But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

The "parable of the talents" rewards hard work and investment; and it's satisfying because it does that, but it also instills an anxiety about non-productivity.

才能的寓言“奖励努力工作和投资的人;,这很令人满意，但同时它也会造成关于无生产力的忧虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But I think unless you marry it, inherit it or work really hard for it,

我觉得除非你嫁人、继承或者努力工作，

怡人的的汉普斯特德 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

The "parable of the vineyard" assures us that God rewards us regardless of our hard work and investment, but only if we're called, only if God chooses us.

葡萄园的寓言“使我们确信,无论我们是否努力工作都会得到上帝的奖励，但除非上帝选择了我们。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But the work is hard. And getting all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

We think a lot about weight in this country, but weight is a remarkably carefully controlled parameter of a person, that is, you have to work pretty hard to gain weight or to lose weight.

我们身在一个特别关注体重的国家,然而体重是一个,需要小心地控制地人体指标,这就是说,你必须付出相当多的努力,才能增加或减少体重

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

But he is hard at work. He and his team currently are trying to make algae that can change carbon dioxide back into fossil fuel.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

They're efficient enough that you have to work hard to find opportunities, but not perfectly.

如果你付出足够的努力,还是能发现机会,所以市场并不完全有效

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But it stopped me from doing the work that was too hard for me.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

So I mean, people can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable but if they don't really believe in it, then they're not going to really work hard and they're not going to even if they're smart guy who doesn't have the relevant experience, they're not going to care enough to develop the relevant experience in order to succeed.

就比如说，一个人不仅聪明,而且也有拿来即用的技能,但是如果对于自己的事业没有认同感，他就不会,百分之百的付出,就算他是属于,缺乏经验但智力超群的那类人，他也不会有意识地,为了成功而积累自身经验。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

It's hard work done with basic tools. But many farmers lost the tools they need in January's earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

But also to teach him discipline and to work hard and to study hard

但还要教会他纪律、努力工作和好好学习，

要成为好爸爸 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He said his government will work hard to end piracy, but he said the problem of poverty will first have to be tackled.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But Roger Bannister continued to train and work hard, not harder than the rest of the runners, but as hard as the top runners in the world.

但Roger，Bannister坚持苦练，不比别的跑手练得更苦，但和世上别的跑手一样苦练。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"There are so many people who work so hard everyday but they can't realize the benefits of that hard work to the extent that they should."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

Everybody can have fun, but you have to work hard.

每个人都能够享受生活，但也必须认真学习。

想学习宗教学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But he says there's more to it. "It has been hard work.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

There's been a lot of work done on these over the years, but in fact, it's pretty hard to invent a good hash function. So my advice to you is, if you want to use something was a hash, go to a library. Look up a good hash function.

已经做过了很多的尝试和努力,但是事实是，很难发明出一个好的哈希函数,所以我给你们的建议是,如果你们想使用哈希功能,到函数库中查找一个好的哈希函数。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

And they are extremely proud of what they're doing. But all of us volunteers,workforce, everybody involved has to keep their eye on the ball, work hard right to the end.

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

You can talk about working hard on your joint problem sets, but as long as you go home and you don't work hard, it doesn't help.

你大谈特谈你在多么努力地做家庭作业,但是回家后如果你依旧偷懒,这还是无济于事

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选