"We have very high confidence that by that date conditions will permit us to end the surge and begin a gradual and responsible drawdown of U.S.forces."

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

So the work was probably concluded shortly after that date: so in exile or towards the end of the exilic period.

因此这部作品很可能就是在那个日期不久后结束的：,也就是在流放期间或流放即将结束时。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

They had a certain time and date when the world was going to end.

他们相信在某个时间某个地点,世界末日就会出现。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Damon Lindelof, one of the show's creators, says getting ABC to announce an end date for "Lost" three years in advance, gave them time to carefully craft the plot line leading to the finale.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25