On New Year's Day, after church we'll go out and sit in the goose pit and do some hunting for Canada geese and also ducks."

VOA: special.2009.12.28

I would be grateful if you would wait until that point if at all you possibly can. It just makes the whole thing work a little easier and it prevents that drop in the pit of my stomach when I see half of the class leave.

我将感激不尽,这样会好一点,以免我看到半数人走掉时,心情会受到影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Your stomach sinks, you have that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach, when you get a bad grade on a test.

当你考试考砸的时候,你的胃会垂下去,或者说,会有胃部下垂的感觉

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Many hope they will get jobs at the new gold mine. Saidu Kamara supports his family by working in one of the small pit mines inside the Baomahun site.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22