Then he would fall down on the floor again like a ball of dirt and start rubbing the side of his head with his back foot as if he had no idea he had been doing any more than any frog might do.

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Never mind, if you are doing that strategy, take it from a Brit, most princes are as dumb as toast, not worth waiting for.

如果你真的采取这个策略,记住这句英国的俗语吧,王子和土司一样蠢,不值得你去等的

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

And, in fact, once you teach an animal something, if you stop doing the teaching the response goes away and this is known as extinction.

事实上，条件反射形成以后，如果得不到强化,条件反应就会逐渐消失,这就是消退。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

What about that case? Well, I think if we were doing a matter of physics, as it posed to--sort of psychology Psychologically we understand why, losing weight might make a real difference about how you feel about yourself.

这个案例该如何解释，我认为，如果我们在研究物理问题，或者，心理学问题,从心理学的角度我们明白原因，减肥可以让你,自己感觉非常不一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

It's as if Nabokov allows us to see the mask of literature, to actually see it there palpably doing its work, so we can become self-aware of how we respond.

就好像Naboko让我们看到了文学的面具，让我们看到了它的功能，所以我们对自己的回应有感知了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

You are really out on a limb - if you're going to defend poetry--as Richards kept doing-- as "pseudo-statement," but of course pseudo-statement" is just another expression for what he calls here "fiction."

你会陷入孤立无援的境地,如果你像，Richards一样-,说诗歌是“伪陈述“,当然，这里“伪陈述“只是,“虚构“的另一种说法“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选