So, first he makes America mythic, rather than specific , and then he enters into that mythology through acts of identification.

他是首先将美国赋予神话色彩，而不去将它具体化，然后他通过寻找自我认同感的行为进入了自己的神话。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You have control over that whereas you may not have control over the trolley car.

你的行为是可控的,而电车则是不可控的。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Some desires are inappropriate, some actions are wrong, and you're punished for it.

有些欲望是不适当的，有些行为是错的，你会因此而受到惩罚。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Why the interest rate clears-- it's a mysterious phenomenon, because it's a market phenomenon and each person only sees his or her own contribution to the market and not the whole market.

为什么这个利率能让市场出清...,这是个不可思议的市场现象,每个人只能看到自己在市场中的行为,而不了解整体市场情况

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

But there's the middle possibility, which is not so much think about them and deny them, not so much think about them, accept them and act accordingly, but simply don't think about them.

但有一个折中的可能性，没有考虑太多也没有否认它们，没有考虑太多，接受它们并采取相应的行为，而只是完全不去考虑。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So for an example, he argued that the prison system needs to be reformed because instead of focusing on notions of justice and retribution what we should do is focus instead on questions of reinforcing good behaviors and punishing bad ones.

举个例子，他认为监狱体系需要改革,因为人们不应关注公正与赎罪,而应当去关注对良好行为的强化,以及对不良行为的惩罚。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选