We've had a great deal to do with it, but of course we still haven't the slightest idea what it is.

我们花了很大的功夫来接解决这个问题，但我们仍然一点都不知道语言是什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

If you didn't really believe that your body was going to die, why would you ever bother writing a will?

如果人们不相信自己的肉体会消亡，为什么要花功夫写遗嘱？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So if you don't know that then, of course,you have to work harder than other people.

如果你还不知道这些,那你当然要比别人花更多功夫了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

Look, you're smart enough probably most of you to pull off some sort of B without breaking into a sweat, or at least not a significant sweat.

听着，你们也许足够聪明大多数人,最终不费力的得到80分，或是至少花点功夫。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Unsurprisingly, you've got the ability to do decent work in this class and most of you have the ability to do good work, and some of you have, a fair chunk of you have, the ability to do excellent work, though it may take some work on your part to get to that point.

不奇怪，你已经有能力去做极好的作业,并且大多人有能力做好作业，一些人有，是大部分人有，有能力去做极好的作业，尽管这需要花费一些功夫才能做到。

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