According to the Second Brother, it's virtually impossible for a single, helpless maiden to pass uninjured in this wild, surrounding waste.

弟弟认为，一个孤独无助的女孩想要，毫发无伤的穿过这野外的荒原是根本不可能的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

With the scene of the flight of the pagan gods at the nativity of Christ Milton is also depicting a scenario that, I think, on some level he's hoping will occur within himself.

在《圣诞清晨歌》中有一个无宗教信仰的人逃跑的画面,我认为弥尔顿同时也在描绘一个剧情，某种程度上他希望这样的事情也会发生在自己身上。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Now I take it the dissertation can be read without knowing that, and the science is fine.

我认为我们在读他的论文是,在不知道他信仰时，他研究的科学并无不妥。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I think that his deadpan way of bringing things down to earth when they get a little too highfalutin' involves the skill of a genuine stand-up comic.

我认为他是真的有漫画人物的效果,当他总是面无表情的’,让那些过分骄傲的人回归现实。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

So, this is an important reminder that just because we find something in our culture and just because it might well be pervasive doesn't mean necessarily that it's universal.

这一点很重要，它提醒了我们,不能因为某种现象存在于我们文化中,或者存在于多个文化中,就认为它是无所不在的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

And scholarship of the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth century is generally characterized by a deep-seated bias that views impurity rules as primitive and irrational taboos, and sacrifice as controlled savagery that's empty of any spiritual meaning.

十九世纪和二十世纪的大部分时期,学术界都有一个,很深层的偏见，那就是认为不纯的规则是,原始且无理的，献祭是野蛮人才干得出来的,无任何精神意义的活动。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We have a philosophy that--most of us-- that some kind of economic inequality is a bad thing and that it's unjust for someone who is, for no fault of his or her own, suffering economic hardship.

我们一般认为，大部分人看来-,某些贫富差异是件坏事,对于那些本身并无过错，却深陷贫困泥沼的人来说是不公平的。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

I believe religious pluralism has three dimensions: No. 1, respect for people's religious identities ; including people with no religious identities; No. 2, positive relationships between different people ; of different religious communities; and No. 3, a collective commitment to the common good.

我认为宗教多元主义分为三个层面：,第一是对人们不同的宗教身份的尊重,包括对无宗教信仰的人的尊重;,第二是来自不同宗教社区的,不同人间的良好关系;,第三是共同致力于公共利益。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选