Even as the stature of the nightly newscast faded in the face of real-time digital news, Williams was one of the most trusted names in America and commanded the respect accorded predecessors like Walter Cronkite, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings.

Tom Brokaw said it was the very best commencement speech he had ever heard and of course I believed this. And it was much easier to construct than this one. It came out pretty easily because back then I knew so much.

汤姆·布罗克说那是他曾听过的最棒的毕业典礼演讲，当然我也相信这个说法。那次演讲主旨的确立和构思比这次简单得多，演讲稿也很轻松的搞定，因为我当时有很多感触。

Before the controversy, Mr. Williams, who became "Nightly News" anchor in 2004, succeeding Tom Brokaw, was considered one of the most trusted men not only in the news business but in the country.

威廉姆斯在2004年接任汤姆·布罗考（Tom Brokaw）成为《NBC晚间新闻》节目的主播。此次事件之前，他不仅被认为是新闻界最值得信信赖的人之一，而且是全国最受信赖的人之一。

In a statement released by NBC, Brokaw says he's optimistic about the future and remains, in his words, "the luckiest guy I know."

在NBC发布的声明中，布罗考表示，他对于未来以及剩下的日子十分乐观，用他的话说，自己是“最幸运的人”

Tom Brokaw said it was the very best commencement speech he had ever heard and of course I believed this.

汤姆·布罗考说那是他听过的最好的毕业致辞。我当然相信这是他的肺腑之言。

Tom Brokaw has been diagnosed with cancer.

汤姆·布罗考被诊断患有癌症。

The debate was moderated by journalist Tom Brokaw, who helped select the questions from voters in the audience and voters on the Internet.

这场辩论是由老牌新闻工作者汤姆。布罗考主持，他协助从现场观众和网民当中挑选问题。

NBC News says former anchorman Tom Brokaw has cancer.

全国广播公司（NBC）称，前新闻主播汤姆·布罗考被查患有癌症。

She dropped the plate and it broke into pieces.

她把盘子掉在地上打碎了。

The woman's fragile face broke into a smile.

那面孔秀丽的女子粲然一笑。

He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer

他闯进了老人的房子，用铁锤猛击老人。

One of the men kept guard, while the other broke into the house.

一人放哨，另一人则闯进了房子里。

Fig.8 Showing the place where parallel silks were broken off ( arrow).

图8示并行丝在相同位置处的折断（箭头）。

This Greenland incident, commonly referred to as the Thule accident, took place just two years after Palomares and has a lot of similarities with the previous broken arrow.

格陵兰岛事件，一般称为图勒事故，发生在帕洛马雷斯事故之后两年，它们有很多相似之处。

This is a unique case, even for a broken arrow, and it goes to show that even obsolete nuclear weapons need to be handled with care as they are still dangerous.

这个案例甚至是在事故当中，也是独一无二的。它表明即使是报废的核武器，也要小心处理，因为它们仍然十分危险。

This is the second of three broken arrow incidents that year, this time taking place in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia.

这是这一年3起核事件中的第二起，发生在泰碧岛（在萨凡纳附近）水域。

We've finally arrived at the most famous broken arrow in US history, one mostly made famous by the government covering it up for almost 30 years.

这是美国历史上最著名的核事故，主要因为美国政府遮掩了近30年。

The incident that happened in Palomares, Spain on January 17, 1966 was a bad one, even for a broken arrow.

1966年1月17日发生在西班牙帕洛马雷斯的事故结果很糟糕，属于核事故里相当严重的一类。

Suddenly, he was shocked for it was a broken arrow.

一只断箭，箭囊里装着一只折断的箭。

During a break in filming Broken Arrow,* Woo casts his eye over the hundreds of technicians and ponders the contrasts in movie-making between Asia and America.

在拍《断箭》休息时，吴宇森看着上百名工作人员，思考着在亚洲与美国拍片的不同。

I always scoop out the only war it Broken Arrow!

我一直刳着只断箭打仗呢！