The money came mostly from the weekly pay the children get from their parents for good behavior or work around the house.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

It used to be that people would hide money in their house and it would frequently get stolen and it didn't earn any interest.

过去人们往往是将钱藏在家里,经常被盗不说,还没有任何利息收入

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Because the most valuable commodity in any White House isn't the money it's the president's time.

因为在白宫最珍贵的,不是金钱,而是总统的时间。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

When the Judge died that year, he left John his big house and much of his money.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

When you buy a house, you borrow the money and you pay it back in fixed-- it would usually be monthly, but let's say annual payments.

当你买了一座房子,你贷了些款,然后你在一定的时间内偿还一部分,一般来说都是按月来算的,但是假设我们是按年支付的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But solving them cost money. A farmer could get wood to build his house.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

Or the house made its money and all of a sudden suddenly disappeared.

要么庄家赚足了钱,然后突然消失。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

You might say,for example, that your heart was in your mouth when you asked a bank to lend you some money to pay for a new house.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

There are many people who talk about this generation as the "ME" generation: all I care about, all this generation cares about is " "well,let me just make more money", " "let me just get a bigger house", "let me just be more successful and accrue more eclats, " more prestige".

很多人认为这一代人,以自我为中心，这一代人只关心,“赚更多的钱，“买大一点的房子，“更成功，取得更高荣誉，变得更有威望。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He says he wants to buy a house for his son so that he can get married, but does not have the money.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

Until the house lost its money and all of a sudden disappeared.

要么庄家赔光了,突然消失。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

White House officials say he will donate his $1.4 million prize money to charity.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

For example, if there's a homeowner who you've lent money to and the homeowner is defaulting on the mortgage, the homeowner might wreck the house -that happens all the time -or they might steal things from it.

比如,如果你贷款给一个房主,但是他违约不还贷,并可能在房子里搞破坏,这种事情经常发生,他们还可能会从房子里偷东西

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Outside the White House Mr.Papandreou told reporters Greece is not asking for money.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

The idea was that a lot of people can't afford a house -let's all get together and pool our money -in a Building Society or Saving and Loan Association -and then we'll loan out to some of us to buy the house.

当初的想法是,很多人都买不起房子,那我们就把钱凑在一起,放到一个建房互助协会或储贷协会里,然后向我们中那些要买房的人发放贷款

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Donohue was particularly harsh over a proposal by the White House to tax bank transactions in order to recoup some of the money used to bail out troubled banks.

VOA: standard.2010.01.12

They said, it's not going to work because you have to decide how much the house is insured for and then anybody--If you ever make a mistake and you insure it for too much, then the people who realize they've got one on the insurance company-- they've insured the house for more than it's worth-- they'll burn down their house and collect the money.

他们说，火险根本无法实施,因为你必须判断,这房子的保价是多少,一旦你出现了一些失误,保价评估得过高，那些意识到他们可能会从,保险公司赚利的人们-,即保险公司的保价高于房子的实际价值-,他们就会烧掉自己的房子来赚钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Word spread about the free classes. And as more students showed up, Nesser enlisted volunteers, hired a small bus and used her own money to turn her house into a school.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24