I wish that that weren't the case, but people are selfish.

我不希望这种现象存在，但人都是自私的。

不平等的赞助入学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Because what I am saying here is "let's not study the average", let's study the top five percent so that we can understand the phenomenon better.

我想说的是，不要研究大众，研究快乐指数最高的5%的人,这样就可以更好地理解这一现象。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

This was of great concern because the number of polio cases shouldn't go up as the vaccine is being even more actively distributed through the country, so what happened?

这个现象让人担心,因为小儿麻痹症的发生数量,不应该在疫苗全国范围内普及后,反而有所上升,那么到底发生了什么

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

The date that's sort of typical for the general phenomenon of colonization coming out of the mother cities of Greece is again that date we keep talking about, 750 roughly.

殖民,成为这一典型时期的普遍现象,古希腊人离开故土,开始了对外扩张,也就是我们一再提起的时期,大约在公元前750年

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Why the interest rate clears-- it's a mysterious phenomenon, because it's a market phenomenon and each person only sees his or her own contribution to the market and not the whole market.

为什么这个利率能让市场出清...,这是个不可思议的市场现象,每个人只能看到自己在市场中的行为,而不了解整体市场情况

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The poor, who still make a great percentage of this country Now at the same time, it seems like there's this, I've heard a couple of people say it now, almost two Christianities.

穷人，仍然占美国的大多数,现在，好像有这样的现象出现，我听过一些人这样表述，有两个基督教。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Spoiler alert. And he has a standing offer, he says, "I'll pay whatever the amount is, $10,000 to the first person who can document some effect done in supernatural terms that I can't reproduce through trickery."

他给出一个长期悬赏,他说,我将不计报酬,给第一个在我面前展示,我用魔术无法再现的超自然,现象的人10000美元

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选