To look at the dog, you would think he was not worth anything but to sit around and look mean and look for a chance to steal something.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

Milton, of course, is instructing the muse to explain first, before she gets around to explaining anything else, what caused Adam and Eve to fall.

弥尔顿当然是在让缪斯先说，在她说其他事情之前，是什么让亚当夏娃堕落的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

That meant that people growing corn were less-- less vulnerable to having things wipe out entire crops because there were different types of crops planted around the world, so the world corn supply would never be threatened by anything.

也就是说只要人们种植玉米,整个粮食体系就不可能那么轻易被摧毁,由于世界各地种植着不同品种的玉米,世界玉米供应不会受到任何影响

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

"You really can't do anything when you have a virus that doesn't grow well except trying to wiggle it around to get it grow better."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29