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

I mean, they have no idea how hard we work, and look at this gigantic split infinitive, to dramatically help.

他们不知道我们有多么努力地工作，注意到这之间的巨大鸿沟，会有很大的帮助。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

I think I could maybe afford a front door if I work really hard for the rest of my life.

我想如果我下半辈子努力工作的话，我可以买得起一个前门。

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 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

This means that you can rise above your problems if you have a goal and work very hard.

VOA: special.2009.03.01

But it's those kinds of questions that, there's a little bit of spark, there's a little bit of a powerful force and there's just a lot of hard work to get from here to there.

但是问题是，那时候已经产生了一些火花，一些外在动力,只不过达成目标还需要大量的艰苦工作。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Ted Kennedy was well liked in the Senate because of his hard work, friendliness and sense of humor.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

So they were quite amused that it was a woman that was speaking to them and telling them about how hard life was, doing that kind of work.

而之后却惊奇地发现,跟他们交谈的是个女人,这让孩子们感到很有趣，也就对这些工作越来越感兴趣。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

The hard work of this grassroots effort resulted in the first Earth Day on April twenty-second, nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

Somebody starts out poor and makes his way through hard work and dedication and effort to riches and success.

他白手起家,通过努力工作,奋发图强，最终得到荣华富贵。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Madam C.J.Walker explained it this way: "If I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."

VOA: special.2010.03.28

You don't have to work very hard to figure out what these different facial expressions mean.

你不必努力地去学习,去辨析不同面部表情的含义。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

That is,this kind of pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps, that with enough determination and hard work that you can transcend limitations of money or class or gender.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

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

Yet,he wrote with more feeling about one subject than any other: that education and hard work will help young African Americans move forward.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

They work so hard, they embrace, they are challenged.

他们学习努力，接受一切挑战。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

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

VOA: special.2009.09.29

In fact, if the other person is working hard, or is cutting back on their carbon emissions, you have every bit more incentive to not work hard or to keep high carbon emissions yourself.

实际上,如果其他人正在努力工作,或者正在尽量减少碳排量,你总会有想偷懒的动机,或者总是继续大量排碳

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

It was hard work. The wet clothes were heavy, and the soap had lye in it.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

So I mean, people can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable but if they don't really believe in it, then they're not going to really work hard and they're not going to even if they're smart guy who doesn't have the relevant experience, they're not going to care enough to develop the relevant experience in order to succeed.

就比如说，一个人不仅聪明,而且也有拿来即用的技能,但是如果对于自己的事业没有认同感，他就不会,百分之百的付出,就算他是属于,缺乏经验但智力超群的那类人，他也不会有意识地,为了成功而积累自身经验。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

One reason it's been harder to identify stem cells is that they're so rare; the other reason is that it's hard to identify the characteristics of them and it's taken many years to work this out.

干细胞难以识别的原因之一是,这些细胞很少,另一个原因就是,干细胞的特征性蛋白难以识别,我们花了好多年去解决这个问题

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They told the story of a poor farm boy who educated himself and, through hard work and honesty, had become a candidate for president.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

And so, just a lot of hard work and a lot of time at the golf course in the summer.

所以，夏天时，一直努力练习，在高尔夫球场花了不少时间。

高尔夫俱乐部的回忆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The kinds of minerals in clay affect how soft or hard it is to work with.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

and just, you know, work hard and study, do your homework, eat well too, I'm sure that helps

所以，我的建议是，努力学习，认真完成作业，
同时也好好吃饭，这真的很重要哦。

如果是在考虑留学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She says this is because her parents taught her about the value of hard work.

VOA: special.2009.07.17

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

So, marginal land is brought into play with hard work and ingenuity, and this is one of the things that Hanson emphasizes that is so helpful.

那么,边际耕地需要,在一定的生产条件下,生产收益正好足以补偿所需费用的土地,这就是汉森所强调的相当有益的一点

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选