And he had seen days of no food and empty stomachs, days when the fish did not come, and the animals were hard to find.

VOA: special.2010.02.27

Many parents push their children very hard to study these days.

现在很多父母都强迫自己的孩子努力学习。

学习靠自觉 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You try hard to keep warm. The days are shorter and darker.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

President Obama told people in the nation's largest state, which has been hit especially hard by the economic crisis, that "there will be brighter days ahead."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

But for now at least those days seem over. With Ankara working hard to improve relations with Syria,Iraq and even the prime minister's visit to Tehran, few people see little chance of a renewal of that alliance anytime soon.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27