"I had the craziest dream last night about a girl who was turned into a swan;

VOA: special.2010.12.13

The myth that Yeats takes up is of Zeus's rape of the maiden, Leda, whom he attacks as a swan.

叶芝此诗的神话原型是,宙斯强暴了一个美女，丽达，宙斯变成天鹅侵犯了她。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

My friend Nassim Talib has just written a book about it called-- maybe I'll talk about that--called The Black Swan.

我的朋友纳西姆·塔利博刚刚写了一本书,叫做"黑天鹅现象",以后我会再讲到

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

They believed a swan sings a most beautiful song...

VOA: special.2010.04.11

The swan is really only a force, and Yeats's concern is rather with the human experience of that force, which is, again, another manifestation of "terrible beauty."

这天鹅只是一种力量，而叶芝所关注的是,人类对此力量的感受，而这又是，一次，惊人之美，的表现“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The saga continued last year with New Moon,and now in Eclipse, headstrong high school student Bella Swan affirms her love for classmate Edward Cullen, a soulful and very pale teenager.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

It starts out ugly and becomes a beautiful swan.

开始很丑,然后变成一只美丽的天鹅

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Nina struggles to perform the leading role in "Swan Lake" while dealing with a controlling mother, played by Barbara Hershey.

VOA: special.2011.02.21

I think of it as a kind of reply to that famous question in "Leda and the Swan"; that is, "did she put on his knowledge with his power before the indifferent beak could let her drop?"

这是对丽达和天鹅中那个,著名问题的回答，在那冷漠的嘴把她放下之前,她是否用她的力量获取了他的知识？

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The story of the swan's last song found a place in the works of other writers, including the early English writers Chaucer and Shakespeare.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

Leda and the Swan" seems to say a knowledge of the body, of the necessity of embodiment. In the late Yeats, in the poems that I'll be discussing today, there's no knowledge apart from the body.

这诗里似乎说的是身体的知识，表现的必要性，我们要谈论的,叶芝的晚期诗讲的就是身体。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

And,the expression swan song has long been a part of the English language.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

This isn't a poem about Zeus; it's not a poem about the swan.

这是一首关于宙斯的诗歌;,不是一首关于天鹅的。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

At first,swan song meant the last work of a poet, musician or writer.

VOA: special.2010.04.11

You've never seen a black swan.

你从没见过黑色的天鹅

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To promote that mission Swan has just published an autobiography in which he writes passionately about the importance of a clean energy agenda.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Even as a child, Robert Swan knew he wanted to be an explorer when he grew up.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Swan remembers a pact he made one very cold day on route to the South Pole.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

Swan did that and more. As he gained experience on his first expeditions, he developed a talent for raising money and hiring accomplished guides who could teach him.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

And if you don't kill us I'll do my best to protect you.'" Swan has kept the promise, his eyes opened to environmental problems made worse by a warming climate.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10