"Know that America is a friend of each nation and every man, woman and child who seeks a future of peace and dignity, and we are ready to lead once more."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

When the car was ready, the man and the boy stood by to watch him drive it off."

当车准备就绪，站在一旁的男人和男孩“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The image of a man on a boat, white mane tousled, smiling broadly as he sails into the wind, ready for what storms may come, carrying on toward some new and wondrous place just beyond the horizon."

VOA: special.2009.09.13