They had these huge stands, and it was sort of like a football stadium, except it was longer and narrower than what our football stadium would be.

观众席非常宽阔，有点儿像橄榄球场，但比橄榄球场更长更窄。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

The class just seemed to be a platform for Kagan to throw out random ideas " and the students were never required to engage in any thought."

它看起来就像一场演出,演出内容就是卡刚抛出随机的观点,而学生们从没被要求参与其中“

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In comes the prehensile thumb, and the next thing you know you get a colossal earthquake, and the possessor of the prehensile thumb disappears from the earth -which is to say, very possibly the human species will never develop.

就像对人类进化至关重要的大拇指，经历了一场大地震后，如果所有有这种拇指的人都消失了,那么人类就很可能永远不能进化。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Due to an explosion, a metal pipe went through his head like so.

由于一场爆炸,一根钢管刺穿了他的脑袋,就像这样

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选