They told her that a beautiful voice can be destroyed if it is not trained.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Anisha, when you say someone told you that Shakespeare is better... Are you accepting it on blind faith?

艾妮莎，你所说的,有人教导你说，莎士比亚更好。,你就盲目地接受了吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

And, one thing I'd like to add to it, and that is, and I told this to my recitation sections that when you do these quizzes, in spite of the fact that it might be trivial in some cases, make sure you carry the units through.

而我要在这基础上再加一条，我在我的背诵课上也讲过,当你考试时，尽管单位不重要，但我希望你能注意它们。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

He told CIA employees that it is time for the nation in general and the intelligence community in particular to move forward.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

And what he found then was when he told these students-- the teachers-- what he told these teachers was that "it is just not a FYI-- you cannot tell the students this.

他发现…,他对这些老师说的是,“这只是仅供参考，不能向学生透露。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Grybauskaite told journalists Sunday that the economic tensions show it is time for change in the country.

VOA: standard.2009.05.17

This brings us to the final-- the issue of expectations and how we judge people is a story that could be told about individuals but it's also a story that could be told about groups.

这让我们谈到最后一个问题-,关于期望的问题,我们如何评价他人,不仅对个人有影响,对群体也会有影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

... Twenty-six year-old Louis Jacques Franto told us if the government wants to move us that is fine, as long as it is safe.

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

And in here, there's a very male-dominated theme that you'll see pretty quickly, and what you'll see in this is that this man is being told, and men who watch it, obviously a male-oriented sort of thing that I've seen watching sporting events and the like.

这个广告片,有个明显的男权主题,你们马上就能看到了,你们会看到在这个广告中这个男人在聆听,还有在看的男人,显然这是个以男性为主要目标的广告,我看到了类似运动比赛的元素

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"What was told in Tbilisi,I think, that as far as it is not connected to any real moves made by the Obama administration it is nothing serious or the Kremlin."

VOA: standard.2010.07.05

It's basically--if I am told that you're a genius and your genius is about to be in full-flower throughout this class and it's a small class as these classes were, I'll focus more on you, I'll give you more of my attention.

它其实…如果有人告诉我你是天才,你的才智能在这节课上完全体现出来,这个班的人不多，我就会把更多的注意力放在你身上。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Secretary Geithner told the House Financial Services Committee Thursday that it has become clear there is a need for better and tougher regulation in a complex and flawed financial system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

After briefing the U.N. General Assembly committee that deals with these issues, Muntarbhorn told reporters that food aid is important, but that it should come with a "no access,no food provision".

VOA: standard.2009.10.22

Mauritanian representatives for the U.S. -based National Democratic Institute told reporters in Nouakchott that the group will not monitor the June vote because it is a unilateral decision against constitutional order.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

While talk of what success is and how to define it went on in London, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told NATO colleagues in Brussels that the current operations should be seen as an opportunity to bring moderate Taliban members into the political process.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

A Western diplomat close to the EU meeting in Harare told VOA it is clear that Mr.Mugabe is blocking full compliance with the political agreement in order to buy time to rebuild ZANU-PF, which has been weakened by internal quarrels and a loss of popular support, even in its traditional strongholds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15