(Speaking) Mayor Bandic says Croatia needs an independent candidate like himself who,he says, knows the life of ordinary people.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

So, he had crossed the line. And as an ordinary soldier.

他逾越了本分,以普通的士兵的身份

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He liked the company of ordinary people.

他喜欢和普通人在一起

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Aides say he will speak at length about job creation and other issues that affect the lives of ordinary Americans.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Goncourt, one of the writers, the Goncourts, the one who hadn't died yet, was no friend of ordinary people, but there's an amazing scene in his memoirs when he's down by the Hotel de Ville and he sees these women chained together, being walked around, and he says, "What, where are they going?"

龚古尔,龚古尔两兄弟都是作家,当时还活着的那一个,和平头百姓从来合不来,但在他的回忆录里有这样惊人的一幕,他路过市政厅的时候,看见一些被锁链串成一列的妇女们,正在被游街,他就问,"怎么,她们这是要去哪"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Now Demjanjuk is again in court on charges he was an ordinary camp guard.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

So, for absolute rulers, the link to religion you can read about, but there's always the sense that he or she is doing God's will by exploiting ordinary peasants, ordinary people and conquering other territories.

所以对于绝对统治者,你会在书本上读到他们与宗教之间的联系,但是存在这样一种观点,即绝对统治者是代天授命,所以他们有理由剥削民众并且扩张领土

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

When reminded that the sanctions targeted him and his inner circle he pointed out that he was still in power but the country's ordinary people were suffering.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12