After the fighting ended, the leader of the Goths is said to have demanded five thousand pounds of gold and three thousand pounds of pepper.
VOA: special.2009.05.19
What happened in the 1930s was that one country after another abandoned the gold standard.
在二十世纪三十年代发生的是,一个接连一个的国家放弃了,金本位制度。
Just ten month after learning she had cancer she coached the United States women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in Seoul,Korea in nineteen eighty-eight.
VOA: special.2009.03.29
They were after pieces of gold that the rains had washed down from above.
VOA: special.2010.04.25
After a few years, the gold disappeared.
VOA: special.2009.07.04
USA Winner Steve Holcomb said he is not about to retire from bobsledding after winning the Olympic gold medal.
VOA: standard.2010.02.28
"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.
VOA: standard.2010.02.27
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