He most always was a winner. If there was a dog-fight, he would try to win money on it.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

So you cannot use the formula once it hits the ground because once it hits the ground, the fundamental premise that a was a constant of -9.8 or -10 is wrong.

当物体落地以后,该公式就不适用了,因为当物体落地后,公式的基本前提——,加速度为常数-9.8或-10——就不成立了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

There was a boy in that class who was a great hacker and I know he can hack things very quickly.

班上有个男孩，是一个很厉害的黑客，可以迅速地入侵系统。

理想是当密码专家 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

when I talked on the first day of class about my own boyhood experience when a Coca-Cola was an eight ounce glass or a Pepsi was an eight ounce bottle rather, that was a serving.

上课第一天,我讲了我少年时代的经历,那时可口可乐装在八盎司的玻璃瓶里,百事可乐也一样,那是一餐份量

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

It inspired me to make a drawing which was a flock of varied birds which represented mankind and humanity.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

You can see that if a was equal to g, your downward acceleration is that of gravity, namely the cable has snapped in the elevator, Then you don't feel any weight.

你会发现如果 a 等于 g,你下降的加速度就是重力加速度,也就是电梯的绳索断了,那时你会完全失重

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

And when the anchorman was not in front of the camera, there was a good chance he was on his boat.

VOA: special.2009.08.16

Maybe A could be the same thing as B in this logically possible world, but we could imagine a completely different logically coherent world in which A was not the same thing as B.

也许在这某个逻辑世界里,A会和B是同一个东西,但我们可以想象,一个完全不同的另一个逻辑世界里,A和B不是同一个东西

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

For example, a person was 20% more likely to feel happy if a friend living within 1.5 kilometers was also happy.

VOA: special.2009.01.21

And his father was a democrat but not a Bolshevik; so, he was anti-czarist, but he was not a Bolshevik.

他的父亲是民主党人而非布尔什维克党人;,他反对沙皇，但他并不是布尔什维克党人。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The first recorded shooting incident by a person who was a professional gunman took place in Texas in eighteen fifty-four.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

It was a gene that was causing a cell to be malignant and to divide without control, for example.

例如,一个会使细胞恶化,并不受控制地无限分裂的基因

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

Last week, a study was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart disease in one pill.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

What's the clich? Globalized world; it was a globalized world, except it was a little piece of the globe.

用什么词语呢,全球化的世界,那是一个全球化的世界,只是那个世界并不大

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.

VOA: special.2010.05.23

My favorite example of this was a few years ago when there was a huge battle for the House majority leader.

我最喜欢的例子，几年前,白宫多数党领袖有一场大的争斗。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The number of visitors was falling. So a campaign was launched to give the city a new image.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

So, what we would expect is that there is a relationship between intensity in kinetic energy because it was understood that however intense the light was, if you had a more intense light, it was a higher energy light beam.

光强和能量之间,应该有一定的关系,因为在我们的理解中,不管光强是多少，光的强度越大,光束能量越高。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

As he got closer to Washington, he was warned that a mob was planning to attack the train.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

This was a time when Hopkins led all American universities in the importing of important European scholars, and it was a place of remarkable intellectual ferment.

当时霍普金斯先于美国的其他大学,邀请重要的欧洲学者来讲学，那里也是有影响的思想动乱的源地。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

It said the Missouri Compromise was a violation of the United States Constitution, and that Dred Scott was not a free man.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

It was a wooden ark covered in gold. On top was a kind of covering.

这是个镀金的木质方舟，顶部有一样东西盖着。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

He tried to show that his Democratic Party was a national party, while the Republican Party was a party only of the North.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Taught by a star who was a leader thinker in this area.

教授是该领域的,明星级领头思想家。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

Adolf Wolfli was a poor farm worker who was placed in a mental hospital in eighteen ninety-five.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

Cos I really struggled in high school-- a lot of it was difficult; a lot of it was painful, but it was all worth it.

因为我在高中很努力-,很多时很困难;,很多时很痛苦，但完全值得。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

He said the Senate was a political body that was being asked to settle a political question.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

Raul, there was recently a study done about cell phone use by a driver when people are driving a car, and there was a debate whether that should be banned.

劳尔，最近有一项,关于司机开车时使用手机的研究，关于是否应该禁止此行为，有一场争论。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

But the fact that Peter was a czar and was rather scary in his temperament, because he had a rather bad temper, too, meant that he could be alarming.

而彼得大帝是沙皇,加上发起怒来十分可怕,因为他暴躁易怒,人们畏惧他

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选