Whereas we all know that the universe is of a certain kind-- -- we can't even call it Copernican anymore-- poetry has this odd preference for Ptolemaic astronomy.

虽然我们都知道宇宙是怎样的-,现在即使哥白尼的理论也不完全正确了-,但是诗歌偏爱托勒密的宇宙观。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It usually follows from this that somebody like this points out that whereas we all know that a democratic society is the best society to live in, poetry prefers feudal society: it makes better poetry.

赞成这种观点的人指出,虽然我们都知道,民主社会是最适合生存的，诗歌却更喜欢封建社会：,因为封建社会更适合诗歌创作。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

We remember the fish that we used to eat free in Egypt Okay, we were slaves, but the food was free, you know?

我记得以前在埃及的时候不花钱就可以吃鱼,虽然我们是奴隶，但是食物是免费的，你知道吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

And so, the radial probability density at the nucleus is going to be zero, even though we know the probability density at the nucleus is very high, that's actually where is the highest.

所以径向概率密度,在核子处等于零，虽然我们知道在，核子处概率密度很大,实际上在这里是最大的，这是因为。

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The second law is going to define entropy, and is going to tell us about the direction of time, something that conceptually we, clearly, understand but is going to put a mathematical foundation on which way does time go.

第二定律定义了熵，它告诉我们,时间的流向，虽然我们清楚地,知道这个概念,但还是要为时间流动的方向,建立一个数学基础。

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