The Italian cities of Genoa and Venice became powerful because they were at the center of the spice trade.

VOA: special.2010.06.01

you know, you have like little art shows down on the Venice boardwalk

威尼斯海滨大道的浮桥上有小的艺术表演，

圣莫妮卡和洛杉矶 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Throughout history Jews have been upset at the portrayal of Shylock in "Merchant of Venice," not a very nice guy.

一直以来,犹太人都很不满,《威尼斯商人》中所描写的夏洛克“,一个坏家伙。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Professor Yoshino says the Shakespeare play that deals most directly with the law is "The Merchant of Venice."

VOA: special.2011.06.06

there is a huge festival, "The Venice Beach Spring Fling."

会有一个大型节日，“威尼斯海滩春季狂欢”。

请记住我 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A good place for watching unusual-looking people is Venice, an area on the west side of Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

But they're from a very different social class, the patricians of Florence or Venice.

但他们的出身相比威尼斯,或者佛罗伦萨的贵族们而言不可同日而语

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

In thirteenth century Italy, the government ordered glassblowers in Venice to move to the island of Murano.

VOA: special.2009.09.16

cause we only have couple of minutes, Ok, it's alright So, for next time, you are going to read about Death in Venice...the introduction that's the movie we're going to watch next week ? But, what do you read for next time?

因为我们只剩几分钟了，可以，没问题,那么，下一次,你们要读《魂断威尼斯》，的介绍,这是我们下周要看的电影,那你们下一次上课之前读什么呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

In the fourteenth century, ships that arrived in Venice,Italy, from areas infected with bubonic plague had to stay outside port for forty days.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

you know, a lot of people like the, just the fact that it's Venice and it's classic and...

很多人喜欢，就喜欢它是威尼斯海滩，很经典。

圣莫妮卡的海滩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The English painter J.M.W.Turner painted "Venice, from the Porch of Madonna della Salute" around eighteen thirty-five.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

I live in Venice Beach at the moment.

目前我住在威尼斯海滩。

建筑学专业教授 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

For example, the ancient city of Venice,Italy has long been threatened by rising sea levels.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

In the city-states of Venice, which was a major trading city already on the decline, and in Florence, and in Milan, and in Turin, and in places like that you find something very comparable, but Italy is not united until the 1860s.

在威尼斯城邦,这个曾以贸易为主的城市已经走向衰落,而佛罗伦萨,米兰,都灵,类似的这些城市情况都是如此,除了十九世纪六十年代才统一的意大利

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The building design of ancient homes in Venice, Italy, became the influence for their museum.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

Venice is... it's very reminiscent of the 60's.

威尼斯……会让人想起60年代。

圣莫妮卡的海滩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A system of waterways designed after the Italian city of Venice has been built there.

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The award-winning film was first shown at the two thousand eight Venice Film Festival.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

The salty water is also destroying Venice's famous buildings and artworks.

VOA: special.2009.04.22

Venice is approaching the dread status of living museum, with a population now below 60,000.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

(Sound) Gondolas and motorboats took part in the event along Venice's Grand Canal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Twenty million visit the city every year. City officals also point out that there are thousands of unofficial residents of Venice: students and island inhabitants who don't officially register.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

Venice is the center of the larger region of Veneto.

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

It made its backers rich. Financiers in the Washington,D.C., area also knew what canals meant to cities like Venice in Italy and Tsaritsyn - later called Stalingrad and Volgograd - in Russia.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

"Venice is under attack from the business,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

(Speech) Mario Secchi says he was born in Venice, his dad and grand dad were Venetians, but he was forced to emigrate to the mainland because the rents were too high in the historic center.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

He decided to do this out of his love for the city of Venice and because he thought it was important to put on display the real decline of the population, to raise public awareness.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The more pessimistic Venetian residents say the countdown has begun and that if the exodus continues at this rhythm, in 2030 Venice will have become a ghost city with no more citizens, just hordes of tourists.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27