I've explained my embarrassment about using terms that I really have no absolutely no idea of the meaning of except that I'm told what the meaning of them is in the books that I am reading, which are the same books that you're reading.

我已经解释过了，用这些我完全不知道什么意思的词,真的很尴尬，除非有人告诉我他们是什么意思,就像这本书里说的那样,而我读的这本书，也就是你们现在也在读的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Somebody told me, by the way, that the sample concept sheet that we have listed on the website couldn't be downloaded, so we'll fix that, but we'll also send you out by email a sample concept sheet, along with guidelines for how to prepare them.

有人告诉我,顺便说下,网站上所列的观点报告范例不能下载,我们会进行修复的,同时我们也会通过电子邮件将范例报告,以及备写指南一并发给你们

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

I run out of the house and then usually around 3 o'clock somebody points out, in one case a homeless man, that I have a big glob of shaving cream in my ear or-- because I neglected to actually look in the mirror while I shaved.

然后冲出家门,大概到了下午三点时，会有人跟我说，有一次是一个流浪汉，告诉我，我耳朵上有一团剃须膏-,因为我剃须时忘了,照镜子。

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