They are proof that the best thing that can happen to a man is to be born lucky.
VOA: special.2010.03.27
Even though we have a noun, the smile, that if you're not careful might lull you into thinking there must be a thing, the smile.
即使我们有笑容这个名词,如果你不够谨慎,可能会想当然地认为,一定存在着笑容这一事物
But I think it's just, it's kind of the lifestyle. It might be like a touristy thing as well,
我觉得这只是一种生活方式。它像是游客们喜欢的东西,
Mercy in an individual is a wonderful thing, but mercy on the part of a government actor can be a very dangerous thing."
VOA: special.2011.06.06
Well, if this thing is going to vibrate for any length of time it better be a standing wave.
好的,如果它在任意时间振动,那它就是驻波。
A nickname can also be a descriptive name for a person, place or thing.
VOA: special.2010.01.03
And if you want to run a furnace and provide energy that's an extremely important thing to be able to calculate.
如果你点燃壁炉,提供能量,计算这个量,是非常重要的。
To hear an oriole sing May be a common thing Or only a divine It is not the bird Who sings the same unheard, As unto crowd.
VOA: special.2010.07.18
this should be a pretty quick thing for you to figure out, so let's just take 10 seconds on this.
这对你们应该是个很快就能知道的问题,让我们花10秒钟想一下。
A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person,place or thing.
VOA: special.2009.12.27
- I mean that-- what began as, ah we'll do this this weekend turned out to be like a 100-hour project to revamp this whole thing.
我是说,这周末我们要做的是,改进整个工程,但这可能需要花100个小时。
What a terrible thing for him to be there!
VOA: special.2009.04.18
Okay, 'a socially acceptable thing to be eating,' which of course will change from culture to culture even within a country, so that's very true.
好的 "社会认可的可食用的东西",当然这是因文化而异的,即使在一个国家里也是不同的,这种情况是很常见的
She wouldn't let a thing be touched.
VOA: special.2010.05.15
And that can be a good thing-- you know, a lion comes to and charges me, "I don't want to start thinking about my MAPP application.
那可能是件好事-,一头狮子朝我冲过来,我不想考虑宾州大学硕士申请的事。
"And no matter where you are in the world, that is a very important thing, to be proud of who you are and be able to let people hear what you have to say, whether they like it or not.
VOA: special.2009.08.05
If death is bad, then one might wonder would immortality be a good thing?
如果死亡是件坏事,那么有人也许会好奇,是不是永生就是件好事了?
(Speaking) "If there is an agreement, it will be a good thing for the people here, because in this time we have become dead,"
VOA: standard.2010.01.02
What would be a good thing to do here?
那么我们该做点什么呢?
"So it would be a very bad thing for U.S.interests and U.S.allies in the region."
VOA: standard.2010.03.18
One last thing we can think of doing but we have to be a bit careful here, is we can think about changing the payoffs by education.
还有一种方法,但我们必须慎用,就是通过教育来改变收益
That's the whole thing about being a kook,I mean, being willing to be a beginner, make a fool out of oneself once in a while."
VOA: standard.2010.08.04
Stopping growth in tumors can be a very beneficial thing.
阻断肿瘤的生长是一件十分有益的事
"Being more socially engaged in your community - maybe in environments which aren't always just the same, a little bit more challenging socially - may be a very good thing.
VOA: standard.2010.07.14
Now let's go on to another thing that we'll want to be doing here and that I guess is taking a little bit of rhythmic dictation, writing down some simple rhythms.
现在咱们来做另一件事,我觉得咱们得做点节奏的听写,写下一些简单的节奏
"So the idea was to recognize these great inventors, hold them up as role models for young people, and help young people see that aspiring to be an inventor is a great thing."
VOA: standard.2009.12.18
The libertarian says it may be a good thing if people wear seatbelts but that should be up to them and the state, the government, has no business coercing them, us, to wear seatbelts by law.
自由主义者说,系安全带也许是件好事,但这应由人们自己作主,政府没有资格,用法律来强迫人们系安全带。
"It is not a good thing for senior officers to be making derogatory remarks about their commanders, their political superiors, in any kind of setting, certainly not in a formal setting and certainly not when the news media are present."
VOA: standard.2010.06.22
This then leads to a very different discussion because A play is not a piece of text. A play is a living thing That is meant to be performed by actors in a particular setting. Different actors with different directors interpret the words of Shakespeare to the best. We can construct those words differently.
这引起一场很不同的讨论,因为一部戏剧不是一篇文章,而是活物,是要被演员在特定的场景下,表演出来的,不同的演员,和导演尽可能去诠释莎士比亚的文字,我们可以以不同方式建构这些文字。
I like to tell that story because it sounds obvious that if you were a goldsmith hundreds of years of ago you would have probably become a banker -it would just be the natural thing to do.
我喜欢讲这个故事,因为这里面的道理很简单,如果你是几百年前的一名金匠,你很可能就会变成一个银行家,这是自然而然的事
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