Republicans say the budget is too big and that the proposed tax increase on the wealthy would hurt small businesses.

VOA: special.2009.02.27

You can either have a big number and a small decimal point or small number and a big decimal point.

可以小数点前面长，后面短,或者，前面短，后面长。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Very small. And big fields outside the back of my house.

非常小。我家后面有一块大的田地。

去泰特现代美术馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He has a big collection of interesting small objects such as maps,tools, game pieces,and dolls for putting inside the containers.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

And that's because it's easier to test small things than big things. And it's easier to debug small things than big things.

这是因为对小一点的对象,进行测试比对大一点的对象进行测,试要简单多了，调试也是如此。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

He says when it comes to saving energy and money, big changes start with small steps like turning out the lights.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

The museum had a big palace, which is, as I said before, where the small boy, Louis XIV, lived, and then was burned in 1871.

我之前说过 卢浮宫里有一个很大的宫殿,路易十四小时候曾住在那里,这座宫殿后来在1871年被烧毁

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

T.Rex had a big head, long legs and small arms.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Well if you've created fragments here and they're fragments of different size, the small ones are going to move faster than the big ones.

如果你制造了一些长短不同的片段,那小片段会比大片段移动得快一些

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

While big plantations provide jobs, rights groups say they drive the price of land higher, and force many small farmers off their land.

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

We now know, if we know anything about the Old South, the average American planter, the average American slaveholder, small ones and big ones, were raging capitalists.

如果我们对内战前的南方有所了解,就知道几乎每个种植园主,每个奴隶主,无论资产多少,都是精明的资本家

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

"I got two boat (sic). I have one big one and one small one right here.

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

The truth of the matter is if you look at the technology industry, there's always a few big guys, some medium size guys, lots of small guys, and the names are always changing because the industry is so darn dynamic, and there's so much new stuff being invented.

真相是，如果你回首科技行业，人总会分为三六九等，耳熟能详的名字总在变化,因为这个行业发展实在太快了，有如此多的新事物被发明出来。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Others,though,have forged rewarding careers in tribal schools, small businesses, and a big,new,thriving hotel in Monument Valley.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

And that's all that's big enough to pass through or small enough to pass through. And if we go up even just one row on the periodic table to potassium, what we actually see is now that it's going to be too large, and, in fact, a potassium solvated with one water molecule won't go through our channel.

就是这样刚好大到它通过,或者说刚好小到它通过,即使我们再沿着周期表往下走仅仅一行到钾离子，我们看到的就将是它的个头太大了，实际上，溶解于一个水分子的单个钾离子,不能穿过我们的通道。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

The Obama administration has been especially attuned to criticism that it is not doing enough for small business, and focusing too much on helping big corporations and financial firms.

VOA: standard.2009.03.16

big corporate or even small mom and pop shops

大公司，甚至是小的家庭商店，

学习外语的重要性 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

They had these little leftovers in there and that's why we end up with these small distances between B and C That's a big step.

他们还有一些剩余,这就是为什么,B和C之间有一小段距离,这是一个大音级

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选