One evening, his mother sends him to his room without dinner as punishment for misbehaving.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

He would be quite famous in his line of work. Whether Magda was his wife or not, one evening when he was wise-lined and gray at the temples he'd smile gravely, at a fashionable dinner party, and remind her of his youthful passion.

他会在他的行业中变得相当有名，不管Magda是否,成为他的妻子，等他有了智慧的皱纹，两鬓斑白了,他会有天晚上在一次上流社会的晚宴上，庄重地微微一笑,对她提起自己少年时代的钟情。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in town for the events and spoke on Sunday evening at an awards dinner of the Atlantic Council.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

"I am confident President Sarkozy will not be here for the first course of our dinner, but will still be sitting as we complete our dinner this evening,"

VOA: standard.2009.04.01