However,putting a silver sixpence inside a shoe is generally not a tradition followed by brides in the United States.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

We would know as a fact that George Washington threw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock River, except that it's impossible.

我们知道乔治华盛顿曾将一枚银币抛过,拉帕汉诺克河,但这明显是不可能的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The British pound was twenty shillings so effectively the pound was on a silver standard.

英国一英镑值二十先令,所以事实上，英镑是以银本位为标准的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Populists,as they were called, agreed with silverite Democrats that the United States should have a silver standard.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

And here in the middle of the page a little ways down: My love's striped black-and-white cotton frock, jaunty blue cap, white socks and brown moccasins were not quite in keeping with the large, beautifully cut aquamarine on a silver chainlet which gemmed her throat, a spring rain gift from me.

在这一页中间偏下的地方：,我的小情人穿着黑白条子的棉布裙，带着鲜艳的蓝色帽子，白袜子和亮皮鞋与她脖子上那条优美的,蓝宝石项链有些不协调,这是由于那场春雨我送给她的礼物。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The mens four-member Nordic team finished second in the Nordic combined race for a silver medal.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

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

You might say such a person, "was born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

VOA: special.2010.06.20

So platina is like a diminutive of silver, but we now know that platinum is far superior to silver It is far more noble. It has a higher melting point, a higher chemical inertness, a fantastic metal.

所以普拉塔就像一个小小的银，但我们现在知道普拉塔比银要好很多,更为珍贵，熔点更高，化学惰性更高，是一种非常不可思议的金属。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He said he represented America's farmers,laborers, and small businessmen who wanted a silver standard.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Here, the gold and silver apples are specifically alchemical symbols of body and soul, and a kind of mystical image of earthly paradise.

这里银苹果金苹果具体指,身体和灵魂魔法上的象征，是古时天堂的一种形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So on June first, nineteen thirty-seven, a silver Lockheed Electra plane left Miami,Florida.

VOA: special.2010.05.26

So you build it with a material like silver and gold, and then you encounter the problems of society that your bridge might get stolen because somebody thinks they have a better use for silver and gold than your bridge.

但如果你用金或银这样的材料,你又会面对新的问题,你的桥会被偷走,因为有人认为金和银有比造桥更好的用途

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

He was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

The prominent coin was called the shilling and it was a silver coin.

那种著名的硬币名叫先令,并且它是一种银质的硬币。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

A silver standard would lower the value of the dollar.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

You take a material like silver and put it in a glass case and that's the definition of a meter.

你拿某种材料,比如银,把它放进玻璃柜里,那是一米的定义

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Optimists might say that every cloud has a silver lining.

VOA: special.2011.04.00

Silver was S with a circle.

银是S加上一个圈。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

The team finished second, winning a silver medal.

VOA: special.2009.03.29

A silver gun. A diamond ring.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

The two men attended the women's moguls event on February 13, where Canadian Jennifer Heil won a silver medal.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

The scandals have eroded public confidence in the government, but Michael Partem sees a silver lining no one is above the law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30

Parkin took home a silver medal in the 200-meter breast stroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

In Vancouver,he has earned a silver in the 1,500 meters and a bronze in the 1,000 meters.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

U.S.-Israel ties have plummeted over the issue, but Israeli Rabbi David Rosen sees a silver lining.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

There,he won a gold medal in the 1,500 meters and a silver in the 1,000 meters.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The United States did,too. In eighteen seventy-three, Congress passed a law that stopped the government from using silver as money.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

A protective coating of colloidal silver is painted on the inside and outside of the filter to kill bacteria.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

The supplies you will need are sterling silver wire,round-nosed pliers, flat-nosed pliers,flat-nosed pliers with a tip, and flush cutters."

VOA: special.2009.05.18