According to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, the dropping of that appeal had nothing to do with Megrahi's release.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

For if such holy Song / enwrap our fancy long," then we'll mistakenly convince ourselves that time could actually run backwards and that we've been returned to the Golden Age, the very first age of human history according to classical legend.

如果这神圣的天籁，永远包围我们想象的心怀“,然后我们就会错误的说服我们自己,时间实际上就会倒转,我们就会到达黄金般的国度，依照古典的传说就是人类最久远的历史。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I suppose the first apparently historical event that we know something about is the first Olympic Games, which according to Greek tradition were held in 776 B.C.

我认为第一个已知的重大历史事件,就是第一次奥林匹克运动会,根据希腊人的口头传述,那是发生在公元前七百七十六年

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Monday's nuclear test was North Korea's second, and according to seismic readings, may have been more powerful than the first.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.

因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行，理想化的叙述，据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地，将腓利士人，逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原，我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

According to one survey, Labor is in third place for the first time since 1982 behind the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

This might look a little cryptic at first, but it turns there is some very obvious patterns here, for instance. According to this chart, if you want to represent the letter A A in the so called ASCII system, what number do you actually use to do so?

起初，它看起来有点神秘，但你会发现它有一些明显的对应模式，这里就有例子，根据图表，在所谓的ASCII系统中,你想表示字母，你该用哪些数字呢？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The first 3D home entertainment system, according to Panasonic, its manufacturer, was sold to Brad and Ashley Katsuyama in New York for $3,100.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11