But first,we talk to some Americans who have retired from their professional lives but still work hard to help others.

VOA: special.2010.07.16

The "parable of the talents" rewards hard work and investment; and it's satisfying because it does that, but it also instills an anxiety about non-productivity.

才能的寓言“奖励努力工作和投资的人;,这很令人满意，但同时它也会造成关于无生产力的忧虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But I think unless you marry it, inherit it or work really hard for it,

我觉得除非你嫁人、继承或者努力工作，

怡人的的汉普斯特德 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The Great Recession gave some mothers no choice but to work, as job cuts hit hard at men.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

The "parable of the vineyard" assures us that God rewards us regardless of our hard work and investment, but only if we're called, only if God chooses us.

葡萄园的寓言“使我们确信,无论我们是否努力工作都会得到上帝的奖励，但除非上帝选择了我们。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But the work is hard. And getting all the oil from the seeds can be difficult.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

They're efficient enough that you have to work hard to find opportunities, but not perfectly.

如果你付出足够的努力,还是能发现机会,所以市场并不完全有效

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But he is hard at work. He and his team currently are trying to make algae that can change carbon dioxide back into fossil fuel.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

But also to teach him discipline and to work hard and to study hard

但还要教会他纪律、努力工作和好好学习，

要成为好爸爸 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

But it stopped me from doing the work that was too hard for me.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

But Roger Bannister continued to train and work hard, not harder than the rest of the runners, but as hard as the top runners in the world.

但Roger，Bannister坚持苦练，不比别的跑手练得更苦，但和世上别的跑手一样苦练。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

It's hard work done with basic tools. But many farmers lost the tools they need in January's earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

Everybody can have fun, but you have to work hard.

每个人都能够享受生活，但也必须认真学习。

想学习宗教学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He said his government will work hard to end piracy, but he said the problem of poverty will first have to be tackled.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

There's been a lot of work done on these over the years, but in fact, it's pretty hard to invent a good hash function. So my advice to you is, if you want to use something was a hash, go to a library. Look up a good hash function.

已经做过了很多的尝试和努力,但是事实是，很难发明出一个好的哈希函数,所以我给你们的建议是,如果你们想使用哈希功能,到函数库中查找一个好的哈希函数。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

"There are so many people who work so hard everyday but they can't realize the benefits of that hard work to the extent that they should."

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

You can talk about working hard on your joint problem sets, but as long as you go home and you don't work hard, it doesn't help.

你大谈特谈你在多么努力地做家庭作业,但是回家后如果你依旧偷懒,这还是无济于事

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

But he says there's more to it. "It has been hard work.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21