"My father left my family when I was two years old, and I was raised by a single mother who struggled at times to pay the bills and wasn't always able to give us things the other kids had.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

And not a single young person in the room except my son, who was then a teenager who would tag along and see his father testify.

却没有一个年轻人在场,除了我儿子，是当时唯一的青少年,除了他没人跟着父亲参加听证会。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Well, every single day, my goal right now is to cultivate contentment, which is really hard.

嗯，我现在的目标，就是要每天培养满足感，这真的很难。

我的理想是 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

and the Strong-Whitfield catalogue for The Temptations' Number One single, "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)."

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

And that was when I switched my concentration from computer science to philosophy and psychology with a single question: ? how can I become happier?

于是我将研究方向,从计算机科学转向了哲学及心理系,目标只有一个：,如何变得更快乐？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

And every single one of you stands here as an adjunct to my vision.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

I've been working with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to create a futures market for single-family homes, which is sort of my connection to the futures industry.

我一直以来和芝加哥商业交易所合作,创建一个适合单一家庭的期货市场,这是我参与期货行业的一种方式

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

That was the single aim of my living.

这是我活着的唯一追求，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You know, I moved to Los Angeles in my late 20s and early 30s. I was single. I hadn't met her yet and so,

我是在我快30岁的时候去的洛杉矶。那时候我单身。还没遇见我妻子。

旧金山和洛杉矶的差异 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人