Satan's spear is to the tallest pine what the tallest pine is to a little, bitty wand.

撒旦的长矛对于最高的松木而言就如同最高的松木,对比一根小小的棍子一般大。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So platina is like a diminutive of silver, but we now know that platinum is far superior to silver It is far more noble. It has a higher melting point, a higher chemical inertness, a fantastic metal.

所以普拉塔就像一个小小的银，但我们现在知道普拉塔比银要好很多,更为珍贵，熔点更高，化学惰性更高，是一种非常不可思议的金属。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So, my perfect pre-med/bio plan was getting a little shaken right from the start, and the reason that it was getting taken was because I would learn this new principal in chemistry and because I was taking bio with the same time, I could see the connections.

所以我的完美的医学预科,和生物学的计划，从一开始就小小的动摇了,原因就是我一边学习这些化学原理,一边学生物,我可以看到两者之间的关联。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

She was meant to remember. She faced that possibility as she might the toy street from a high balcony, roller-coaster ride, feeding time among the beasts in a zoo, any death wish that can be consummated by some minimum gesture.

她生来就是为了回忆的，她面临着一种可能性,当她在一个高高的阳台看着玩具街时，当她坐过山车时，当她在动物园里喂野兽时，通过一个小小的手势。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选