"Our effort here in writing this letter is just urging caution because we're hoping that with the new administration, we will have an administration that will lend itself more to diplomacy and working through other means rather than always military confrontation,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

The person who does that best is Michael Pollan, and when you read his book, In Defense of Food, he spends some time in the book defining what food is and working through this--this quagmire of how do we define food and what's acceptable to eat, what's socially acceptable, what's personally acceptable.

这一点上迈克尔·伯伦做得最好,你们可以看看他写的书《为食物辩护》,他在书中给食物下了定义,并深入地探讨了这个难题,即如何区分食物与能吃的东西,社会普遍接受的东西,个人能够接受的东西

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Why is it that when we see these law partners, or medical partners, or whatever it happens to be, or students together on a homework assignment, why is it we tend to get inefficiently little effort when we start figuring out the strategy and working through the game?

为什么这些律师事务所的律师,医疗合伙人或者其他类似的机构,还有一起做作业的学生,当我们研究过这些策略和博弈后,为何这样的组合往往是收效甚微的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The muscular man is working hard to control a powerful drill that is cutting through the rock that surrounds him.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

The image we get there is that the Israelites are working their way through the marsh on foot, and the Egyptians' chariot wheels can't make it through the marsh.

我们所得到的印象是，犹太人徒步走过沼泽,而埃及人因为坐在马车上,所以无法穿过沼泽。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

She says Question Box is working to expand by offering its software through partnerships.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Jarvis said the government has been working closely with BP to better understand how the oil changes as it moves through the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.05.26

The G20 declaration recognizes U.S.concerns, saying that sustaining economic recovery requires nations to follow through on delivering existing stimulus plans, while working to create the conditions for robust private demand.

VOA: standard.2010.06.27

"We have put ourselves onto a timeline. We are working it through with the Japanese but if they do not come at this agreement to zero, we will initiate that action."

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

Isn't it time we stopped working for the government and the government started working for us?" Democrats in Congress pushed a modified version of the president's spending plan through the House and Senate last week, despite strong Republican opposition.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11