She looked strange when she was a child, but she grew up to be a beautiful woman.

VOA: special.2010.06.13

So, I'll also put this up on Wednesday, and by Wednesday you might have a bit of a better -be in a better position to answer this question.

我周三的时候还会给大家呈现这个,也许到周三的时候,你们就能更好地回答这个问题了

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Because it gets your imagination going. So yes, I would say absolutely as a student, it would be a place to visit.

因为它激发你的想象。所以是的，我认为对一个学生来说，这里绝对值得参观。

自然历史博物馆 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"She thought a Latina woman, someone with her background, would be a better judge than a guy like me, a white guy from South Carolina,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

A person who is without a city, he says, without a city must either be a beast or a god.

一个人若少了城市，即他说的反城邦，who，is，apolis，必定是野兽，不然就是神。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

That's the whole thing about being a kook,I mean, being willing to be a beginner, make a fool out of oneself once in a while."

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Perhaps you ought to reexamine your religious values to see if they meet your needs in life. A religious experience can be a beautiful addition to living, if you put it in the proper perspective and do not let it-- I think it's "warp," "warp you."] Read some books on ethical culture."

你或许该重新审视自己的宗教价值观来判断,他们是否符合你生活中的需要，宗教经历可以成为,生活中美好的额外事物，如果你从一种适当的角度,不让它，我认为此处是印刷错误，你们看到一个warf的词了吗？,我认为是歪曲，歪曲你的想法，多读一些民族文化的书籍“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Aid groups say 23 million people face starvation in East Africa because of a relentless drought some scientists say may be a result of climate change.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

This may seem to be a perfectly reasonable vision for a poet considering himself to be an inspired poet to have, but there's something peculiar here.

这对诗人是一个非常好的幻景,把自己看做是一位有灵感的诗人，但这儿还有些怪异的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

"It feel like I'm in a zoo. It's sad because I think it's a beautiful sculpture, and it would be a lot better to see it without the fence in front,"

VOA: standard.2010.02.17

There's a Midterm. That will be a short answer test that's intended to give you a chance to show how diligently you've been reading and coming to class.

我们会有一个期中考，会有一张简答问卷,目的是能够让你们表现出,你们的勤劳，用功阅读和按时上课。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The study identified factors that seem to increase or decrease the risk that a child will be a bully.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Well, then, the question is going to be, "Could it be a case that there could be a physical object that's creative?"

那么,问题就转到,是否存在某种情形,使得物理对象在其中也具有创造力

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He said the election of a citizen to the office of president should not be a reason for dissolving the Union.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

You need that object to be a substance, to be something.

这个物体得是某种物质，某种实体。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

It wasn't something a young wife should see, especially a young wife who would soon be a mother herself.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

And that I think may be a little bit - - that's a metaphor in itself - that may be a little bit much to ask of a work of art.

但我认为这个要求,我说的本身也是一个比喻-,对于一个艺术作品来说有些太多了。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

In many areas of fast-flowing water, a boat could be turned over by a wave as high as a house.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

He can be a citizen of his community, he can be a Marathonian, but he is also and more primarily,he is an Athenian.

他可以是自己社区的公民,可以是马拉松人,但他首先,也是雅典人

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The first shooting incident by a person who could be considered a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

There's the insurance company, could be a corporation and it could be either a non-profit corporation or a for-profit corporation owned by shareholders.

一个保险公司,可以是,非盈利性股份公司,也可以是以盈利为目的的股份公司

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Do you like it or would you prefer something shorter? A shorter name would be more convenient on a sign.

VOA: special.2009.09.20

It's such a privilege to be a part of MAPP because what you have there in a year is all the top people from the field.

成为宾州应用心理学硕士班的一员是种特权,因为在那里共度一年的,是来自各个领域的杰出人物。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

But for people who have a difficult time controlling their movements, this little navigational issue can be a really big problem.

VOA: special.2011.04.18

I could say "this must be a great day for you" or "you must be a lot of--under a lot of stress or you must want something."

我会想“你今天一定碰到什么好事了”,或者想”你今天一定压力很大了“,或者”你一定是有事相求了“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

A spokeswoman for the Green Roadway Project says it would be a sign of hope for young people.

VOA: special.2009.06.19

So one example would be a firm that they both earn, sorry, they both own, and another example would be two of you working as a study group on my homework assignment.

也就是说这两家公司互相赚钱,我说错了,是交叉控股,另外一个例子是两名同学,为了做作业组成了一个学习小组

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

She was very intelligent. At a very early age she decided she wanted to be a writer someday.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

.. I guess, unfortunately, it is for... there needs to be a number put somewhere, like, I'm not sure what that number would be, but I do agree that there could possibly be a number put on the human life.

我觉得，不幸的是。,有时确实需要标价，不过我不确定具体数字，但我确实认同,人的生命也许可以被标价。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

That in many cases, I can gain efficiency if I'm willing to give up space. Having said that though, there may still be a problem, or there ought to be a problem that may be bugging you slightly, which is how do I guarantee that my hash function takes any input into exactly one spot in the storage space?

普遍存在的增益和权衡,在许多的例子中,可以通过牺牲空间而得到效率方面的增加,话说回来，仍然存在一个问题,或者应该会有一个问题困扰着你,就是我如何保证我的哈希函数能够准确将,任一输入映射到相应的唯一的存贮空间中去？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选