Now speaking of Washington and cherry trees, maybe you have heard the story about America's first president.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

It's about speaking to people, about getting your word out in order to be, you know, good.

喜剧需要说给观众听，向他们明白地表达意图。

街头表演很有趣 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It's not that other thing, but, generally speaking, the point about a sign is that it's not any other thing.

总的来说，这个符号总是清楚的指代，这件事而不是那件事。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

That means to be nervous about having to do something, like speaking in front of a crowd.

VOA: special.2009.06.28

So they were quite amused that it was a woman that was speaking to them and telling them about how hard life was, doing that kind of work.

而之后却惊奇地发现,跟他们交谈的是个女人,这让孩子们感到很有趣，也就对这些工作越来越感兴趣。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

He wrote to his friend,botanist Joseph Hooker, that speaking about evolution "was like confessing a murder."

VOA: special.2009.02.25

I was born with,genetically speaking, relatively high level of anxiety, inclination toward rumination, we'll talk about that later in the course.

从遗传学上讲，我天生就，比较容易焦虑，容易得抑郁症，在后面的课程上我们会谈到。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Speaking from Belgrade, he said the ruling sends a message about international law.

VOA: special.2010.07.24

And I just enjoy speaking with them about things you fundamentally disagree on. And just for me, I guess, I think we both want to go back in a few years.

我非常高兴和他们聊天,讨论你们根本不同意的事情，对我来说，我们都希望能够几年以后再聚聚。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Now,let us suppose you and I were speaking freely about something private.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

Roughly speaking, about 1200 B.C., we hear of general attacks that are going on around the Mediterranean against the various civilizations of which we know.

大致说来,大概在公元前一千二百年,爆发了以地中海周围,我们所知的各种文明为攻击对象的,全面战争

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Mr.Reagan learned a lot about public speaking.

VOA: special.2011.02.06

It seems to just violate one of our fundamental notions about how people work,metaphysically speaking.

这似乎违背了一个基本概念,即是从形而上学观点看关于人存在的基本看法。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Mr.Erdogan was speaking publicly for the first time about the incident after curtailing his visit to Latin America.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

you could maybe be speaking with a friend who talks about his long work hours and you are very surprised,

在你跟一个朋友聊天时，他谈起自己很长的工作时间，而你感到非常惊讶，

Do you ever课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

(Speaking) As Komorowski told Polish television, he thinks that problems begin when politicians become more concerned about winning than about serving the state.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

But in fact, in his own way, he's talking about his inability ; to keep his child alive there; in a kind of metaphorical way, speaking of his failure to build a fence to last.

但事实上，以他自己的方式，他在诉说自己的无能,不能让孩子活下来;,以一种象征性的方式，谈论自己不能制作出一个一直在那的栅栏。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

U.S.officials have largely refrained from publicly speaking about the operations, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this year there are no plans to stop them.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

So, the barber is speaking about his son in such a way that he seems alive, but, in fact, he's dead. So here is one dead child playing baseball, or the memory of him playing baseball is alive with his father.

这个老理发师在用一种谈论,活人的口吻谈论他的儿子，但实际上他已经死了，那么，这里是一个打篮球的孩子的死，也许对他父亲而言，关于他打篮球的记忆将长存。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

President Obama did not use the word "democracy" when speaking about Afghanistan on Friday, although he spoke of such democratic principles as elections and human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

Well, start anywhere you want. Breton, which is a language that has nothing to do with French at all-- here, oh I've got a really funny story I was going to tell about a Breton priest, a French speaking Breton priest, but that's for another day.

从哪开始都行,布列塔尼语,这个语言和法语没有任何关系,这,我准备讲一个特别有意思的故事,是关于一个布列塔尼牧师,说法语的布列塔尼牧师,不过这以后再讲了

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

(Speaking in Russian) Arutyunov says nationalism receded somewhat about three or four years ago.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

We usually use this pattern when the question that you're asking about relates directly to the person you're speaking with.

当你在询问与谈话对方直接有关的话题时，你可以使用这个句型。

Do you 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In this version the Sway Machinery backs up Arby's voice. (Speaking) Arby says the song is about working together in peace on the land, working together in understanding.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

For example, you could be speaking with one friend about a situation where another friend was in,

例如，你可能跟你朋友分享你另一个朋友的情形。

That's what课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

(Speaking) Manjushree Badlani said her departure from Paris was delayed by about an hour, but said her trip through customs at Dulles only delayed her by about seven minutes.

VOA: standard.2010.01.05

Or, maybe speaking about the answer to the questions on the Problem Set NO.4 will help you to think this through.

习题册上第四题的答案,也许会对你们有所帮助

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"And he wrote a small book of about 60 or 70 pages that was specifically focused on Luo speaking Kenyans that were learning to read and become literate, and he wrote a small book in Luo as a part of that process."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

Same with the Priestly school: we're speaking about the Priestly materials which clearly have evidence of originating from the eighth, seventh, sixth and fifth centuries, and so there must have been a common stretch of scholarship that would have preserved and transmitted and developed those traditions, and we call that the Priestly school.

这与牧师学派相同：我们指的是那些被显著证据证明,起源于公元前8世纪到5世纪的牧师学派的材料，那么一定存在一个共通的学派,去保存和传播,发展这些传统，我们称之为,牧师学派。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

when you want to find out something about the person you are speaking with.

当你想进一步了解你谈话的对象。

What do you 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人