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

VOA: special.2010.05.16

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

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

VOA: special.2010.07.10

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

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

VOA: special.2009.03.28

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

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

VOA: special.2009.06.27

The allies turned defeat into a sweeping and shining victory.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

she had hair like the midnight sky and she smiled up them with shining gray eyes As the old man lifted the little girl in his arms, Mother Moonshower put the rain babies into the silver basket.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

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