On January twenty-fourth, eighteen forty-eight, a man named James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Everything -- gold, silver, diamonds, particles -- everything accelerates the same way in a gravitational field, due to this remarkable fact.

所有东西,金,银,钻石,粒子,所有东西,在引力场作用下都以相同的方式加速,原因就是这个显著的事实

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

If you put your gold in the care of a goldsmith - initially you don't think you think the money is there.

如果你把你的金子放到一个金匠手中保管,起初你不会认为,你会认为钱就在那里。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That it was necessary to stop - for a while - all payments in gold or silver.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

So it might, if men had not found out" and here's her phrase worth remembering-- "a fearful alchemy by which this blood can be transformed into gold.

如果人们还没意识到的话,的确应该这样,这里有一段应该记住,"那是一种可怕的炼金术,将鲜血血炼成黄金

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Homestake operated as a gold mine for one hundred twenty-five years before closing about nine years ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.21

They trust to the fact that the depositors won't all come on the same day, just like a goldsmith banker -he leaves only enough gold in the safe to cover the kind of withdrawals that are normally accepted.

他们是基于这样一种考量,即储户们不会在同一天上门来取钱,正如金匠银行家那样,他留存在保险箱中的黄金数量,刚好可以应付一般的提款要求

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He received a gold medal from the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in nineteen ninety-five.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

One of these companies continued to make a profit digging gold until nineteen sixty-six.

VOA: special.2009.02.11

We arrive at Oatman,Arizona. Long ago,Oatman was a rich gold-mining town.

VOA: special.2010.08.23

They demanded a debate on the gold-silver issue.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Demong said winning the gold with teammate Johnny Spillane taking the silver was the achievement of a long-time goal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

Melanie Walker brought home another gold for Jamaica, setting a championship record of 52.42 seconds in the women's 400-meters.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

He recounts a phone call with his mother before taking the 200-meter gold in record time Thursday night.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Bobo Simbo stands thigh-high in a pool of orange water, sifting the mud for traces of gold dust.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

The Vancouver Games conclude Sunday with a cross-country skiing race and the men's gold medal ice hockey game between Canada and the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.02.28

He can take another step in that direction Saturday when the Jamaican four-by-100 relay team is expected to give Bolt a chance for his sixth straight gold.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

For many in Asia gold has long held not something like gambling - a special place as an investment, often as jewelry - glittering gold chains, bangles,and bracelets.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Four years later at the Turin Olympics, Ohno won three short track speed skating medals, a gold in the 500 meters, and bronze in the 1,000 meters and 5,000-meter relay.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

In their national sport of ice hockey, the Canadian men won a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory for the gold medal over their rivals and neighbors to the south, the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

That talent has made him a two-time Most Valuable Player, as well as a reigning Olympic gold medalist as a member of the U.S national team that won in Beijing in 2008.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

Bill Demong became the first-ever American to win a gold medal in Nordic Combined and the Steve Holcomb drove his four-man bobsled team to the first U.S.Olympic gold medal in the event in 62 years.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

In the men's 100-meter hurdles, Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados nosed out Terrence Trammell of the United States by one-100th of a second to win his nation's first-ever World Championship gold medal in a national record time of 13.14 seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21