Jeff Cohen,an ATF spokesperson. "One of our more noted success was a case a couple of years back involving a Hezbollah terror cell in North Carolina that was transporting cigarettes to the State of Michigan and making a great deal of money on the untaxed cigarettes and then was using the money to basically buy military equipment."

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He'd been diagnosed with, if I recall correctly, cancer as a freshmen--and his doctor had told him that he pretty much had no chance of recovery and indeed had only a couple more years to live.

他大一的时候就被诊断出癌症，如果我没记错的话--他的医生告诉他,他基本上没有治愈的可能了,并且实际上只有几年时间存活了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I would love to go somewhere more with Asia and live there for a couple of years.

我想要去亚洲，在那里的某个地方住几年。

在美国旅游的经验 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The students were brought into this course were in that interesting gap in the professions where they have been with the company for a couple of years but will probably be four more years before they consider for the big leap, for the big advancement.

参与该课程的学生,职业差别很大,他们还会在,现在的公司待几年,甚至可能在考虑,跳槽或升迁之前，再待四年之久。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选