"It took him about three seconds to realize the impact of what happened.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

Do not think of a pink elephant for the next three seconds ? and I am sure no one thought of a pink elephant right?

在接下来的十秒钟里不要想粉色大象,我肯定没有人想一头粉色大象，是吗？

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

That is, it doesn't take one second to go the first, and then two seconds to go to the second, and three seconds to go to third.

就是说,不是第一秒到第一排,第二秒第二排,第三秒第三排这样

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"He was telling me I need to finish second, and he was also telling me 'Don't step on the line,' and he was also telling me, 'Just try to stay close.' They shot the gun and I saw him for about maybe two or three seconds.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Two seconds, three seconds, four seconds.

两秒钟,三秒钟,四秒钟

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

You then go to dinner, you come back and you realize that your roommate has now vested you by five seconds and three hours later you've inched ahead again ; so it's a wonderfully motivational tool; and speaks to just how addictive frankly this stuff was and that too for me.

然后你去吃饭,回来后意识到你的室友已经快你五秒钟,三小时后你再次小幅领先,所以这是一个奇妙的激励工具;,坦率地说这东西多么的诱人,对我来说也不例外。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

He hit two free throws in the final seconds to give Los Angeles an eighty-three to seventy-nine victory.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

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

NASA officials counted down the seconds: five,four,three,two,one.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

They really need a good three minutes and thirty seconds here.

他们得有一个表现出色的三分半

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

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