A news report,for example, might say that people in Washington were battening down the hatches for a big winter storm.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

You just can't just cast it away, and say it's no big deal. But because it is a deal.

总不能置之不理，想着反正天也不会塌下来，那你就错了。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

So I would say, even though basketball can be somewhat fun to watch on a big screen.

所以我说，尽管在大屏幕上看篮球比赛也有它的乐趣，（现场看更好）。

现场观看篮球赛 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But professors at big schools say there is not enough time to write evaluations for each student in large classes.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Our country has got to turn to the world and say: "You know we made some real big mistakes.

美国需要告诉全世界：,我们铸成了大错。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

Others say the activists are independent thinkers who will oppose any politician they see as supporting big government and big spending.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

You can actually say big O of 1, big O of 1 being constant time, the same number of steps.

其复杂度为O，表示时间是一个常量，所用的步数是相同的。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Officials say the African Union will hold its big meeting in Kampala this coming week as planned.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

You have an incentive to say, because you're the equity holder, you have an incentive to say, hey why don't I just take some big gamble here and not tell anybody.

因为你是这家公司的股东,可能就有动力促使你这样想,我干嘛不来赌上一把呢,我不会告诉别人的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Thats a really big deal. Without it, anything like the modern stock market, I'd say,is impossible."

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Western countries, and especially the United States say, "We have a big pharmaceutical industry that develops new drugs.

西方国家，尤其是美国宣称，我们拥有研发新药品的大制药业。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Others say he made a lasso so big that it circled the whole Earth.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

And maybe we don't have to consider them all, because we can say, oh this one is going to be way too big.

可能我们不用全部考虑，因为我们可以说，哦,这大得都无法想象了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The lines below the picture say the shark was a very big one.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

I will say this. What we call compound movements, big movements.

要我就这么建议。我们所说的复合运动，大动作。

要拥有好身材 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The researchers say showers may not be big a problem for healthy people.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

And your parents say, "Oh! We have a big surprise!"

你的父母说“哦！我们给你准备了一个惊喜！”

I used to 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Market researchers at Pear Analytics say they are big fans of Twitter.

VOA: special.2009.09.14

Let's say you have really big aspirations.

假设你是个对未来大有抱负的人。

If I were 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Critics say one big problem is corruption.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

That is to say, it was some kind of a big religious thing going on here, where the king-- it was obviously a royal thing because the cost of it was so enormous; nobody else could afford a tomb of that kind.

也就是说,蜂窝墓与庞大的宗教行为有关,很显然与皇室相关,这是国王所埋葬的地方,因为建造它耗资巨大,没有其他人能建造的起这种墓穴

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Big Sunday organizers say they highlight the volunteer spirit one weekend every year, and encourage volunteers to help throughout the year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

But it's positive 1.5% per year, time-weighted--that's the number that you see in the prospectus or the number that you see in the advertisements so you say, what's the big deal, no harm no foul.

但算下来回报率每年还是正的1.5%,时间加权回报率,是你在招股说明书中,或是在广告中会看到的数字,你会说,没什么大不了,既没损失,也不违法

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"In the last two years, from big brand stores to the little guys,I would say a small business owner.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

And it takes the set of stocks to simulate, a fig, figure number, this is going to print a bunch of graphs, and I want to say what graph it is, fig mo and whether or not I believe in big mo.

我们需要一些股票才能进行模拟，很多很多的股票，我们会打印一些图，然后我会告诉你们这些图是什么意思，或者我们看到这个。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The big cats once roamed throughout Asia, into Siberia, but conservationists say only a few thousand tigers remain in the wild;

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

Despite an expensive, multimedia campaign, public relations experts say BP's image remains that of a big, faceless corporation.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

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

"If you talk of our audiences here in Malawi, if you talk of big names ,ask them, they will say Michael Jackson was the one who inspired them."

VOA: standard.2009.07.01

Electoral observers say that Sunday's vote appeared to draw a big turn-out.

VOA: standard.2009.08.30