And just as a fun aside, we also realized as computer scientists that sometimes technology is not the answer.

抛开趣味性不提，我们意识到作一个,计算机科学家来说技术,并不是我们要的最终答案。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

What we've just done, after all, is imagine that my mind exists but my body does not.

我们刚才所作的,就是想象我的心灵存在,而身体不存在

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So for those of you who haven't read, Richard's father works nights and sleeps during the day, and during the day the children therefore have to be very quiet.

可能有人不清楚，理查的父亲日出而息，日落而作，因而小孩白天不敢出声。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In one of Plato's lesser known dialogues he makes a statement--the following statement, which I think shows both the typical arrogance of the Greeks and also says something true.

在柏拉图的一个不怎么出名的对话录中,他作了一个声明,以下是这些声明,我认为它们既是希腊人典型的傲慢的体现,又说到了一些事实

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He presents himself, in other words, as a human being of unparalleled piety and devotion who will risk life itself rather than quit the post that has been given to him.

他呈现的自我，换句话说，是极度虔诚敬神的人类,甚至压下自己的生命作赌注,也不愿放弃这个天赐的角色。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

He only had one argument not to kill himself: "To sleep, perchance to dream, for in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we have shuffled off this mortal coil might give us pause."

他只有一个不自杀的理由：,“入睡，偶尔作梦，因为在沉睡中，什么梦都会出现,我们可以从中暂时摆脱尘世的烦恼”

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

This is the war room, it's called,"salon de guerre" I don't like Versailles. What the hell.

这个是作战室,在法语里读作"salon de guerre",我不喜欢凡尔赛宫 什么玩意儿

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Now, usually at this point somebody in the lecture hall raises their hand and says, Well, my boyfriend or my girlfriend and I are complete opposites ? and how do you account for that, Professor Salovey?"

经常讲到这里,课堂上会有人举手并发言，我和男朋友/女朋友,是两个完全不一样的人,萨洛维教授，你对此作何解释“

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The test of this then is to have blind auditions where people do their auditions behind a screen so you can't tell whether they're man or a woman, or for that matter, white or black or Asian or whatever.

然后他们进行闭幕试演以作测试,演奏的人被一块屏风挡住,看不出演奏的是男人还是女人，或者白人还是黑人，亚洲人还是其他人。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选