In recent years, a shining city grew in the desert of Dubai on and even off -- the Gulf coast.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

He is abject. He is a shining example of moral leprosy, a mixture of ferocity and jocularity that betrays supreme misery, perhaps, but is not conducive to attractiveness.

他很卑鄙，他是道德败坏的典型，他是凶残和,滑稽的结合体，背叛了至高的痛苦，但也并不吸引人。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There was a "Carrie" movie and "The Shining", stuff like that.

也有像《卡丽》和《闪灵》之类的电影。

和英文专业的朋友 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

You might also be able to stop an elephant or a hippopotamus by shining lights in their eyes.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

It's just this double bind of vocation that's the subject of Sonnet VII, "How soon hath Time." That's the sonnet in which Milton laments the fact that he has turned twenty-three years old and has yet produced nothing that would indicate a shining poetic future.

第七篇十四行诗的主题就是这种职业窘境，“时间过得多快啊，“弥尔顿在这首诗里表达了,对自己都快23岁却没创作出什么,可以显示出他卓越天赋的诗的哀伤。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

He did this while picking crops in the fields and shining people's shoes to earn money to survive.

VOA: special.2010.05.16

The time was near the middle of the day and the sun was shining full upon me.

VOA: special.2010.07.10

When the sun shines on the almost straight-sided rocks, they look like bright shining wings rising out of a mountain of green trees.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

Again,the king looked out of his window and saw that the moon was shining into Lenore's room.

VOA: special.2009.03.28

The top of each wave was a hill, from which the men could see, for a brief period, a wide area of shining sea.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Yet he could not laugh. He felt small agaist the comb shining from the old man.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

So a wise farmer never postpones gathering his hay when the sun is shining.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

She had noted the white table cloths, shining glasses and waiters serving wealthy people.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

The sun was shining and I could feel the wind in my hair.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

Shining treasures filled the tomb, including a solid gold mask of Tutankhamen's face.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

He has been a shining soldier in all our wars for years.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

The moon was shining and its pale light reached into the room.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

Near the trees he saw a shining piece of metal.

VOA: special.2010.03.20

She changed her hair color from brown to shining gold.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The allies turned defeat into a sweeping and shining victory.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

It's comprised mostly of original tunes, but also includes the jazz standards "My Shining Hour" and "I Can't Get Started."

VOA: standard.2010.06.09

Green is go. And for example, in taekwondo or judo, when the referee calls a foul, all the lights will start shining" Despite the adaptations, deaf athletes do face additional hurdles.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10