He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life and though he was a con man he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.

狄恩属于那种对生活充满激情的年轻人,虽然他还是个很自信的骗子,这是因为生活中他希望得到的东西太多了,他希望能引起人们的注意。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Third floor is where I live. That's substance-free, no alcohol and no drinking.

我住在三层。那是无饮酒区，没有酒精，不许喝酒。

布朗的宿舍公寓 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

These unseen lights which shone through them upon your faith were reflections of American efforts to live up to an idea. Those characters could have been no other than products of American tradition.

作为美国式理想的产物,这些难以绘状的光,其实就象征着,你们为了理想,去拼搏和开拓。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

There is no excuse to live in anything but a peaceful co-existence.

世界上只应该有和平共处，而非其他方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He'd been diagnosed with, if I recall correctly, cancer as a freshmen--and his doctor had told him that he pretty much had no chance of recovery and indeed had only a couple more years to live.

他大一的时候就被诊断出癌症，如果我没记错的话--他的医生告诉他,他基本上没有治愈的可能了,并且实际上只有几年时间存活了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选