Everyone wanted gold. They took their paper money and their silver to the government and exchanged them for gold.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

In 1931 they dropped convertibility of the pound sterling still called pound sterling even though it's not silver it was gold.

在1931年，他们放弃了英镑的可兑换性,仍然叫做英镑的话,即便它不是银，而是金。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

And isn't that clear already from their colors, the material that they're made of Gold and silver, these colors marked them as fashioned, precious objects, inorganic, and in all these ways beyond time and nature, growth or decay.

从它们的颜色上很容易知道，制作它们的材料,金银说明它们是,特制的珍贵的物件，非自然生长的，这些都是超越时间自然,不会生长或衰亡。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Populists,as they were called, agreed with silverite Democrats that the United States should have a silver standard.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

So you build it with a material like silver and gold, and then you encounter the problems of society that your bridge might get stolen because somebody thinks they have a better use for silver and gold than your bridge.

但如果你用金或银这样的材料,你又会面对新的问题,你的桥会被偷走,因为有人认为金和银有比造桥更好的用途

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They were afraid their money would drop in value, as more silver money was put into use.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Without silver,they said, the country's money supply would be too small.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

And they had to pay for them in gold or silver.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

Using silver,they said, made the dollar less valuable.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

They demanded a debate on the gold-silver issue.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

"Americans in general don't like a bony fish." "The rest of the world eats silver carp, they're actually the most cultured fish in the world.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20