"Promoting our common goals around education,health care, energy,public safety, and,I think in each of those areas, you actually see on the floor here new innovative ideas to take advantage of this general purposes technology that broadband is, and apply it to provide better services at lower cost in each of these areas."

VOA: special.2010.01.26

We copy the good ideas and in the process we adjust them and make them a little bit better.

我们不断效仿好的理论,并在实践中不断调整它们,将它们改进的更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In terms of the curriculum I have strong ideas, but I'd like to get to know better what your interests are, what you're looking for.

关于课程安排我已经有了具体的想法，但我想进一步了解,你们对什么感兴趣，想要学到什么。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

We need to get better at launching ideas." The challenge is convincing the people in member countries, particularly in Western Europe, that what NATO does is important for their future.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

You know it's not the worst thing you ever wrote, and it's not the best thing you ever wrote, and it has a couple of nice ideas, but maybe it could be better.

你知道那不是你写过的最差的东西，也不是最好的，里面也有几个不错的主意，但也许本来可以写得更好一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"These ideas are probably better seen in some European communities where they have a long tradition of trying to preserve their historical development identity and had,in the past, much more orientation to walking and the use of transit.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26