But this decentralized federalist structure is part of who they thought they were and who they continue to think they are.

这种联邦制分权的政治架构,是他们对自己现在及将来身份的认知

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Frost says at the time that he's publishing A Boy's Will, to a friend: You mustn't take me too seriously if I now proceed to brag a bit about my exploits as a poet.

他在发表第一本书时对一个朋友说：,不要对我太认真,如果我现在吹嘘自己已是一位诗人。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

My cell phone rings and because one has the capacity nowadays to select your own ring tone--right?

我的手机响了,因为现在每个人都可以,选择你自己的铃声,对吧

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Now, for myself, I'm sufficiently optimistic that I'm inclined to think life's wonderful.

现在，对我自己来说，我足够乐观地倾向于认为生命是美好的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Food's more important than family, right. What about how fast the sort of lack of control and now I can kind of binge on it or eat it, I don't even have to wait until the family sits down to eat.

食物比家庭更重要,理解成自身对食物的迅速失控怎么样,暗示自己,现在我可以大快朵颐一番,我甚至都不用等家人全坐下就开始猛吃

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to go someplace and just for a period think to yourself, "Well, you know, right now I don't have to worry about that.

要是能去那岂不是很好,你能有一段时间对自己说，“你知道，现在我不用担心死亡了。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选