India,like several Asian countries, holds relatively little gold in proportion to its foreign exchange reserves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

So yeah, they'll sell items just like gold-plated iPhones, et cetera, things like that.

所以，他们会卖，比如镀金的苹果手机，等等。

奢华购物的天堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The Federal Reserve System was a gold standard institution like the Bank of England.

当时的联邦储备系统是一个,像英格兰银行一样的金本位制度的机构。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

For many in Asia gold has long held not something like gambling - a special place as an investment, often as jewelry - glittering gold chains, bangles,and bracelets.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

So you build it with a material like silver and gold, and then you encounter the problems of society that your bridge might get stolen because somebody thinks they have a better use for silver and gold than your bridge.

但如果你用金或银这样的材料,你又会面对新的问题,你的桥会被偷走,因为有人认为金和银有比造桥更好的用途

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It's like that now." Chiraporn says that while high prices are good for mining companies and gold owners, they do not translate into good business for retailers and wholesalers.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

They trust to the fact that the depositors won't all come on the same day, just like a goldsmith banker -he leaves only enough gold in the safe to cover the kind of withdrawals that are normally accepted.

他们是基于这样一种考量,即储户们不会在同一天上门来取钱,正如金匠银行家那样,他留存在保险箱中的黄金数量,刚好可以应付一般的提款要求

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"In recession, when you expect prices of other items to come down like automobiles and electronics and many other things, gold is the only commodity where prices are going up like anything."

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

you know, people dressed in gold and things like that, pretending to be kind of statues

人们穿上金色的服装和类似的东西，假装是一尊雕像，

伦敦的约会路线 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27