Nor was he able to control the men around him.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

He's able to justify the ways of God to men here on the physical - on this intimately bodily earth.

弥尔顿得以从这具体的物质的人间的角度,证明了上帝待人之法。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And by this time all educated Roman men were expected to be able to speak Greek, well if possible.

那时所有受过教育的罗马男子,有可能的话，都要会说希腊语。

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" ...when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last!

VOA: special.2010.04.16

Milton wants to arrive in Bethlehem to hand Christ his poem before the wise men are able to bring their gold and their frankincense and their myrrh.

他想到达伯利恒把他的诗歌亲手交给基督,在术士们拿走他们的黄金,乳香精油和没药树之前。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

And then he makes some comments about how,well, ; he could never pick cotton fast enough; he's just not able to do it as black men are.

于是他对采棉花进行了一些评价，他觉得自己永远没法采摘的够快;,没法像那些黑人一样迅速。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

To the extent that Lycidas' body has been recovered, that it's been redeemed, Milton is able -- perhaps successfully, Milton is able to justify the ways of God to men.

利西达斯的身体最终愈合了，被救赎了，这样弥尔顿就得以--或许是成功的，证明了上帝待人之法。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Even though there were people, mostly young men, willing and able to read to him, it's clear that the vast quantity of learning that gets poured - all of that erudition that gets poured into the pages of Paradise Lost - it's clear that this is not a product of Milton's last-minute review of the classics.

尽管有很多人，大多数是年轻人，愿意将材料读给他听，很显然这使得大量的知识被注入,所有这些广博的知识被注入到《失乐园》的字里行间,但很显然这不是,弥尔顿在最后一分钟对于古典文献回顾的产物。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选