"I love my dad. He has poured quite a lot of his life into me by just bringing me up in a very sober way and taking care of me.

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

Jefferson:"Northerners are cool, sober, laborious, persevering, independent, jealous of their own liberties, chicaning, superstitious, and hypocritical in their religion."

杰斐逊说,"北方人冷静,稳重,勤劳,坚毅,独立,珍惜自身的自由,奸诈,迷信,还假装是虔诚宗教信徒"

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

She explains that nature, of course, wants us to / "live according to her sober laws / and holy dictate of spare Temperance."

她解释说，自然当然希望我们,“根绝她审慎的法律/,和神圣的有关节制的规定来生活“

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Sober statement of an old problem.

老生常谈，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You have to remain celibate and, as we will see in the coming week, this is important to Milton. You have to remain sober, and you must eat vegetarian .

你必须独自生活，我们会在下周看到，这对弥尔顿很重要，你必须保持冷静，你还必须吃素。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选