It bothered her and she had it fixed, and her self-esteem went up 200 percent once that was fixed."

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Franny again cleared her throat. Apparently, her self-imposed sentence of unadulterated good listenership had been fully served. "Why?" she asked.

弗兰尼又清了喉咙，他的自欺式的自白得到了倾听,遇到了好听众，为什么，她问。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, Christ is that one to whom the little children can come, and I think she cultivates that childlike sense in her self-presentation.

基督是个连小孩都能沟通的人，我认为奥康纳在她的,自我呈现中也营造了那种童稚感。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Her real self was not Eartha Kitt but Eartha Mae, a child given away by her mother.

VOA: special.2009.06.07

She believed that the individual has a right to exist for his or her own self.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Addressing the General Assembly, Israel's Ambassador Gabriela Shalev repeated her government's position that Israel was acting in self-defense.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04