As a boy George Washington supposedly told his father: "I cannot tell a lie.

VOA: special.2010.02.23

I'm going to tell about myself, but you know, you'll find the argument sort of, perhaps more persuasive if, as I tell the story, you imagine the story being told about you.

在故事中讲的是我自己,但你们会发现,如果你们相信故事说的是你们自己,这个论证就会更有说服力

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And what he found then was when he told these students-- the teachers-- what he told these teachers was that "it is just not a FYI-- you cannot tell the students this.

他发现…,他对这些老师说的是,“这只是仅供参考，不能向学生透露。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"But you must never tell anyone I told you this."

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Because I stand up here and I talk about the one or more than one thing I know about and so it's easy to infer that I must know a lot but in fact by the time this semester ends I will have tell you told you everything I know.

因为我站在讲台上,我给你们讲我知道的知识,所以你们很轻易就推断出我一定懂很多,但其实到了学期末，我要告诉你们,我会的都已经教给你们了。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

An Interior Ministry spokesman told VOA his superiors did not tell him anything about possible troop withdrawal.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

He did nothing except tell two friends the story -he didn't buy shares, he just told two friends, my wife says that IBM is going to take over Lotus.

他把这条消息告诉了两个朋友,并没有去购买股票,只是跟朋友说,我太太说IBM要收购莲花公司

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Fraser told VOA Sports how she did it: "All right,let me tell you,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.18