The interviewer wants to know about the person's goals for a life in medicine.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Second thing, we started talking about the periodic table and I believe that it's a hallmark of any educated person in the 21st century who is technically literate to know the periodic table by heart.

第二点，我们之前讨论过元素周期表,我相信这是个标志性的特征,对于那些在21世纪里,用心去学习,元素周期表的人来说。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

When you look at the risk of consequences from metabolic syndrome in the population, you have to know a person's race to some extent to understand how high their risk really is.

如果想要考察某人群,患代谢综合征的风险,就要知道一定的种族信息,这样才能较准确地知道他们的患病风险度

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"I can't think of a person that I know of in the world that used their celebrity status for a greater good than what Manute Bol did.

VOA: special.2010.07.05