Yeats's sense of modern history, of the crisis of his moment this is something we can describe and explore next time in "Easter 1916."

叶芝对现代历史，和他所生活时代的危机的感触,我们可从下节课要读的诗,1916年的复活节,还描述和探究“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

But Hobbes lived at a time when the modern system of European states even as we understand them today, was just beginning to emerge.

霍布斯生活在一个时代,这个时代中，现代欧洲国家,就像我们今天理解的这样，已经快要出现了。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

They go back to ancient times, but I'm going to talk about some of our modern institutions and I'm going to talk first about discount bonds.

它能追溯到远古时代,不过今天要讲的是现代商业机构的利率,首先要讲的是贴现债券

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Think of that, that where the law is silent, we have the freedom to do or not to do as we choose, very important to the way we think of liberty today in a modern and you might say liberal democracy.

仔细想想，在法律所认可的地方，我们可按自己的选择去做或是不做，这对身在现代自由民主时代的我们,思考何为自由至关重要。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选