We've just got a few seconds, Tom Bowman.

我们还有秒钟的时间，汤姆·鲍曼。

Our economy doesn’t work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class, and ladders for folks who want to get into the midle class.

我们的经济运转和增长还不够快，少数人发财，却以更多的产阶级为代价。这也包括那些站在梯子上想要加入产阶级的人。

There are quite a few familiarity markers in English - words which take on an ending to make the word sound much more familiar, or everyday, or down to earth.

英语有多近亲词，这些词的词末字母通常会让单词听起来更亲近，更通俗实用。

Far out on every side of us those elements are broadcast, driven in many currents, and birth and gesture and death and the springing of violets from the grave are but a few out of ten thousand resultant combinations.

这些元素，在种种气流吹送之下，从我们的身体外向四面八方传播；人的诞生，人的姿态，人的死亡以及在人的坟头上生长出紫罗兰，这不过是成千上万化合结果的点滴子而已。

Oh dear, sorry about that. We took on some new staff this week and we've had a few problems.

哦，十分抱歉。我们这招了个新员工，造成了一些困扰。

A long story can sometimes be condensed into a few sentences.

一个长篇故事常常可以缩写成个句子。

Let me give you a few hints.

让我给你一些提示。

It was a feeding frenzy. The house sold in a few minutes.

交易非常火暴，房子在分钟之内就售出了。

A few weeks later Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in Sarajevo.

，弗朗茨·斐迪南大公在萨拉热窝遇害。

Francis dissipated his large fortune inherited from his grandfather in a few years.

弗朗西斯在年里就把他从祖父那里继承来的一大笔财产挥霍光了。

A few hours later, the attorney general intervened.

个小时之，司法部长介入。

In Denmark, the United States, and a few other countries, it is trying to set voluntary standard for models and fashion images that rely more on peer pressure for enforcement.

丹麦、美国和其他一些国家的时尚产业试图为模特和时尚形象设定一个非强制性标准，该标准更多地依靠同辈压力来执行。

The pace was fast and he was demanding, but I learned a great deal from him-organizational skills, industry knowledge, business acumen, professionalism and integrity, to name a few.

虽然他是一位步调快，要求高的人，但是我从他身上学到了许多东西，如组织技巧，行业知识，商业智慧，专业精神以及诚实正直的品质等，实在不胜枚举。

A few disastrous investments ruined the company.

一些损失惨重的投资毁了公司。

She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.

个月，在我的养父母承诺一定会送我上大学，她才勉强同意。

There are a few things to note about Puerto Rico's failure to pay principal and interest due on its Public Finance Corporation bonds.

波多黎各未能按时向公共金融公司支付债务的本金和利息，这件事有点需要注意。

She sways a few inches, but she never falls into the current below.

她摇晃了英寸，但并没有掉入下面的水流。

Can you spare me a few seconds?

可以给我秒钟吗？

To name just a few, capitalism versus other economic systems, access to health care, immigration policy, the role of business in our society, and how or even whether the United States intends to exercise global leadership.

仅举个子，资本主义与其他经济体系的对比，获得医疗保健的机会，移民政策，商业在我们社会的作用，以及美国打算如何甚至是否行使全球领导权。

But while most everyone may be fearful or anxious for a few weeks, the vast majority of us will prove resilient.

但是尽管每个人都会都会因此害怕或焦虑，我们大多数还是能其恢复出来的。