"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The claim, however, is not that I can't picture being ill or dying.

而这种说法，不是说我无法想象自己重病垂死。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

When you lead the meditation, I think kneeling is fine, but for me it's really painful, not everybody can do that.

当进行冥想时，我觉得跪地可以接受，但确实感到疼痛，不是人人都可以坚持。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

You can see I'm not too friendly to that interpretation, but it is being taken very, very seriously.

我对这种启示不是很认可,但是人们都非常认真对待

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And if the best the soul theorist can say is, "I can't explain it and neither can you," that's not a reason to believe this side.

如果灵魂理论者最多只能说,我不能解释,你也不能,这不是一个相信灵魂存在的理由

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

I'm not a professor of architecture, but it's obvious this is northern European architecture that you can see in northern France, cities like Arras and other places, or Charleville-Mezieres in the Ardennes.

我虽然并不是个建筑学教授,但这很明显是典型的北欧建筑,你能在法国北部看到,像阿拉斯之类的地方,或是阿登省的沙勒维尔-梅济耶尔也可以

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

I think it's kind of equivalent to say because I have more money, I have resources that can save people's lives, is it not okay for the government to take that from me?

我认为这相当于是说,因为我有很多钱，握有足够的资源拯救他人，这样政府从我这拿走钱，就是可以的吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

I'm not going to expand on this because I can't get into-- This is not a course in probability theory but I'm hopeful that you can see the formula and you can apply it.

我不准备拓展这一部分,毕竟这节课不是概率论,但我希望你们能记住这个公式,并且学会应用

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选