Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

The "parable of the vineyard" assures us that God rewards us regardless of our hard work and investment, but only if we're called, only if God chooses us.

葡萄园的寓言“使我们确信,无论我们是否努力工作都会得到上帝的奖励，但除非上帝选择了我们。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I think I could maybe afford a front door if I work really hard for the rest of my life.

我想如果我下半辈子努力工作的话，我可以买得起一个前门。

怡人的的汉普斯特德 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"If there is," he said, "then all our hard work is lost.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

So I mean, people can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable but if they don't really believe in it, then they're not going to really work hard and they're not going to even if they're smart guy who doesn't have the relevant experience, they're not going to care enough to develop the relevant experience in order to succeed.

就比如说，一个人不仅聪明,而且也有拿来即用的技能,但是如果对于自己的事业没有认同感，他就不会,百分之百的付出,就算他是属于,缺乏经验但智力超群的那类人，他也不会有意识地,为了成功而积累自身经验。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

"Apart from my mother, everybody laughing, she would say if you really want something, you work hard, you take advantage of opportunity, you never give up,you find a way.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

I think if you work hard enough, you can go in anywhere you want.

我觉得，只要你足够努力，你就可以去任何你想去的地方。

美国贫富差距？ - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

On the other hand, if you choose not to be very motivated, not to be very responsible, not to be prepared to work very hard, you probably won't get a good education."

VOA: special.2009.12.03

So, now that you're fully immersed in CS50 it's quite understandable 0 if you want people to know that you're in CS50 and so the teaching fellas have been hard at work putting together this year's line of apparel which includes sweatshirts, CS50 T-shirts and the like.

现在你已经完全沉浸,于CS50的学习，这完全可以理解,你很想让大家知道你在CS50学习0,我们的助教们已经,将今年的服饰收集在了一起,其中包括运动衫，CS50，T恤等等。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

"If you work hard and meet your responsibilities, this country is going to honor our collective responsibility to you: to ensure you can save and secure your retirement."

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

If you want to get like As, you have to work hard for it.

如果你想得到A，那你得非常非常刻苦努力。

是考试期间 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

So if we can get better at giving people triggers of when to leave early, which we will work very hard on doing, then people evacuating themselves is the safest thing to do as long as it's early enough."

VOA: standard.2009.06.24