The Noah story, the flood story, ends with the ushering in of a new era, and it is in many ways a second creation that mirrors the first creation in some important ways.

诺亚方舟，洪水的故事，都预示着一个新纪元的到来，在很多方面，都像是第二次创世纪,同时，又有许多第一次创世纪的影子。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I want to start with a story, a specific story, that in many ways I can say it is the first story, psychological story that I heard of.

我想从一个特别的故事开始，在很多方面，它是我听到过的，第一个有关心理学的故事。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The first of those functions is theogonic.

第一个是它在神学方面的作用。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

You wonder, you know, maybe they're over imitating; maybe we were just lucky or maybe it was because the U.S. was the first, in some ways, to develop some of these financial institutions-- or one of the first.

你会怀疑,也许他们的模仿过于盲目,美国的成功,也许源于运气,也许从某方面来说,美国是第一个建立这些金融制度的国家,或者说是首批之一

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

My first book was on the trial of John Peter Zenger, 5 which was the first famous case in America in 1735 relating to freedom of speech.

我首本书写的就是John，Peter，Zenger审判，这个案例在1785年的美国家喻户晓5,是言论自由方面的第一个例子。

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