Money that is likely to be spent quickly can burn a hole in your pocket.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

When they invented fire insurance, in the 1600s, there was a lot of skepticism because anyone can burn down their house.

十七世纪时，人们发明了火险，当时存在很多质疑,因为任何人都可以烧毁他们的房子。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He was asked how can you stand by with fire equipment and allow a person's home to burn?

记者质问他，你们怎么能全副武装站在一边,眼睁睁看着人家房子被烧掉呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Race cars burn a lot of fuel, and create a lot of air pollution.

VOA: special.2009.11.03

If the probability is 1 in 1,000 that a house burns down and there are 1,000 houses, then the probability that they all burn down is 1/1000 to the 1000th power, which is virtually zero.

如果一栋房子着火的概率是千分之一,然后假设有1000栋房子,那么这一千栋房子全都着火被烧掉的概率,就等于千分之一的一千次方,基本上就是0了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

People burn an average of one hundred sixty calories a kilometer while running.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

As we'll discuss in the class, and most of you probably know this, your body weight is a function of how many calories you take in and how many calories you burn off through metabolic processes but also physical activity.

我们将会讲到,而且你们中的大部分人可能也知道,你的体重随着卡路里的摄取量,和代谢中的消耗量而变化,还跟肢体活动有关

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

To lose that fat in a week, you have to burn off at least that amount in calories or eat that much less.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

We'll tear them apart and burn the pieces. I don't relish the thoughtof killing another creature, even a sadistic one like James.

VOA: standard.other

The Algenol bioreactors also produce oxygen as a byproduct and that can be fed into a power plant to burn coal more cleanly.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

In Asia,wildfires also are a particular danger in Indonesia and Malaysia, especially in areas where farmers burn wild growth to create palm oil plantations.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24