In fifteen-oh-eight, Pope Julius the Second asked Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Whenever I tried to sleep I would see huge, wobbly, white bags, like the full udders of cows, suspended from the ceiling above me.

每次我即将入睡,总会看到白色的大袋子摇晃着，如同母牛涨涨的乳房从房顶垂下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And there're all these huge chandeliers on the ceiling, that, it's just,

还有那些天花板上的巨型吊灯，真的是

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Stalactites have to hang on "tight" to the ceiling or they might fall off.

VOA: special.2011.04.11

Thanks to some friends there's a foosball table, there's a candy machine and there's also a cat in the ceiling.

感谢一些朋友的赞助，这儿有一个桌上足球，一个糖果机,在天花板上还有一只玩具猫。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

The father or mother may hit the ceiling when they see the low grades.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

So, what they do is, the first time they might scratch at the bars, push at the ceiling, dig at the floor, howl, etc.

起初小猫可能会抓栏杆，推顶棚，挖底板，吼叫等等。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Stalactites have to hang on tight to the ceiling or they might fall off.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Alright, so he has used her body to press back her waters And that's what the ceiling is, the firmament, a firm sheet or structure that's holding back waters.

是的，他就这样用她的身体来遏止她体内的水流,那么，什么是天空呢，天空就是结实的厚板,或者类似的构造，它可以挡水。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Visitors see wonderful formations hanging from the ceiling and growing up from the floor.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

It covered the ceiling and the walls and the floors.

天花板，地板，他们拍下了的最初的状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

A wife may hit the ceiling because her husband forgot their wedding anniversary.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

Is there a glass ceiling-- the zero?

有无形的障碍，零点吗？

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Someone who hits the ceiling, the top of the room, is violently angry.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

The lever gets them out of the box, but after more and more trials they stopped scratching at the bars, pushing at the ceiling and so on.

杠杆让它们逃出迷笼，但在经历多次尝试之后,它们不再抓栏杆，不再推顶棚。

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Others find it frightening. But many people believe that the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the "Last Judgment" are the most famous works of art ever created.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

Mothers and pups hang in groups on the ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

It took Michelangelo four years to paint the ceiling.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

There,a large dead moose hangs from the ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.02.16

The ceiling is an artistic wonder.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

The ceiling is seventy-seven meters high.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

Stalactites hang from the ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

The ceiling on warheads is 6,000 and the ceiling on strategic nuclear delivery systems is 1,600,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.08

A planetarium is a theater with a rounded ceiling onto which images of the stars and planets are projected.

VOA: special.2010.09.29

But when we enter the Sistine Chapel, we look up to see the most beautiful ceiling in the world.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

The four levels of rooms center on a beautiful courtyard with a glass ceiling to let light shine in.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

In fifteen-oh-eight, Pope Julius the Second asked Raphael to cover the walls and ceiling of some of the Pope's private living areas.

VOA: special.2010.02.03

It had a high,sharply angled ceiling and many windows lining the walls of its one long,narrow room.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Barbara Klein tells us more. One of the first works in the "Common Threads" exhibit looks like glowing orange cave formations coming out of the floor and ceiling.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

And also places an overall ceiling on the number of warheads that can be deployed on those systems.

VOA: standard.2009.04.08