And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.

我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

And then, you start thinking, "Well, I could really start doing this if only X and if I had this person or if this technology existed or if this happened or this happened."

之后，你会开始思考，恩，只要某项条件成熟了，只要我认识这个人,或是如果这个技术存在,或是如果这个或那个发生了，我就能开始落实这个点子了“

斯坦福公开课 - Twitter之父Jack.Dorsey演讲：好奇和灵感的力量课程节选

If I asked people, "How well are you doing in Intro Psych this semester?"

如果我问别人，“你这学期的心理学导论学到怎么样？”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

If you have your health, luck comes and goes and realize when you're doing really well that it's not just you. Then, when you're not, it's not just you either.

如果你很健康而且运气来来去去,当你做的很出色的时候你意识到不只是你很出色,当你不是很出色的时候，也不仅仅是你自己做的不好。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

What about that case? Well, I think if we were doing a matter of physics, as it posed to--sort of psychology Psychologically we understand why, losing weight might make a real difference about how you feel about yourself.

这个案例该如何解释，我认为，如果我们在研究物理问题，或者，心理学问题,从心理学的角度我们明白原因，减肥可以让你,自己感觉非常不一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So if you end up not doing well, the moral of the story is not to go running off and dropping the class, but to figure out what you did right, what you didn't do right, how to make the second paper better and the third paper stronger, again.

所以如果你们最终没有得到好成绩，这个课程不是让你们退却或是退课，但是去想想你所做的对的事，和不对的事，和怎么样让接下来的论文写得更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Last time, I invited you to think about life on the experience machine, where the scientists are busy stimulating your brain in such a way as to give you an exact replica, from the insides of what it would be like having identical experiences to the ones you would have if you were really doing-- well, whatever it is that's worth doing.

上节课，我要你们思考,体验机里的生活，科学家们用它刺激你的大脑,给你一份完美的体验复制品，从体验相同的经历,到体验在现实生活中-,值得做的事情。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选