And I end up going back and doing unit testing anyway, to try and figure out why it doesn't work. So over the years, I've just convinced myself I might as well start where I'm going to end up.

第一次从来不会正常运行,因此无论如何我还要回头去做单元测试,找找哪儿出错了，因此经过这么多年，我已经说服自己既然一定要做单元测试,那么还是一开始就做最好了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

We assume that unless we're dealing with Scheherazade, it has to have an end, but at the same time we might well ask ourselves, why does it have a middle? What is the function of the middle with respect to a beginning and an end?

而且我们认定一定会有结尾，除非讲故事的是那个，《天方夜谭》中的苏丹新娘，但是我们要问自己了，为什么故事一定要有经过呢？,故事的经过对于开头结尾来说起到什么作用呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So I imagine in the last 5 years you had a really kind of go through your own process of integration in some way of what has come of this both personal and public reflection.

所以我想在过去的5年你一定,在某些方面上对自己和,公共的反应上经过了,一定的融合的过程吧。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But I imagine that after a period, there'd be this-- Well, humans have this ability to look down on their experiences, or step back from their experiences, and assess them.

但我想经过一段时间后-,人类有能力审视自己的体验，或从体验中抽身而出加以评估。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选