I don't have as heavy teaching loads, which makes it possible for me to write, as some colleagues at other schools where the teaching load is so heavy that it's very hard to get writing done.

教学任务不太重，这就使得我有时间进行写作，而另外一些大学,教学任务可能很重,那样的话，就没有时间去写作。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So I set about on two missions, the first was to visit high schools around country and talk to young people about their use of digital technology and second was to go online and began to look closely at websites, chat rooms, internet list that young people were creating.

我为此制定了两个任务，第一个是拜访全国的高中,与年轻人进行交谈,关于他们对电子技术的使用,第二个任务就是上网,开始认真研究那些网站，聊天室，以及年轻人们所创造的网络世界。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

If you want to know which part of your brain is responsible for language, you could put somebody into a scanner and have them exposed to language or do a linguistic task or talk or something and then see what parts of their brain are active.

如果你想知道大脑的哪个区域,负责语言功能,你可以对被试进行扫描,让他们暴露在语言环境中,或是进行语言学任务,或者聊天,然后观察他们的哪些脑区处于活跃状态

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选