The thing about his thesis was it a very short thesis.

他的毕业论文很短。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Monday evening will be the time at which the midterm exam will be posted on the website, and that'll be at 6:00 pm Monday evening. You'll have a 24-hour period of time in which to find--I forget what I said--30 or 40 minutes? It'll be clear on the instructions. To just sit and treat it as if you're in an in-class exam situation, and write your essay.

周一晚上期中考试的内容会,粘贴到网站上，应该是晚上六点,你可以在一天之内抽出30到40分钟完成考试0,这在说明上都写明了,就把它当作课堂考试对待，写一篇短论文。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

The first paper is going to ask you to write about one short poem; the second will ask you to write about two or more poems, or poems perhaps by two authors, or perhaps a poem and some other kind of text or image.

第一篇论文会要求你们介绍一篇短诗;,另一篇则是要求描述几首诗，或者是任意两位作者的诗，又或者是一首诗以及一篇课文或者一幅图画。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选