You might think that its function is to make you more - a better cyclist but that's not its only function.

你也许只知道它的作用是--,使你成为一个更好的自行车手,但这并不是它的唯一功能

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

They might put only 10% down on a house, so you buy a house for $300,000 and you put $30,000 down; that's an investment of $30,000 but it's highly risky because you are very leveraged when you only put 10% down.

他们也许只付了总房价的10%,若你买了30万的房子,但只交了3万,这是一笔3万元投资,但却是高风险的,只支付10%时,你的杠杆率就很高了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The writer is the first man to map it and to name the natural objects it contains. Those berries are edible. That speckled creature that bolted across my path might be tamed. That lake between those trees will be called Lake Opal or, more artistically, Dishwater Lake.

而作者本人则是第一个为它绘制地图并为每一个自然事物,命名的人，这种讲过是可以吃的，那只身上带斑点,从我身边窜过，的动物也许能被驯服，树木之间的那个湖泊,可以叫“蛋白石湖“，或者，更艺术的，“洗盘水湖“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选