Austan Goolsbee spoke on Fox News Sunday: "It is going to be a rough patch not just in the immediate term, but for a little bit of time ".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

More appropriate would be "I'm going through a rough patch now.

更合适的回应是“我正经历不顺。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Now as I say, I made this calculation some years ago It doesn't really matter how inaccurate it's going to be As we'll see it's very rough but it makes the point ? How many people are there?

现在就像我说的，我很多年前做了这个计算,到底它有多不精确其实无所谓,我们会看到,这个计算很粗糙,但却给出了一个说明,有多少人？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But they were overruled by President Obama. In ordering the memos' release, President Obama assured the CIA that its officers who used rough interrogation tactics will not be prosecuted for their actions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17