"I think the most difficult thing will be to be separated from the people that I am used to, and leaving behind some of the habits - all our activity will be directed towards a certain goal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.02

But rather, the best thing I suppose would be to be able to live as long as you wanted.

我想最好的情况,是想活多久就能活多久。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

and I knew if I wanted to be good, as good as I wanted to be, I needed to come here.

而且我知道，如果我想变得更好，变得和我想的一样好，我就得到这里来。

和纽约的留学生 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

To be considered for the study, children were supposed to be close to cigarette smoke at least 5 times a day.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

So this is what he asked them to do: Select four answers to the question 'What should a reader be to be a good reader?' "The reader should belong to a book club."

这就是他要求学生们做的：,从以下四个选项中选取问题,“读者如何才能成为好读者”的答案：,“读者应该是书友会的成员“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

John Grogan wrote that he briefly considered the possibility that his dog could be trained to be a show champion.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

Once we have those classrooms, the stuffing cost is to be designed to be the same as what we currently use in personal physics.

一旦我们建成这些教室，其他的人员成本应该,和现在投入到物理教学,所用的成本一致。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

She says the new standards clearly state what a student should be able to do to be successful in college and work.

VOA: special.2010.03.25

Whether that's right or not depends on just how bad would it be to be immortal.

它是否正确,取决于永生会有多糟糕。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She said she knew what it was like to be starving and to be saved by international aid.

VOA: special.2009.10.16

Why? This is not a Greek tradition, but it's very much a tradition in the East for kings to be considered by their people to be gods.

为什么呢？这并不是希腊传统，但在东方，统治者被人民尊为神明,却是一个重要传统。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

It means to treat a person kindly or gently, especially in a situation where you might be expected to be angry with him.

VOA: special.2010.08.29

To do that they have to be able to stretch out and they have to be able to pull.

为此,成纤维细胞必须能够伸展,和回拉

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

In those days, a singer had to be recognized in New York to be successful everywhere else.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

dU=CvdT So du is still going to be equal to Cv dT, and we're still going to be able to use the first law, all these things don't matter where the path is.

于是，第一定律也依旧成立，这些关系都与路径无关。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

But he says any new product will have to be different enough that people will not be able to find it anywhere else.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

If you want to make sure both conditions are true and they both have to be true for any code to be executed, use ampersand ampersand.

如果你想保证两个条件都成立,或者它们两个都必须为真值，才能执行一些代码，那就使用“&&“

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

She wanted to make sure she would be judged as a singer who happened to be black - not as a black singer.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

Then on the other hand, my own writing and the discipline that writing takes if it is to be good and it's to be accurate.

另一方面，就是我自己的写作经历,还有写出好作品所需要的,那种精确准则。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Because of the gravity on Mars, spacesuits may have to be designed to be lighter than suits used in orbit or on the moon.

VOA: special.2011.04.06

It has to be confronted. It has to be tasted before it can be conquered.

它被迎面对抗了，在征服它之前首先要尝试。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Some neighbors say that while GW is trying to be friendlier to the environment, it could also be a better friend to the neighborhood.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

- You have to decide how much-- What you're told is you have to decide " who should be chosen to be on "College Bowl."

你必须决定-,你被告知必须决定,选谁参加“学院杯“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So this competition is an opportunity to be recognized and to be recruited by some of the top technology and research firms around the world."

VOA: special.2010.03.11

And they end this paper with the following quote: "It may be that trying to be happier is as futile as trying to be taller " and is therefore counterproductive."

论文用以下这句话作结尾：,“想变得更快乐,和想变高一样徒劳,只会适得其反“

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

They were very cruel. I thought,perhaps this beast can be taught to be my friend...

VOA: special.2010.07.17

To know history, put on the god's knowledge with his power, would be to have access to history's meaning, and therefore to be more than merely subject to it, subject to its capricious and violating forces.

懂得历史，把上帝之智与力结合，才能接近历史的真实意义，否则只是受过历史的影响而已，被动无力地承受着历史的影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

So I don't necessarily think that summer reading has to be something light, has to be something mindless" Two of Mark LaFramboise's suggested books involve animals.

VOA: special.2011.07.13

Yes and no. It was fascinating to be as Wordsworth says, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive" -to be around in those days, but at the same time I think it's rather advantageous for us to be still "in theory."

可以说会，也可以说不会,正如华兹华斯所说，“能活在那黎明时光是何等幸福“,虽然过去对人有很大吸引力，但同时我们还是,只在理论层面研究比较好“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So there's going to be lots of times in this class when we get to play games, we get to have classroom discussions and so on, but there's going to be some times when we have to slow down and do some work, and the next twenty minutes are going to be that.

我们在课上会经常,通过游戏学习博弈,我们还会举行随堂讨论等等,但是我们也需要花费一些时间,来慢慢研究一些问题,接下来的二十多分钟就是这样的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选