The United States says North Korea's missile test Monday has not altered its determination to bring Pyongyang back to talks on its nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

My path in life was fundamentally altered by just a handful of courses at this place and this was in fact one of them.

在哈佛所学的一些课程,从根本上改变了我的人生道路,这门课就是其中之一。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

In this worldview, institutions--human institutions evolve only slowly over time and cannot be altered by abrupt human interventions.

在这个世界观里,制度尤其人文制度,发展得非常缓慢,而且不会被突然的人为干预改变

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Senator Kennedy was a champion of liberal causes, and over the course of his Senate career sponsored legislation that fundamentally altered worker rights, education funding, foreign policy and immigration law.

VOA: standard.2009.08.26

Not that, if we altered you, that that product would want to have forever.

不是那种，如果我们改变你，不是那种想永远拥有的产品。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选