"I never thought I'd be one of those parents that got that phone call, but I was.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

Cuz I never thought frankly in those terms, but those were issues in the period I studied and particularly in the 17th century.

坦白讲，我从未考虑过这个方面，不过它确实是我研究的时期的问题,尤其是在十七世纪。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

and I kind of want to go somewhere that's just out of the blue that I never even thought of,

我想去意想不到的地方，自己根本没想过的，

为我的生活 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Here is a reading of his description of his first sight of the bats and the big cave: "I thought it was a volcano, but then,I'd never seen a volcano nor never before had I seen bats swarm, for that matter.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

I never early thought of doing it as a career.

我从来都没有想过将哲学作为我的职业。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

"I thought I'd never utter these words but I agree with Gordon. You cannot put off this decision."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

I think film mostly through the entertaining value and I know there is more to its essence I've never taking film class, so I hope the films might be interesting for us to discuss some philosophical concepts Never thought about like that.

我主要看到的是电影的娱乐价值,我也知道电影还有很多其他价值,我从没上过电影课,我希望这门课会很有趣,可以讨论一些哲学概念,我从没思考过这类问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

(He recalls his emotion as he stepped back onto U.S.soil."It felt great." as his voice quivers.) "I thought I'd never be able to come back."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

But it's a tempting philosophical thought to say, "Once I've shown it's better never to have been born, " it follows that suicide is the appropriate response."

但这是一个引诱人的哲学想法，“一旦我明白了最好还是不要出生，就会出自杀是合适行动的结论“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选