It's like a craft. I had my little tape and my little scissors, my little project, my craft project. So, stories are a craft.

被结构，被建造，我手里有这个小胶带，一把小剪刀，一个任务，一个手工品，所以故事就像手工作品。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Today I have the impossible task of finishing the parts of the Republic that I have assigned for the class.

今天我有个不可能的任务,完成《理想国》剩余的部份,依照我指定给同学的进度。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

I don't have as heavy teaching loads, which makes it possible for me to write, as some colleagues at other schools where the teaching load is so heavy that it's very hard to get writing done.

教学任务不太重，这就使得我有时间进行写作，而另外一些大学,教学任务可能很重,那样的话，就没有时间去写作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

It's my understanding of So it's a very influential spot to be in.

而是我对他的首要任务的,做办公室主任的确很有影响力。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

So my challenge to you, and I know Professor Guttag can do this, my challenge to you is, a year from now, come back and look at code you wrote here.

因此我这里有个具有挑战性的任务，我知道Guttag也可能会说这个任务，我的这个任务就是，一年以后，回头来看,你之前写过的代码。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选