"Our margins are really thin, in terms of our bottom line, and any additional costs have to be absorbed by the farmer because we can't pass on those costs to consumers directly,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.12

Our society is those people. They are the citizens, they are the consumers, and they are the workforce.

社会是有人组成的，他们便是公民，他们是消费者，他们是生产力，那么我们应该。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

"And basically it is to take a brief freeze frame on individual cases to see if we can really break them down and have face to face communications between those representing consumers or homeowners with lender attorneys to see if deals can be struck."

VOA: standard.2010.02.17