It wasn't just the beauty of the polished stone block walls or the fact that this abandoned city sits atop a narrow ridge more than 2400 meters above sea level.

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

It violates gravity, but six-month-olds aren't smart enough to know that a block just stuck over here is also surprising.

因为它违背了地心引力,但六个月大的婴儿还是不够聪明,他们没能发觉突出的木块也是令人惊奇的

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

What seems so obvious, at least to me here in reading Lycidas, is that at this point in 1637 there's a stumbling block or a hurdle that Milton in his race simply can't get over.

在我读的过程中，显而易见的是，是在1637年时弥尔顿在他的职业生涯里,有一道无论如何也过不去的坎。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选