Frank asked his new friend, the American writer Jack Kerouac, to write the introduction to his book of photographs.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

if your friend asked to borrow $100 from you, ... you would probably not say-- you might actually put interest on this person, so you could say, alright, I'll do it with 5% interest, pay me back in a year.

你的朋友向你借100美元，你可能不会说-,你可能会对他收取利息，因此你没准会说，好吧，我要收5%的利息，一年之后连本带利还我。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

So my friend decided he'd give it a try and he raised his hand and he said, "Voltaire," and then paused and hesitated and continued with his lecture as though my friend had never asked his question.

所以我朋友也决定要试试,他就举起手说：“伏尔泰“,然后停顿一下，犹豫会儿，就又接着开始讲了,就好像我朋友没问过问题一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

After supper Paul asked his father if he could visit a friend to get some help with his arithmetic.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

In one study they looked at a housing project in Manhattan and they asked people where their best friend was and 90% of them said, "My best friend is in the same building as me," and 50% of them says the same floor.

在一个针对一栋曼哈顿住宅的研究中,他们问住户他们最好的朋友住在哪,90%的人说，“我最好的朋友和我住同一栋楼”,50%说住在同一层楼。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I told him a friend had asked me to find out about a friend named Leonidas W.Smiley, who he heard was at one time living in Angel's Camp.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

He recalls the story don't you remember of a man named Charephon a friend of his who had gone to the Delphic Oracle who had gone to Oracle of Delphi and asked if there was anyone wiser than Socrates and was told there was not.

他回忆起那个故事，你们记得吗,关于一位名为Charephon的朋友,他前去请示阿波罗神谕,即德尔菲神谕,是否有人比苏格拉底聪明,得到的结果是没有。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

(When Shumlin agreed to his friend's request,Feiler asked him what piece of advice) he would give to his girls.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19

Literary agent and friend, David Black says the role Feiler asked him to assume was a natural fit.

VOA: standard.2010.06.19