Now there are almost four hundred mapped ways to climb Seneca Rocks.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Well, there are four principal ways that composers signal to us the whereabouts of the down beat.

以下有四条主要途径,是作曲家用来告诉我们重拍在哪里的

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Here's a group of sounds, different pitches and actually three different pitches in there, as opposed to just one pitch--one pitch, three pitches or three or four pitches, moving in different ways, kind of independent rhythmic chords, so that's the difference between monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic texture.

这是一组音,不同的音高,事实上三个不同的音高,相对于一个音高,一个音高,三个音高或四个音高,以不同方式运动,像有独立节奏的和弦,这就是单音,主音和复音织体的区别

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"This is a very great victory for President Obama. This was his first year in office and in many ways he really staked his whole four-year presidency on the success in this vote on healthcare."

VOA: special.2010.03.27