The fall of Rome did not destroy one of the most important tenacious and significant aspects of the old culture, the Roman Catholic Church, which remained and became the central fact for the new culture.

罗马的灭亡并没有对旧文化中最重要,最强韧最意味深远的罗马天主教会产生破坏,它保留了下了并成为了新文化的核心要素

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

He assumed that such a course would lead to progress and the general improvement of the human condition, and it was that sort of thinking that lay at the heart of the scientific revolution and remains the faith on which modern science and technology rest.

他认为这将会引领进步,全面提升人类的生存状况,正是这个学说成为了,科技革命的核心并为现代科学技术,的发展奠定了良好的基础

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The question of the relationship between the person and the aesthetic in Lolita is going to be at the heart of my overarching argument about the novel.

而这个男人和《Lolita》的美二者关系,将成为我们探讨这部小说的,主要核心。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选