So within this relatively tiny area there are radically diverse regions, and this fact held important implications for Israel's history.

因此在这狭小地区内实际上有不同的地域，而这个事实对以色列历史有重要影响。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

I would say with the aid of an energy level diagram explain the fact that helium is found as atomic gas and not molecular. How about this one?

我要说的是，在能级图的帮助下,可以解释氦气是单原子气体,而不是分子气体这一事实,那么这个呢？

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

If death was bad for me, that would be a fact If my death is bad for me, that would be a fact and we'd ask ? well, when is that fact true?

如果死亡对我来说是有坏处的，那这就是一个事实,如果我的死亡对我来说有坏处，那就是一个事实，而我们就会问,这个事实什么时候是真的？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Defamiliarization" means precisely pulling you up short or taking you by surprise, making you feel that what you thought was going to be the case or what you thought was the state of affairs is not the state of affairs.

陌生化“就是指让你“突然停下“,或者说，令你惊讶，猝不及防地，让你感觉,我以为会发生的,或者你原本以为事情处于这个状态，而事实却并非如此。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选