"We are seeing progress. It's probably not as fast as we would like it to be but certainly the direction of travel is positive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Deny thy father and refuse they name, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn, my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet." She's a Capulet.

否认你的父亲，抛弃你的姓名吧，也许你不愿意这样做，只要你宣誓做我的爱人，我也不愿再姓凯普莱特了，她姓凯普莱特。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

So things can be dangerous. But generally, if you're smart, I think it's a very safe place to live.

因此，危险还是存在的。但大多数情况下，只要你精明点，我认为那儿还是一个非常安全的居住地。

在上西区 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

"Get it down," he said. "Take chances.It may be bad, but that's the only way you can do anything good."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

Things in dreams were often not what they seemed to be but rather symbols for other things.

梦境中的事物往往并不像,它们看上去那样的简单,它们通常是其他事物的象征。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

"If you want to be great, wonderful, but recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Now I could have made a key, keys don't have to be strings, but as it happened, I didn't.

现在我可以建立一个键了，键并不一定是字符串，但这儿既然已经是字符串了。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

But to be fair,he says the Lomaxes did nothing illegal they were not the only ones holding copyrights to folk songs.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

It can be honed but those are some of the skills for a consumer internet company and one that is growing this quickly that is just essential.

是可以通过磨练而得的,但是对于增长如此迅速的,客户导向型互联网公司来说,有一些技能是不可习得的。

斯坦福公开课 - 扎克伯格谈Facebook创业过程课程节选

They had been interested in thorium -- a radioactive element that can fuel nuclear reactors but not be processed into weapons.

VOA: special.2010.10.15

Let me go and put that up-- it'll be tiring but let me go to and fro a bit.

让我回到讲台上记一下,虽然这样很累但是我多走几个来回吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

It could be purely instrumental but it's called "Buy a song," But we don't want to use that sort of parlance.

可能买的是纯器乐,却被称为"买首歌",但我们不想用那种说法

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

School administrators point out that the texts may be free online, but students need a way to access them.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

You want to be people who really want to be great individually but you also need good teamwork.

你想成为杰出的个体,但是你总会需要团体协作。

斯坦福公开课 - 微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选

Illinois decided that Negroes will not be citizens, but that it will protect their life, property,and civil rights.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

I've already suggested that in a variety of ways this is a response that can be naive but it is still very much in the air.

我已经暗示过，在各种各样的方式里,这个是一种天真的响应，但是仍然有很多这种声音存在。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

My bikes wouldn't fetch a nice price and wouldn't be worth trying to sell, but they could be useful to somebody else."

VOA: special.2009.11.16

For some it might mean that woman covers certain parts of her bodies always when she is in public. And that might be everything but the face and hands.

在有些地方意味着,女人要遮住她身体的一些部位,公众场合一贯如此，这些部位可能是,除了脸和手外的所有部位。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Concussions can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injury.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

Let's call someting invisible not only it can't be seen, not only it can't be observed, but it can't be detected at all.

让我们把一些不仅是看不见的,不仅是观察不到的，而且是完全检测不到的，东西称为无形的。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

She would like to be taller. But I tell her that good things come in small packages.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

.. I don't think it would be morally justifiable but I'm wondering if - Even then, even then it wouldn't be? - No.

我认为这在道德上是不正当的，但我在想-,即使那样也不是正当的，-对。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

We thought that that would be it." But the day after the fire, the mayor of the District of Columbia, Adrian Fenty,took action.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Anyway we have our second mid-term exam on Monday and it will be like the first mid-term but it will be less mathematical.

无论如何，我们在周一会有我们第二个期中考试,并且它将会像第一次期中考试一样,但是数学方面会涉及的更少。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Joe Rosenthal's photograph seemed to say: the battle may not be over, but we are winning.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The desire not to oppress others may be decent but at the same time the people have to be taught or educated how to defend their liberty.

不愿意压迫别人这挺不错,但与此同时仍需要教导人们,怎样去守卫他们的自由。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And he continued to be successful. But Seeger says he never planned on becoming a musician.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

But, it will be plus, all right? But, it will be plus.

但是，会是正，对吧？，但是这件会正。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

India has to try to keep a balance to sort of...relationship and... some areas, there will be competition and few areas there will be conflict but there are many areas of shared interest sort of economic interest and trade between India and China has growing quite significantly.

印度必须竭尽全力维持,与两个国家关系的平衡。,有些领域会充满竞争,有些领域会出现冲突,但在大多数领域中印都有,共同的经济利益,中印贸易,也一直显著增长。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选