Historians say thirty-two shots were fired in the space of about twenty-three seconds.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Okay. I can't read it but two minutes and fifty seconds, two minutes--this one's only two minutes, three minutes and twenty seconds, that kind of thing.They're short, whereas Beethoven,as mentioned,is much longer.

好，我读不出但是它唱2分50秒，两分钟，这首歌只有两分钟，3分20秒，基本都是这么长，它们都很短，但是我们刚才说的贝多芬就要长的多。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Three seconds of white-hot inspiration?

灵光乍现,三秒钟一蹴而就吗

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

"Going out there, getting on the podiumand then watching two American flags go up while the national anthem was playing, and then to turn and there was like - it seemed like two or three seconds, but it was probably two-10ths where Johnny and I made eye contact - it was like 'We did it,'" Shortly after winning his gold medal, the 29-year-old Demong surprised his girlfriend Katie Koczynski by proposing at the post-race celebration.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27