At the same time, I do mean to give you some sense of the period in which they're writing, some sense of modernism as a field, as one of the richest fields in English language writing.

同时，我也会给你们提供一些背景知识,来了解作者创作的年代，以及现代主义的思想领域，就其作为英语文学创作最丰富的领域之一而言。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

how their perspectives and backgrounds are different from people who grew up in the United States.

就是观察这些留学生与在美国长大的学生在观念以及背景方面的差异。

尊重多样化 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In fact, I don't quite know what he is saying" and struggled more than you're expected to because you anticipated what I've just been saying about the setting and about the role of Foucault and all the rest of it, and were possibly more confused than you might have expected to be.

事实上，我也不太清楚他在说什么“,然后你发现这比预想的更难理解,因为你预想了我给你们设置的背景,以及福柯和其他人的角色，然后可能会发现比自己预想的更困惑。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选