His initial response to Sunday's dramatic events was delivered in the form of a written statement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

That temple at Delphi had written above the Temple these words, "Know Thyself," And another statement, "Nothing in Excess."

神庙的上方镌刻成这样几句话,"认识你自己",还有一句是,"适可而止"

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

You can go buy a score of the Beatles, for example--although they didn't design this initially with music, but after the fact,people sort of listen to it and make written-- put in written form what had originally been just an aurally conceived artistic statement.

你完全可以去，比如说买一些披头士的乐谱，但是他们当初写歌的时候并没有想用乐谱的形式传播，事实是人们听了他们的歌，再把它们写下来-,人们只是把一项为听觉设计的艺术品用笔记录下来。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

In a written statement, John Boehner, the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, said the president's budget spends too much,taxes too much, and borrows too much.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

In a written statement, the top Republican in the House of Representatives, John Boehner of Ohio, accused the White House of empowering Russia at the expense of America's European allies.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

In a written statement, Secretary Clinton condemned the Jakarta attacks, which she said reflect the viciousness of violent extremists, and said the United States stands ready to assist the Indonesian government if asked to do so.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

A newly released history of 20th Century Russia, written by a team of 45 scholars and edited by historian Andrei Zubov, includes a statement that much of the country's recent past is painfully difficult to study, which is why many refuse to do so.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25