hair cells.

直到两周前，这对我来说还是个庞大的数字,除了这一兆亿个神经元外,还有12，000到15，000个毛细胞。

斯坦福公开课 - 7个颠覆你思想的演讲课程节选

Economists say imparting quality education is critical for a country where one third of the billion-plus people are under 15 and where, despite a booming economy, many people are still poor.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01