That they exist is a proof that American ideals are not the tawdry pretenses they are so often accused of being.

或许这类人的存在,正证明了美国式理想并非无可挑剔,或者说它也在经受着现实的折磨，“

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Because the U.S. is an arguably very successful country, so we have, potentially, a bias in--it's called a selection bias.

因为毫无疑问美国是个很成功的国家,因此我们的潜意识中,存在选择性偏差

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

All of these with our own incredible drive to use the death penalty even when it's been recognized to have racist implications in our country.

这些问题的存在,还有实施死刑的行为，尽管我们已经意识到,在美国，某些死刑的执行暗示了种族歧视。

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And Athens was until only fairly recent times in human history the most famous democracy that ever existed. I say fairly recent times until you know the American democracy.

而雅典是直到近期为止,一直是人类历史上曾存在过,最著名的民主之城，我所谓的近期,当然是指在美国民主出现之前。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

So, if you were to lose half your brain, the other half can actually do a lot but some things are more prevalent and more powerful in one part of the brain than the other And I want to show you a brief film clip from "Scientific American" that illustrates the differences between the hemispheres, but before doing that,I want to provide some introductory facts.

如果你失去了半个大脑,另外一半其实也可以完成很多功能,但是某些功能是存在单侧化优势的,我给你们播放一段短片,来自于《科学美国人》,它解释了大脑两半球的功能差异,但在此之前,我想先做一些介绍

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Every one of them has a positive equity premium; although the U.S. is on the high side of them all, it's not the best.

这些国家都存在正股权溢价,美国的股权溢价相对很多国家较高,但不是最高的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But, in the purest form-- and this is the form that we have in the United States-- the company exists for the shareholders.

但在最纯粹的体系中,即美国现行体系,公司是为股东而存在的

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Let's not just look at the United States; let's look at every country of the world and let's see if they have an equity premium.

不要光看美国,我们观察下世界上所有的国家,看看他们是否也存在股权溢价现象

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

You can see that residential investment, as a fraction of GDP, has been very variable through history of the United States since World War II and that it's had a strong relationship with recessions.

住宅投资要计入,国内生产总值,纵观美国自二战以来,这部分投资,变动很大,而且与衰退存在着密切关联

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