I actually wanna bridge a little bit from the first part of your question which is a personal part.

我想先简要回答,你的问题的前半部分,这部分是有关我个人的问题。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So, the first half of the class is going to be concerned with questions about the nature of death.

所以，课程的前半部分将会集中在,死亡本质的问题上。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

In the first half of class, I'm going to tell you a little bit about the class and introduce some of the questions that we will think about over the term if you stay in this course.

在这堂课的前半部分，我将告诉你们一些关于这门课的事,介绍几个如果你选择这门课,就将在这学期里考虑的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

In broad scope, the first half of the class is going to be metaphysics, for those of you who are familiar with the philosophical piece of jargon.

广泛上讲，这门课程的前半部分，对于你们中熟悉哲学术语的人来说,将会是形而上学。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

For the first half of the course, we've been engaged in metaphysics,broadly speaking.

这个课程的前半部分，我们广义地探讨了形而上学。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

There are three of these in the first half.

前半部分有三个集合。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The first half of the class was metaphysics.

前半部分是探讨形而上学。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选