An old woman and her husband lived in a small house in a green field.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

On the stair leading up into the disinfectant-smelling twilight of a rooming house, she saw an old man huddled, shaking with grief she couldn't hear.

登上梯子，在一间散发着,消毒水气味的昏暗公寓里，她看到了一个老人缩成一团，以一种他无法感受的哀伤颤抖着。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And it begins with an auctioneer selling various articles from the old opera house.

刚开始的时候就是一个拍卖家在卖老歌剧院的各种物品。

歌剧魅影 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The program is ten years old. And it has received a lot of recognition, including an award in two thousand six from the White House.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

They bought an old ruined house and began the costly work of repairing it.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

This is a part of an old tradition where dancers wearing costumes or animal furs dance from house to house to bring good luck.

VOA: standard.2010.01.01