It had been almost ten years since the last major soccer league in the United States had closed down.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The last thing you want is to have the other firm undercut you, in an attempt to push prices down.

你最不想看到别的企业,通过降价来打压你

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Like last night, we walked all the way down to, from a hundred and twelfth down to fortieth,

就像昨晚，我们一直走，从第112号走到了第40号。

在中央公园溜达 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

About thirteen million hectares of forest were cut down or lost through natural causes each year in the last ten years.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The cookies were going back and forth and back and forth and the hearts up and down, well, this thing that we had that called a loop last week with a forever block with a statement inside of it is simply gonna look a little something like this.

这些饼干人来来回回的移动,还有这些爱心们上上下下地漂浮,都用到我们上周提到过的循环结构,当然还有个声明在里面，就有点像屏幕上,显示的这样。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

Tilling can remove weeds and the waste from last season's crops and help break down old plant material into fertilizer.

VOA: special.2010.09.28

So you can just watch, take notes, but you don't have to copy every last detail down.

这样你们就能观看，记笔记，但你们不用讲每一个细节都记下。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

A spokesman for the Convention and Visitors Bureau,Steve Lewis,says economic activity last month was down five percent from February of last year.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

It's going to slide down and the guy in the last row is going to collect everything.

它会滚到后面,最后一排的人就把它收入囊中

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

His decisive victory over Republican Senator John McCain brought down the last racial barrier in American politics.

VOA: special.2009.01.03

While China is going to continue to buy things, it doesn't mean they're going to buy them from us necessarily even though the dollar has gone down a great deal Student: Thank you. This is my last question.

虽然中国还将会继续购买原产品,但那并不意味着他们必须得从我们这买,即使美元已经,大幅度地贬值了,学生：谢谢，这是我最后一个问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

This is back-to-school season. But the National Retail Federation says school-related sales are down from last year.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

But first, I want to start with the assignment I gave you last time, and I asked you all to think about these two questions and write some things down.

首先,让我们看看,上节课留的作业,我要求你们都思考,下面这两个问题并写下感想

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

We came down temporarily last summer and made the decision to make it permanent, and we actually drove from Houston to Cabo San Lucas."

VOA: special.2011.06.13

One is called the twenty-four hour recall and that's either done by a computer, or done by a trained interviewer who would sit down with you and say, 'Let's reconstruct everything you've eaten in the last twenty-four hours.' And so then you have to recollect everything you ate in the last twenty-four hours.

其中之一被称为24小时回顾法,可由计算机完成,也可以由专业测试人员,坐在你面前并对你说,"让我们记录所有,最近24小时你所吃的东西",然后你需要回忆,最近24小时内吃了什么

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

That was down from last year, but still about twenty-five percent more than ten years ago.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Again, for the math phobics in the room, don't panic, this is just writing down in words what we've already seen a couple of times already today, well today and last time.

在座的有数学恐惧症的同学不必惊慌,这仅仅是用数学表达式来表示,我们今天学到的一些知识点罢了,其实是这一讲和上一讲的知识点

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Last week,my sister's car broke down as we were driving to a friend's marriage ceremony.

VOA: special.2011.04.10

Smiley stood looking down at Dan'l a long time, and at last says,"

VOA: special.2009.08.29

At last,after two hours, she sat down and ate like other people.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

"The prices have come down to a real sweet spot of around which is down around 20 percent from last year,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Mr.Obama's approval ratings average just below 50 percent in recent polls, down sharply from this time last year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Meanwhile,the Iranian regime has been cracking down on anti-government protests that erupted after June's disputed presidential election and flared anew last month.

VOA: standard.2010.01.04

It shut down and partially dismantled the Yongbyon reactor, including the televised demolition of its cooling tower in May of last year.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

Last fall we turned down temperatures,down into the 50s in this greenhouse, which initiates flower buds."

VOA: standard.2010.02.21

Since a deadly bombing attack on hotels in Jakarta last year, Indonesian security forces have tracked down the militants responsible and prevented other attacks.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

Prime Minister Meles sat down de-facto with three opposition politicians last week to sign what was hailed as a landmark electoral Code of Conduct.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

But negotiations broke down last year over Pyongyang's refusal to accept a verification plan for the declaration it made of it nuclear holdings and activities.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

"They shot me down, they shot me down," were the last words that he said.

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

Malhotra says the number of customers is down by half, compared to last year, as surging gold prices and the global economic recession scare away people.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19